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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #112 on: November 28, 2021, 08:06:31 PM »
Alabama is an underdog for the first time since 2015.  
Amazing, right?
But wait a second.  Alabama has lost 6 times since that game.  Maybe Saban isn't much of a HC.  6 losses as a favorite is embarrassing.  :57:
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #113 on: November 28, 2021, 08:41:06 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 28, 2021, 07:11:55 PM
So, imagine Michigan and UGA win but OkSU and Cincinnati lose.  Is ND in the playoff?  100%?

And who else?

1.  UGA
2.  Michigan
3.  Notre Dame?
4.  ....... Ohio State?  Baylor? 

This scenario is fairly plausible.
Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Bama. 
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #114 on: November 28, 2021, 08:43:37 PM »
Quote from: um1963 on November 28, 2021, 07:37:56 PM
Wisconsin was beating ND 13-10 in the fourth quarter before executing a bed shitting for the record books that somehow is now being interpreted as a start to finish beat down.  Wisconsin out gained ND in total yardage and held them to 3 yards rushing for the entire game.  Wisconsin started the season with a horrible turnover ratio including 5 turnovers in this game alone with two pick sixes in final minutes of the game.

"If you take away all of Notre Dame's TDs on offense, defense and special teams, Wisconsin would have won that game." 

-Dave Wannstedt, probably. 
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #115 on: November 28, 2021, 08:48:43 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 28, 2021, 08:41:06 PM
Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Bama.
I'd rather have Cincy or the Big 12 champ than a 2 loss Bama
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #116 on: November 28, 2021, 08:49:25 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 28, 2021, 07:23:48 PM
Has that happened every time in history?
nope, pretty sure the year the Buckeyes won with a 3rd string QB, they were the 4th seed
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #117 on: November 28, 2021, 08:50:49 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 28, 2021, 08:48:43 PM
I'd rather have Cincy or the Big 12 champ than a 2 loss Bama

Cincinnati loses in Cincydawg's hypothetical. 

No way Cincy gets in over Bama, after a loss in the AAC CCG.
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #118 on: November 28, 2021, 09:08:49 PM »
yer right, Cincy is out, so is Bama unless all the one loss teams lose
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #119 on: November 28, 2021, 09:25:06 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 28, 2021, 08:43:37 PM
"If you take away all of Notre Dame's TDs on offense, defense and special teams, Wisconsin would have won that game."

-Dave Wannstedt, probably.
There's no offense to take away, ND rushed for 3 yards...less than 1/3 of a 1st down the entire game. Of all the hills one could die on you choose ND is a 2021 title contender lol.

I'm not even arguing that Wisconsin should've won.  The four touchdown difference was a deviation that is somehow being sold as the standard to judge other teams.

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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #120 on: November 28, 2021, 09:31:22 PM »
Quote from: um1963 on November 28, 2021, 09:25:06 PM
There's no offense to take away, ND rushed for 3 yards...less than 1/3 of a 1st down the entire game. Of all the hills one could die on you choose ND is a 2021 title contender lol.

I'm not even arguing that Wisconsin should've won.  The four touchdown difference was a deviation that is somehow being sold as the standard to judge other teams.




No, the hill I choose to die on is that most P5 teams don't run the table with Cincinnati's schedule because they wouldn't get past Notre Dame. 

The ones making a leap are those who adamantly insist that a one loss Notre Dame is a bad team. 
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #121 on: November 28, 2021, 09:48:00 PM »
an undefeated Cincy Team might be a top 4 team, their schedule just didn't give them a chance to prove it

a one loss (to an undefeated Cincy) Notre Dame might very well be a top 4 team, their schedule just didn't give them a chance to prove it

Georgia's schedule hasn't proven much either, but they play in the SEC SEC SEC
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #122 on: November 28, 2021, 10:58:20 PM »
UGA's schedule is irrelevant if they get to 13-0.  Power 5 undefeated conference champion, always in (unless there are five of them).

If Bama loses, they are out, I'm pretty confident.
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #123 on: November 28, 2021, 11:00:37 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 28, 2021, 09:48:00 PM
an undefeated Cincy Team might be a top 4 team, their schedule just didn't give them a chance to prove it

a one loss (to an undefeated Cincy) Notre Dame might very well be a top 4 team, their schedule just didn't give them a chance to prove it

Georgia's schedule hasn't proven much either, but they play in the SEC SEC SEC
We'll get a better idea of what Georgia has this weekend.  Cincy's AD chose that schedule.  Notre Dame could possibly be playing in a conference championship this weekend like all the other contenders but they chose to maintain their independence to keep their exclusive TV contract.  So while they're sitting at home watching the games everyone has to just assume they would have won a conference championship if they played one because their helmet is gold, their players touched that play like a champion sign and Rudy made a sweet sack in garbage time.
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #124 on: November 28, 2021, 11:17:16 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 28, 2021, 10:58:20 PM
UGA's schedule is irrelevant if they get to 13-0.  Power 5 undefeated conference champion, always in (unless there are five of them).

If Bama loses, they are out, I'm pretty confident.

That's ridiculous. They would clearly be the first 2-loss team selected. 
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Re: Playoff 4
« Reply #125 on: November 28, 2021, 11:59:11 PM »
Quote from: um1963 on November 28, 2021, 11:00:37 PM
We'll get a better idea of what Georgia has this weekend.  Cincy's AD chose that schedule.  Notre Dame could possibly be playing in a conference championship this weekend like all the other contenders but they chose to maintain their independence to keep their exclusive TV contract.  So while they're sitting at home watching the games everyone has to just assume they would have won a conference championship if they played one because their helmet is gold, their players touched that play like a champion sign and Rudy made a sweet sack in garbage time.
I am like you. I hope Notre Dame is disappointed and blames it on their failure to join a conference. But, instead their administrator will reason it out this way, "Lincoln Riley, who couldn't win the Big 12, is coming to USC and will improve our SOS."
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