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Topic: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion

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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #266 on: January 13, 2018, 11:53:46 PM »
The G5 being its own entity is perfectly fine...at least it's honest.  It'd be like a AAAA level betweeen MLB and AAA-ball.  Great idea.
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« Reply #267 on: January 14, 2018, 10:11:19 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 12, 2018, 03:19:01 PM
Mizzou was never a candidate, as much as they wanted to be (and probably still do). No bullet to dodge there.
geez, thanks for nuttin
I was just feeling a little better about the Huskers bringing a bit of positive energy to the B1G
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« Reply #268 on: January 14, 2018, 12:19:06 PM »
That they did, FF. Time to get it back now.
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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #269 on: January 14, 2018, 04:48:31 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on January 14, 2018, 10:11:19 AM
I was just feeling a little better about the Huskers bringing a bit of positive energy to the B1G
I know OU fans at least would love that Husker energy (and great rivalry) back in the XII.  I can’t speak for Texas fans though ;^)
With Frost coming on board, I think you’ll be back in the B1G title hunt real soon though.
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« Reply #270 on: January 14, 2018, 05:16:44 PM »
Quote from: CousinFreddie on January 14, 2018, 04:48:31 PM
I know OU fans at least would love that Husker energy (and great rivalry) back in the XII.  I can’t speak for Texas fans though ;^)
With Frost coming on board, I think you’ll be back in the B1G title hunt real soon though.
Frost will make them better, but they have to be able to get through Big Red to make things matter.

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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #271 on: January 14, 2018, 09:46:28 PM »
fortunately, Frost understands this
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« Reply #272 on: January 15, 2018, 12:04:33 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 14, 2018, 05:16:44 PM
Frost will make them better, but they have to be able to get through Big Red to make things matter.

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So having grown up in the shadow of Huskerdom, I thought it was a given that Nebraska was Big Red.
Then I see this from Badge and realize in the Great Lakes región it might be a given to kids young and old that Wisconsin is.
So I look up “Big Red football” in google and I get:
Cornell.
Will the real Big Red please stand up? 
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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #273 on: January 15, 2018, 12:36:48 PM »
Nebraska will get the title back if and when it earns it, but right now they are 1-6 against Big Red, with the last win coming in a down year for UW (2012).

They know and accept this.

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« Reply #274 on: January 15, 2018, 03:53:26 PM »
oh, we know it...

acceptance????  some days are better than others
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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #275 on: January 15, 2018, 06:17:13 PM »
Beating Nebraska five straight is a huge accomplishment by any team.  That just can't last much longer though.  You can't hold those Huskers down for too long.  

And, you both still have yet to beat Cornell.

Don't laugh (too much).  The Cornell Big Red are ahead in their series with Michigan, Ohio St, Michigan St and Penn St, and in fact I don't see a single B1G team who has the head-to-head lead on them. ;)
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« Reply #276 on: January 15, 2018, 07:02:40 PM »

Yeah, OSU is 0-2 vs Cornell, in 1939 and 40. 

Along those lines, the Buckeyes were one game under .500 vs Western Reserve, but were also one game over .500 vs Case Tech. So now that those two schools have merged together they are an even .500 against Case Western Reserve. 
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« Reply #277 on: January 15, 2018, 10:26:43 PM »
When Trump gets us into WWIII, I'd bet a dollar on the new Iowa Pre-Flight taking the NC in 2019.  

(not a political jab, just naming the current president)
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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #278 on: January 15, 2018, 11:16:47 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 05, 2018, 04:03:22 AM
2-loss Auburn did something I'm not sure anyone else did - hence their being rewarded with the #2 ranking.  Yes, it's odd to see a 2-loss team ranked over 1-loss helmets and undefeated Wisconsin.......but at the same time, haven't we all bitched about the laziness of voters when they simply rank the teams by how many losses they have?  We can't have it both ways.

Actually, it's because people complain about the laziness of voters that the CFP committee does this stuff.  They like to "prove" they are better than the polls by doing things they think "show" they are better than the polls, regardless of how nonsensical is it.  They've gotten themselves into trouble doing that, in one case, putting and undefeated team #4 in the prior to last poll (to show how they don't look at just record) and then were forced to drop a winning team 2 positions in order to save face.
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Re: CFB Is Terrible At Crowning a Champion
« Reply #279 on: January 15, 2018, 11:19:26 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on January 15, 2018, 07:02:40 PM
Along those lines, the Buckeyes were one game under .500 vs Western Reserve, but were also one game over .500 vs Case Tech. So now that those two schools have merged together they are an even .500 against Case Western Reserve.
Ha good one.  Your post inspired me to look them up, and wow they have some good history including games against Yost’s Michigan and Knute Rockne’s ND, and even a few undefeated seasons and a Sun Bowl appearance.  
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