CFP Thread

[OrangeAfroMan]

On Ole Miss:
They were the best team in 1959.  Like Bama in 2011, they dominated their rematch with LSU in the Sugar Bowl.
But Syracuse went undefeated vs a drastically weaker schedule, so they got the NC.  
OM allowed 2 points per game.  

In 1960, OM went undefeated, tying avg LSU midseason.  Minnesota beat the shit out of #1 Iowa, but then shit the bed the very next week against .500 Purdue.
Somehow, Minnesota went from 4th to 1st after a big win over 1-9 IU, while OM is penalized for a bowl win vs 7-4-1 Rice.  

Basically, OM was penalized for being southern and segregated.  
So was Bama in 1966.

'59 OM was the best team that year and better than '60 OM.
'60 OM deserved the NC.

OM's '60 NC is akin to OSU's in '70.....not really official.  Splitting them between 2 teams is enough, a third is getting silly.

[Wildcat4E]

Which of OM/UGA, and Miami/OSU were not entertaining to you?

I didn't think that would be a hard question to answer.

oHIo looked terrible.  Can probably be attributed to the layoff, but there will be no consideration for Tech having the same issue.  For them, it's "the Big XII sucks" and is unworthy of having even 1 team in.  

Ole Miss QB is a story.  Some of the prettiest passes I've seen in a long time, and that flip on the scramble was Mahomes-eque.  Played at freaking Ferris State for 2 years and jumped in the portal.  Amazing.

[jgvol]

I didn't think that would be a hard question to answer.

oHIo looked terrible.  Can probably be attributed to the layoff, but there will be no consideration for Tech having the same issue.  For them, it's "the Big XII sucks" and is unworthy of having even 1 team in. 

Ole Miss QB is a story.  Some of the prettiest passes I've seen in a long time, and that flip on the scramble was Mahomes-eque.  Played at freaking Ferris State for 2 years and jumped in the portal.  Amazing.

Interesting.  I was thoroughly entertained.

Miami's defense alone  --- laying wood nonstop, was fun to watch. (except for the part where a lot of it was Jakobe Thomas that portaled out from the Vols in the offseason. )

[MaximumSam]

I didn't think that would be a hard question to answer.

oHIo looked terrible.  Can probably be attributed to the layoff, but there will be no consideration for Tech having the same issue.  For them, it's "the Big XII sucks" and is unworthy of having even 1 team in. 

The Buckeyes outgained Miami and had the ball with a chance to take the lead late in the game. You are tough to please.

[medinabuckeye1]

oHIo looked terrible.  Can probably be attributed to the layoff, but there will be no consideration for Tech having the same issue.  For them, it's "the Big XII sucks" and is unworthy of having even 1 team in.

See if you can figure out the difference.  Ohio State started out looking, as you said, terrible but got back into the game, outscored Miami 14-3 from mid-way through the second through mid-way through the fourth and, as @MaximumSam pointed out:

The Buckeyes outgained Miami and had the ball with a chance to take the lead late in the game. You are tough to please.

What more do you want?  

By way of contrast Tech actually was MORE competitive in the first half and only trailed 14-0 at the half but continued to fall farther and farther behind.  

The last time Tech was within one score was early in the second half and they ended up losing 23-0.  Ohio State was within one score with one minute remaining and was within one score with the ball half-way through the fourth.  

Tech also got outgained by almost 100 yards and did I mention that they got shut out?  

Ohio State lost, I accept that but don't pretend they got completely smoked in a game that was within one score until the final minute.  

Ohio State, Texas Tech, JMU, Tulane.  

One of the above is not like the others, can you figure it out?  

[ELA]

Ohio State didn't look terrible.  They just started slow, and Miami played well.  Georgia didn't look bad either.  Texas Tech and Alabama were the two teams that looked like they did not belong on this stage.  Same as Tulane and JMU last week

[MaximumSam]

Bill Connelly always releases his postgame win expectancy and OSU was at 70%, so it's not like they got ran over. Indiana's was 100. 

[FearlessF]

[OrangeAfroMan]

We're still posting bowl records with 4/5 of the OL out, some dude with 3 carries on the season getting 20, and half the defense not playing?

Okay.  Have fun with that.

[MrNubbz]

Bama beat Kentucky 89-74 so they're a basketball school now

[MaximumSam]

We're still posting bowl records with 4/5 of the OL out, some dude with 3 carries on the season getting 20, and half the defense not playing?

Okay.  Have fun with that.

Ball don't lie

[Brutus Buckeye]

They are still in the mindset that this is pre-NIL SEC. 

It isn't. 

It should be a 2-bid league, once things get re-calibrated. 

[bayareabadger]

We're still posting bowl records with 4/5 of the OL out, some dude with 3 carries on the season getting 20, and half the defense not playing?

Okay.  Have fun with that.

I did have fun with it!

[FearlessF]

the bowl games were not only played but they tallied the scores and winners were declared

if you're going to all that trouble, count 'em

I guess we're seeing who has the better team (program) with 4/5 of the OL out, some dude with 3 carries on the season getting 20, and half the defense

it's the same for both teams, so it's fair.

obviously, Iowa St, Kansas St, Notre Dame didn't want ugly bowl losses tacked onto their ugly reg seasons, so they backed out

any other team could easily have declined an invitation to take a loss in a meaningless exhibition bowl