Playoffs
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If ISU had one loss or less at this point they would be in even with a CCG loss.
I'm not so sure. Last week pretty brand Miami was 6 and lesser brand SMU was 9.
Is #9 SMU in for sure with a loss next week?
Miami surely would have been at #6 if they took care of Syracuse but their season of close calls and replay help caught up with them.
On a neutral site I think we have a good shot. They have a real home field advantage though, probably toughest we've played in.
That's why strength of schedule doesn't matter - just win games. Look at Indiana, if you are 11-1 in a P4 conf you are a lock, no matter how dogsh!t your schedule was. Schedule cupcakes and play 8 conf games.
LOL, it's even more insane re-reading it and re-watching the committee. Putting the Big 12 in the 6th spot is the single most brazen thing you could ever do to openly f*ck over a power conference.
We've never had a representational # of big known personalities on the committee. Not even with Texas and OU in the fold.
Some of the early committees were so stacked with Big Ten legends we'd need to have Bill Snyder, Dan McCarney and Barry Sanders if we wanted even representation. Outspoken and legendary guys with a clear bias toward our conference. It's gotten a little better but it's still obvious some years looking at the makeup.
Caveat that we NEED TO WIN BIG 12...
@texas is easy same time zone travel and fewer unknowns than many other options. I'd take it.
I wouldn't be thrilled about playing @ super angry horseshoe vs Ohio State, that's probably my least wanted draw. I could see Texas overlooking us, Ohio State isn't going to overlook anybody as angry as they are.
We have several this year, probably more than other conference, and we aren't getting any help.
So what if ASU had lost and Tulane/ISU/BYU won?
They just skip ISU/BYU over top of Tulane? They suddenly admit they were wrong?
It was bs either way.
Deserved or not, SMU is in. If Clemson somehow beats them in the ACC CCG, they're squeezing someone out from the SEC.
Does anyone think how anticlimactic it is to be a 9-12 seed and play a road game at like Ohio state on December 20, lose and just be done for the year?
Versus getting the bye and playing in the quarterfinals in an actual bowl game (fiesta , rose, peach, sugar) on Jan 1.
Or
Versus going to the Alamo bowl or an Orlando also.
Want to make the playoffs but that true road game and losing (most likely option) would be rough is all.
Just never thought about this till now
Versus getting the bye and playing in the quarterfinals in an actual bowl game (fiesta , rose, peach, sugar) on Jan 1.
Or
Versus going to the Alamo bowl or an Orlando also.
Want to make the playoffs but that true road game and losing (most likely option) would be rough is all.
Just never thought about this till now
It's going to be a 3 loss SEC team.
But how can a 2 loss SMU be in the conversation but a 2 loss BYU is not?
Correct. Tulane AND Boise rankings are absolute horse sh*t.
I don’t think Notre Dame is that good. We would be huge underdogs but if NIU can win in South Bend, there’s no reason to think he have no shot. I want that matchup way more than the other possibilities. Anyone thinking we are hosting a game is on crack.
We definitely want UNLV to win. Boise State is the biggest screw job in the committee's rankings.
With their near miss against Oregon, Boise has squeezed about 20 pints of blood from a tiny pebble of a stone. Sagarin, for example, rates them #35. Their best wins are against Sagarin #44 UNLV #68 Washington State and #99 Oregon State.
This is and will always be a moving target that will favor the blue bloods.