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Topic: Season Ending Options - Which is better?

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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2020, 01:12:07 PM »
Yeah, if you are giving me the outcome, I'll take a win over a blowout loss any day. But in the real world you don't know the outcome, so I'd always take the at bat in the CFP as an extreme underdog over being heavily favored in a NY6 game.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2020, 07:07:36 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on April 09, 2020, 01:12:07 PM
Yeah, if you are giving me the outcome, I'll take a win over a blowout loss any day. But in the real world you don't know the outcome, so I'd always take the at bat in the CFP as an extreme underdog over being heavily favored in a NY6 game.

That sounds right, before the fact.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2020, 07:29:57 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on April 08, 2020, 07:34:24 AM
Reminds me of 2015, where OSU got to blow out Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, while MSU was getting pantsed by Bama in a National semifinal.
Bama would have pansed anyone that season
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2020, 07:33:54 PM »
Considering how MSU pansed OSUs offense, the Bucks might have scored negative points against Bama.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2020, 07:42:36 PM »
Please... Like blowing out Notre Dame is an accomplishment? 

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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2020, 07:47:31 PM »
It might not be all that difficult, but it's still fun. Sorta like defeating the Wolverines.

Especially when the only alternative is getting blown out by an SEC team in a National semifinal.

I mean, come on. The choice is obvious.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2020, 07:59:48 PM »
Notre Dame has done a great job of being blown out in both BCS finals (by the SEC) and CFP Semifinals (by the ACC). 
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2020, 10:30:16 PM »
Notre Dame's last 19 bowl games, since going 11-1 under Lou Holtz in 1993:
(be sure to look at the names of the bowls they won)
L  Camping World Bowl by 24 points
L  Cotton Bowl by 27 points (playoff)
W  Citrus Bowl
L  Fiesta Bowl by 16 points
W  Music City Bowl
W  Pinstripe Bowl
L  BCS Championship Game by 28 points
L  Champs Sports Bowl by 4 points
W  Sun Bowl
W  Hawai'i Bowl
L  Sugar Bowl by 27 points
L  Fiesta Bowl by 14 points
L  Insight Bowl by 17 points
L  Gator Bowl by 22 points
L  Fiesta Bowl by 30 points
L  Gator Bowl by 7 points
L  Independence Bowl by 18 points
L  Orange Bowl by 5 points
L  Fiesta Bowl by 17 points
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2020, 10:31:10 PM »
5-14 record, with wins in the Citrus, Sun, Hawai'i, Music City, and Pinstripe Bowls only.  9 of the 14 losses were blowouts (by more than 2 possessions), including twice to Oregon State.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2020, 10:50:34 PM »
Plus they refused to play in a bowl game after firing Weis or Willingham or whoever it was.
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2020, 10:58:59 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on April 09, 2020, 12:39:26 PM
Blowouts in highly watched games suck, and they stick with a program for a long time (unless the Program is Alabama and is enjoying one of the most dominant decades of college football ever). Wins against good teams give warm fuzzies that get you through the winter and all the way to the season opener.

So, unless the program is the current version of Alabama, I'd much prefer the high quality win.
I feel like I'd take a playoff trip or two, even if it was a bad outcome. But I also haven't had any playoff trips. 

I think as a UW fan, any playoff trip would be seen as an outlier. Like even if UW took OSU's 31-0, Badger fans who aren't stupid would say them's the breaks. I dunno if I'd rather beat 10-3 Washington, though I suppose I'd rather win in the Rose Bowl most of the time. 
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Re: Season Ending Options - Which is better?
« Reply #25 on: April 09, 2020, 11:10:21 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on April 09, 2020, 10:30:16 PM
Notre Dame's last 19 bowl games, since going 11-1 under Lou Holtz in 1993:
(be sure to look at the names of the bowls they won)
L  Camping World Bowl by 24 points
L  Cotton Bowl by 27 points (playoff)

L  Champs Sports Bowl by 4 points

L  Insight Bowl by 17 points
L  Gator Bowl by 22 points

L  Gator Bowl by 7 points
L  Independence Bowl by 18 points

hah, look at some of the bowls they lost!
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