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Topic: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week

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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2024, 02:57:06 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on November 27, 2024, 02:39:25 PM

https://youtu.be/inT3Kbmut10?si=8bXW6EGgpP4avjuC
Even when it's not our directly beating OSU, you guys hand us a NC.  Thanks again!  :88:
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2024, 03:01:55 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on November 27, 2024, 11:24:15 AM
I don't think they suck, they just don't have a top-end.  IMHO, none of the B12 teams would be competitive with Oregon and tOSU but they have almost a dozen teams that would probably be top-5 in the B1G. 
That's not really close to true, based on the current composite computer rankings.  Really, it's that the Big Ten's top is WAY better than the Big XII's top.  And that from #5 down, they are closer to evenish.  Their #12 team (UCF) would actually be #14 in the Big Ten, not #5

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  • 2. Oregon
  • 5. Penn State
  • 7. Indiana
  • 15. Iowa State
  • 17. BYU
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  • 22. Arizona State
  • 23. Colorado
  • 26. Iowa
  • 27. Illinois
  • 30. USC
  • 33. Michigan
  • 34. Baylor
  • 35. Kansas
  • 39. Minnesota
  • 40. TCU
  • 44. Texas Tech
  • 45. Washington
  • 47. Nebraska
  • 48. West Virginia
  • 54. Wisconsin
  • 55. Cincinnati
  • 61. Rutgers
  • 62. Central Florida
  • 65. UCLA
  • 70. Michigan State
  • 72. Utah
  • 79. Maryland
  • 83. Houston
  • 85. Arizona
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2024, 03:03:31 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on November 27, 2024, 02:54:44 PM
With the 11nd-ranked team getting a 4-seed and a 16th-ranked team getting into a 12-team playoff, this will simply be a 2-year black eye of foolishness on the sport.

Idiocy.
We will see when there are eyeballs on the ACC and Big XII championships, that wouldn't have been there before
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2024, 03:09:26 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on November 27, 2024, 02:54:44 PM
With the 11nd-ranked team getting a 4-seed and a 16th-ranked team getting into a 12-team playoff, this will simply be a 2-year black eye of foolishness on the sport.

Idiocy.
dude, it's absolutely designed to work this way

it's not a tall about seeding the 12 most deserving teams, therefore giving the top 4 seeds an advantage
it's a farce and it's designed to be a farce
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2024, 03:12:17 PM »
It's not a farce, it's just designed to both make money, and increase the number of games that have meaning, which is exactly what it's doing
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2024, 03:19:57 PM »
Quote from: ELA on November 27, 2024, 03:03:31 PM
We will see when there are eyeballs on the ACC and Big XII championships, that wouldn't have been there before
I don't think there's enough people in Iowa or enough actual fans in Miami for that to make a dent.
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2024, 03:21:46 PM »
it's designed to include a G5 team to avoid lawsuits
it's designed to include a Big 12 champ and an ACC champ, regardless of merit

it's designed to include the weak teams above to afford the top 3 or 4 teams in the SEC an easier path to the championship game
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2024, 03:23:21 PM »
Quote from: ELA on November 27, 2024, 03:03:31 PM
We will see when there are eyeballs on the ACC and Big XII championships, that wouldn't have been there before
hah, the Big 12 champ game would have had more eyeballs if the Horns were in it.
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2024, 03:24:00 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on November 27, 2024, 03:19:57 PM
I don't think there's enough people in Iowa or enough actual fans in Miami for that to make a dent.
Exactly.

Which is why nobody watched those when a trip to an Orange Bowl, with half the roster opting out, on the line.  Nobody except those few Iowa State or Miami fans cared.  Now, everyone will be watching, because there are tangible implications
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2024, 04:11:18 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 27, 2024, 03:21:46 PM
it's designed to include a G5 team to avoid lawsuits
it's designed to include a Big 12 champ and an ACC champ, regardless of merit

it's designed to include the weak teams above to afford the top 3 or 4 teams in the SEC an easier path to the championship game
Yep. Which is why I'd love to see an 11-1 traditional doormat program win it all just to shove a sharp stick in the eye of the helmets. This is all about helping them. I'd love to see a complete and total non-helmet do it. 

I just wish it was Vandy, or Northwestern, or literally anybody but the damn Hoosiers who have a seat at the table to try it lol... 
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2024, 04:11:36 PM »
Quote from: ELA on November 27, 2024, 03:24:00 PM
Exactly.

Which is why nobody watched those when a trip to an Orange Bowl, with half the roster opting out, on the line.  Nobody except those few Iowa State or Miami fans cared.  Now, everyone will be watching, because there are tangible implications
I'm not so sure fans of Hoosiers and Vols are going to be watching those conference champ games just to predict a likely matchup for their team

the coaching staff might care enuff
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #25 on: November 27, 2024, 05:22:56 PM »
Vols fans aren't scouting potential opponents, they're sniffing their daisy orange britches and figuring if they're clean enough to wear to the playoff game.

The #1 clicks/eyeball entity in the XII isn't who'll be their champ, it's people for and against Deion tuning in to see him win or lose.
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #26 on: November 27, 2024, 05:37:34 PM »
I'm hopin Ralphie doesn't get a sniff of the chump game
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Re: Playoff possibilities heading into the final week
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2024, 07:34:22 AM »
If the Dawgs can beat Tech I'll be happy, for a few days anyway.  That game worries me a lot, the nearly 20 point spread looks way too high to me.

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