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Topic: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues

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FearlessF

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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #140 on: November 20, 2024, 11:17:27 AM »
it doesn't get any better than that.........

Bama playing in Bloomington, Indiana in the snow
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #141 on: November 20, 2024, 11:19:49 AM »
Was listening to Josh Pate this AM.

The betting service he used -- FanDuel maybe? --- had every SEC road team favored by 1-1/2 at Bloomington, South Bend, and Happy Valley.

FWIW -- and not that it matters much.

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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #142 on: November 20, 2024, 11:21:05 AM »
it doesn't get any better than that.........

Bama playing in Bloomington, Indiana in the snow
and when that happens, they will change the rules for the future (like was done with the Super Bowl) that they have to be played in a warm weather site or in a dome. 

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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #143 on: November 20, 2024, 11:21:49 AM »
1-1/2

perfect, some great matchups!

no one wants to see double digit spreads, bad for TV ratings
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #144 on: November 20, 2024, 11:22:39 AM »
and when that happens, they will change the rules for the future (like was done with the Super Bowl) that they have to be played in a warm weather site or in a dome.
especially if the SEC teams on the road take a beating
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #145 on: November 20, 2024, 11:26:59 AM »
I recall when Wisconsin had to play Miami in a brutally cold bowl game, it wasn't fair for them.

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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #146 on: November 20, 2024, 11:30:14 AM »
and when that happens, they will change the rules for the future (like was done with the Super Bowl) that they have to be played in a warm weather site or in a dome.

It will most likely hurt the SEC travelling up north in December.  

I say, Oh Well, thems the breaks.  Get the better seed and host, or take your ass up to the Midwest.

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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #147 on: November 20, 2024, 11:42:24 AM »
yup, there's no crying in football
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #148 on: November 20, 2024, 06:46:19 PM »
it doesn't get any better than that.........

Bama playing in Bloomington, Indiana in the snow
It wouldn't get any worse for the IU players.  
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #150 on: November 20, 2024, 10:07:27 PM »
It wouldn't get any worse for the IU players. 

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as long as you get the opportunity to race at the end of the season, it's all good
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Re: First 12-Team Playoff Rankings Tues
« Reply #151 on: November 21, 2024, 12:40:41 AM »
If IU gets blown out on Saturday, they'll have the resume of any one of the dozens of mid-major programs we've seen over the years that lost their only real challenge of their season.  

I'm happy for them.  It's cool to be having the best season in school history in the moment.  They'll have this for the rest of their lives, and that's awesome.

But they may also wind up in the playoff on the wrong end of a blowout by halftime.  
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