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Cincydawg

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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #196 on: December 01, 2019, 02:06:32 PM »
Same with ACC, it's a matter of claiming the conference championship, which is a thing I think.  If Wisconsin wins, the get that crown.  OSU might do a Bama and go one to win an NC of course.

Everyone is pretty sure LSU and OSU are already in the playoff.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #197 on: December 01, 2019, 02:25:45 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 01, 2019, 02:06:32 PM
Same with ACC, it's a matter of claiming the conference championship, which is a thing I think.  If Wisconsin wins, the get that crown.  OSU might do a Bama and go one to win an NC of course.

Everyone is pretty sure LSU and OSU are already in the playoff.
How meaningful is it if Virginia beats Clemson and becomes 2019 ACC Champions?  Everyone knows who is better, who had the better season, and who would still be in the playoff hunt.


Hint:  not the conference champion
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #198 on: December 01, 2019, 02:26:36 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 01, 2019, 01:52:47 PM


one more data point is better than not
Well said.  But I've been told on this thread that it isn't just another data point.  Now I'm conflicted.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #199 on: December 01, 2019, 02:27:17 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 01, 2019, 01:54:35 PM
We don't need a B1G CCG to know who is the best. We already know it.
Precisely.

entertainment/$$$$$$$ >>>>>>>>>>  competition
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #200 on: December 01, 2019, 02:29:18 PM »
Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide's record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.

The top four teams in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank were unchanged, with LSU at No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia. Utah moved up to No. 5, followed by Oklahoma, Florida and Baylor.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #201 on: December 01, 2019, 02:30:07 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 01, 2019, 02:25:45 PM
How meaningful is it if Virginia beats Clemson and becomes 2019 ACC Champions?  Everyone knows who is better, who had the better season, and who would still be in the playoff hunt.


Hint:  not the conference champion
could be damn meaningful to Clemson

might be left outside looking in with Bama
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #202 on: December 01, 2019, 02:31:58 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 01, 2019, 02:27:17 PM
Precisely.

entertainment/$$$$$$$ >>>>>>>>>>  competition
perhaps not

if the Badgers play a great game there could be a solid question regarding what team is better
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #203 on: December 01, 2019, 02:43:30 PM »
Like I said, they are two team conference tourneys. Many folks consider the regular season championship to carry more weight than the conference tourney winner.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #204 on: December 01, 2019, 03:17:42 PM »
I just threw up in my mouth a little.  Not in a mean, condescending way, but in a "this is becoming college basketball reeeeeal quick" kind of way.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #205 on: December 01, 2019, 03:32:03 PM »
did ya swaller it or spit it out?
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #206 on: December 01, 2019, 04:16:53 PM »
For me, a conference crown is a Big Deal.  I bet it would be for Cavalier or Badger fans as well.  

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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #207 on: December 01, 2019, 04:22:21 PM »
It's certainly cool.  You get a trophy.  But it doesn't help you get into the playoff.  Now, winning your conference may be the next-best thing, but I'll be radical and stick with it's one more game.  One more data point.  I get reamed for pointing out how silly it is for someone to say one game is more than one game.  But it is.
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #208 on: December 01, 2019, 04:41:36 PM »
the only teams that yawn at a conference championship ar programs that have collected too many over the past decade

Oklahoma, Ohio St., Clemson, and Bama

every other program in the P5 would cherish a trophy
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Re: Probable Playoff Teams
« Reply #209 on: December 01, 2019, 06:03:58 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 01, 2019, 02:31:58 PM
perhaps not

if the Badgers play a great game there could be a solid question regarding what team is better
I hate to be the one making this argument when it is for my team, but I disagree.

If Wisconsin wins the B1GCG in a blowout, they and tOSU would be 1-1 H2H with a blowout each way. I see that as a wash and tOSU's other 11 games are unequivocally better.
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