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Week 14 (Non-UConn)

ec33 said:
Oklahoma has no offense. But they have to count as a quality win as they are a certain playoff team and only one loss (Texas).

Texas was just the unfortunate team (at a point in the season when they had no offense) to catch Florida in that one game they actually played close to their talent.

I have no great argument FOR Texas being added (and 3 losses is 3 losses). They just have better resumes than either Notre Dame or Miami (or most teams, frankly and I'm not a big believer in Texas).
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We (OU) actually had two losses - we lost to Ole Miss as well. But having no argument FOR Texas? I'll allow it.

There was a lot of drinking in this house tonight.
 
So with this right now playoff could look like:

Ohio State
Indiana
Georgia
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Oregon
Ole Miss
Oklahoma
Alabama
Notre Dame
Virginia or James Madison (with a win & Virginia loss)
Tulane or North Texas (AAC winner)

Just short: Texas, Miami, BYU, Vanderbilt
 
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LIUCHusky said:
That disaster of a league beat 2 SEC teams today.
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Yes, and not one person in the media will talk about it. Not to mention that Ga Tech had a Hail Mary in the air against Georgia. None of it matters for that league though, and they bring it on themselves by running their league like a circus. That league has had zero vision and has always catered to a couple of basketball programs, and gives ND a sweetheart deal. They deserve whatever they get.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
What this showed the ACC has no great teams other than a bunch of teams that can beat each other every week.

UConn can easily play in the ACC and do very well.
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If Wake Forest (no shot at them) can be an 8 win team in that league, then UConn can. It's been said time and again here, but with the stability of a league that actually has access to the playoff, UConn could do well. But I guess it makes more sense for the ACC to have the likes of BCU, Stanford, and Cal in their league. Idiocy.
 
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traitor71 said:
Yes, and not one person in the media will talk about it. Not to mention that Ga Tech had a Hail Mary in the air against Georgia. None of it matters for that league though, and they bring it on themselves by running their league like a circus. That league has had zero vision and has always catered to a couple of basketball programs, and gives ND a sweetheart deal. They deserve whatever they get.
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Yep. ACC is run by a bunch of clowns with no vision. BCU is still in the conference while UConn isn't is all you need to know.
 
traitor71 said:
No way that committee is going to put Miami in. They should be in, but that would mean kicking out an SEC team or ND, and they just aren't going to do that.
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Agreed. ND's big win is against USC and that ain't great. Plus they have the head to head win. They should be ranked ahead of ND regardless of how big the Irish run it up versus Stanford whose season ended weeks ago.
 
traitor71 said:
It seems unlikely they can beat Texas tech, but who knows. If they do I hope it knocks out OU, Alabama, or ND.
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Knocking Alabama out after they lost their conference championship game would be something. Likely fitting, but it would still be perceived as punishing a team for losing the extra game.

And you thought you had nothing to cheer for next week? Duke over Virginia giving us to G5 teams (no ACC team) and BYU causing chaos by knocking one of the golden boys -- Bama or ND -- out.
 
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ec33 said:
Knocking Alabama out after they lost their conference championship game would be something. Likely fitting, but it would still be perceived as punishing a team for losing the extra game.

And you thought you had nothing to cheer for next week? Duke over Virginia giving us to G5 teams (no ACC team) and BYU causing chaos by knocking one of the golden boys -- Bama or ND -- out.
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I’m definitely not losing sleep tonight over the thought of losing all 3 OT games in the same year TWO G5s ARE LIKELY GETTING IN!
 
ec33 said:
Knocking Alabama out after they lost their conference championship game would be something. Likely fitting, but it would still be perceived as punishing a team for losing the extra game.

And you thought you had nothing to cheer for next week? Duke over Virginia giving us to G5 teams (no ACC team) and BYU causing chaos by knocking one of the golden boys -- Bama or ND -- out.
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I tend to agree when it comes to Alabama, but OU would definitely be in jepoardy of being out. ND still has their name, and the clout that comes with it so I think they would be safe. I just want the damn thing to blow up at this point.
 
LIUCHusky said:
That disaster of a league beat 2 SEC teams today.
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What every football fan of the CFP was waiting for UVA or Duke on the road in a CFP 1st round game. If anything the idea to expand the playoffs is off the table unless BIG and SEC get more guaranteed spots. lol
 
This will drive one of two things:
1) no autobids; the medium term end-state there is that the Big Ten and SEC would largely refuse to play outside of their own conferences and FCS, as you can never contest the legitimacy of how tough the conference is and how much more deserving a 4 or 5 loss SEC or Big Ten team is over a 0 or 1 loss ACC team if you have no comparative measures. (a defacto breakaway, even if there isn't an official one)

2) a much larger playoff with limited autobids outside of the SEC or Big Ten.... if you couple it with item 1; you can give a few token autobids (top 5 or 6 conference champs) and then by not playing outside the top two conferences the SEC and Big Ten would gobble up the remaining 10 or 11 (or 18 or 19) spots; depending on the size of the playoff.
 
ScottVib said:
This will drive one of two things:
1) no autobids; the medium term end-state there is that the Big Ten and SEC would largely refuse to play outside of their own conferences and FCS, as you can never contest the legitimacy of how tough the conference is and how much more deserving a 4 or 5 loss SEC or Big Ten team is over a 0 or 1 loss ACC team if you have no comparative measures. (a defacto breakaway, even if there isn't an official one)

2) a much larger playoff with limited autobids outside of the SEC or Big Ten.... if you couple it with item 1; you can give a few token autobids (top 5 or 6 conference champs) and then by not playing outside the top two conferences the SEC and Big Ten would gobble up the remaining 10 or 11 (or 18 or 19) spots; depending on the size of the playoff.
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The only way ESPN can protect a chaos scenario is by heavily modifying the CFP Rankings this Tuesday. I’d expect some major moves.

ESPN does not want James Madison, Duke, BYU, or Utah anywhere near the CFP.
 
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I mean really that would make Virginia 7-2, still a half game up, which is a scenario the ACC runs into when they go to a 9 game conference schedule, they may have a title game decided by a half game.
 
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