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Topic: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)

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medinabuckeye1

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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama v. #4 Cincinnati
« Reply #28 on: December 05, 2021, 08:56:45 PM »
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama v. #4 Cincinnati
« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2021, 08:57:46 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on December 05, 2021, 08:51:11 PM
It is a first round bye. Cincinnati doesn't have a single player who would start on any of the other three CFP teams.
I have not looked, but I suspect this is incorrect.
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama v. #4 Cincinnati
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2021, 09:04:33 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on December 05, 2021, 08:54:41 PM
Nope, not if you are thinking ahead.

Cincinnati's inclusion is an absolute joke but it also deprived a legitimate team of a spot. If yours is a P5 team then you want Bama to massacre Cincy because next time the legitimate contender deprived of a spot to make room for some joke G5 team could be your P5 team.


The fifth place team is the Notre Dame team that Cincinnati soundly defeated. 
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2021, 09:05:57 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 05, 2021, 08:57:46 PM
I have not looked, but I suspect this is incorrect.
I'll start at QB, where Desmond Ridder is better than either Bennett or McNamara
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama v. #4 Cincinnati
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2021, 09:07:03 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on December 05, 2021, 02:40:43 PM
Georgia opening as an 8.5 point favorite over Michigan is absolutely ridiculous. Should be 2 or 3, and could even make a case Michigan should be the favorite.
It depends on how you view the SECCG, the B1GCG, and The Game.

Prior to their last two game Michigan didn't look very good at all. Most of us (you included) picked tOSU for a reason. Michigan has looked great these last two games but they didn't look anything like that in the vast majority of their first 11.

Similarly, UGA looked nearly invisible up until the SECCG. 

If you view the three aforementioned games as aberrations them UGA -8.5 is frankly too low. Two weeks ago I'd have expected UGA -8.5 against tOSU and Michigan didn't look as good as tOSU. Now, who knows. 
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2021, 09:12:41 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 05, 2021, 09:05:57 PM
I'll start at QB, where Desmond Ridder is better than either Bennett or McNamara
Facts.
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #34 on: December 05, 2021, 09:14:05 PM »
Cincinnati would lose to all three, because they can't complete in the trenches.  But that doesn't mean they haven't earned the chance to prove they can't, and they wont
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #35 on: December 05, 2021, 09:21:43 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 05, 2021, 09:14:05 PM
Cincinnati would lose to all three, because they can't complete in the trenches.  But that doesn't mean they haven't earned the chance to prove they can't, and they wont
Please think of the unfairness to Baylor
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #36 on: December 05, 2021, 09:28:53 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on December 05, 2021, 09:21:43 PM
Please think of the unfairness to Baylor
It isn't them so much as the UGA/M winner. Whoever wins that game is going to be beat up from a tough physical game then they are going to have to play a well rested opponent that had an easy tune-up game.
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #37 on: December 05, 2021, 09:38:42 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on December 05, 2021, 09:28:53 PM
It isn't them so much as the UGA/M winner. Whoever wins that game is going to be beat up from a tough physical game then they are going to have to play a well rested opponent that had an easy tune-up game.
Well, that's life. It's no different than in 2019 when OSU had to play Clemson and LSU got to play Oklahoma.
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #38 on: December 05, 2021, 09:41:41 PM »
So the one seed gets a favorable path over the others? 

That's outrageous! 
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #39 on: December 05, 2021, 09:53:15 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 05, 2021, 09:05:57 PM
I'll start at QB, where Desmond Ridder is better than either Bennett or McNamara
Would any of 5 QBs on ALA, UM, or UGA have done anyy worse?
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #40 on: December 05, 2021, 09:53:58 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 05, 2021, 09:14:05 PM
Cincinnati would lose to all three, because they can't complete in the trenches.  But that doesn't mean they haven't earned the chance to prove they can't, and they wont
Here's your answer, all tied up in a pretty bow.  
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Re: Cotton Bowl: #1 Alabama (12-1) vs. #4 Cincinnati (13-0)
« Reply #41 on: December 05, 2021, 09:54:37 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 05, 2021, 09:05:57 PM
I'll start at QB, where Desmond Ridder is better than either Bennett or McNamara
I expect more from you than this.

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