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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: MaximumSam on October 28, 2019, 10:10:32 AM
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Lots o' byes this week, but there is still some good stuff. Even some Thursday night action.
Thursday, 8 pm
West Virginia at Baylor, ESPN: Baylor is undefeated and can actually make the CFP. West Virginia isn't good, but Baylor isn't necessarily good enough to call any game a gimme. So Thursday night drama is possible.
Georgia Southern at Appy State, ESPNU: Appy is still undefeated and is in the mix for that New Years 6 spot. Georgia Southern nearly beat Minnesota.
Saturday, noon
Michigan at Maryland, ABC: Michigan suddenly looks like a quality team. Maryland, not so much.
Nebraska at Purdue, FOX: Purdue is unlikely to make a bowl this year. Nebraska is 4-4 and has this game, Wiscy,@Maryland, and Iowa. They need two wins and it doesn't take a brain science degree to say this is one they should get.
3:30
Rutgers at Illinois, BTN: The game of the day, except Illinois apparently lost the memo that they are supposed to be a dumpster fire. Rutgers looking for a two game win streak. Illinois needs two more wins and has this game, @MSU, @ Iowa, and Northwestern. It's...likely?
Georgia at Florida, CBS: The alternate game for the leader of the SEC and pretty much killing the playoff chances of the loser.
Kansas State at Kansas, FS1: The hat rides again.
4 pm
Wofford at Clemson, ACCN: Clemson taking on a bigger challenge than their typical ACC fare.
Utah at Washington, FOX: Utah is a Pac 12 leader and a dark horse playoff contender. But Washington ain't bad and they are at home.
7:30
SMU at Memphis, ABC: Seriously, ABC. This AAC West showdown is really the top game of the week.
Oregon at USC, FOX: Oregon is also in the mix for the playoffs, and has a pretty good hold on the Pac North. But USC tied for the top of the South and wants to hold serve.
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Wofford at Clemson, ACCN: Clemson taking on a bigger challenge than their typical ACC fare.
HA! not too far from the truth
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Clemson does still play at South Carolina, obviously not a good team at all but capable of upsets in rivalry games.
The SEC is clearing up, barring some weirdness, as LSU-Bama and UF-UGA.
The B1G West is rather amazing.
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those foolish writers in Chicago should have been rowing the boat at media days
I'm not a fan of PJ, but his kids are playing good football
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those foolish writers in Chicago should have been rowing the boat at media days
I'm not a fan of PJ, but his kids are playing good football
I predicted Minny v. Sparty in the B1G championship. At least half of that take was amazing.
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I had Nebraska and Michigan. Hmmm.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFddgrAc5ak
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Damn I miss that dude.
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If anyone here bets on CFB, put something down on Florida and take the points. I think Florida wins outright, the Dawgs are favored by 6-7 last I saw.
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Haven't watched enough of Georgia to know. Sounds like poor-mouthing.
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those foolish writers in Chicago should have been rowing the boat at media days
I'm not a fan of PJ, but his kids are playing good football
I know it is early, but he looks like a damn good coach so far.
I love how he called for Gameday to visit during the PSU game, too. Hard not to like the guy.
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If anyone here bets on CFB, put something down on Florida and take the points. I think Florida wins outright, the Dawgs are favored by 6-7 last I saw.
riiiiight
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I know it is early, but he looks like a damn good coach so far.
I love how he called for Gameday to visit during the PSU game, too. Hard not to like the guy.
I don't like him, but I like his record, how his team is playing, and sure as hell outcoached Frost and his staff
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If anyone here bets on CFB, put something down on Florida and take the points. I think Florida wins outright, the Dawgs are favored by 6-7 last I saw.
Not even sure who runs the local bookie joint anymore.Got any hot stock tips or Lotto numbers?
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you can easily find the local book
just go to the bar
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Listening to a CFB podcast, and that's the first I heard mentioned anywhere that FSU-Miami are playing this week. Not even thrown into the list of games here. I had to look it up to confirm, and yup, 3:30 on ABC.
My goodness how times have changed.
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Listening to a CFB podcast, and that's the first I heard mentioned anywhere that FSU-Miami are playing this week. Not even thrown into the list of games here. I had to look it up to confirm, and yup, 3:30 on ABC.
My goodness how times have changed.
Wow, I didn't realize that until you posted it just now. HUGE change from a few years ago but nobody outside of Florida really cares when a 3-3/4-4 ACC Atlantic team plays a 2-3/4-4 ACC Coastal team.
Speaking of their ACC records, the ACC races couldn't be more different. Clemson leads the ACC Atlantic by a mile. They are 6-0 while their closest competitor is 2-1 Wake. Next is 3-2 Louisville but the Cardinals already lost to the Tigers so the best they could do is a 3-way tie with Clemson and Wake and I am not going to bother to look up the ACC's tiebreaker for that.
The ACC Coastal is a mess. Here are the standings:
- 3-2 Virginia
- 3-2 North Carolina
- 2-2 VaTech
- 2-2 Pitt
- 2-3 Dook
- 2-3 Miami
- 1-3 GaTech
All seven teams are within one game of each other in the loss column and literally all of them are still mathematically alive. I'm rooting for a 7-way tie in the ACC Coastal!
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The ACC Coastal is a mess. Here are the standings:
- 3-2 Virginia
- 3-2 North Carolina
- 2-2 VaTech
- 2-2 Pitt
- 2-3 Dook
- 2-3 Miami
- 1-3 GaTech
All seven teams are within one game of each other in the loss column and literally all of them are still mathematically alive. I'm rooting for a 7-way tie in the ACC Coastal!
FWIW:
The co-leaders (UVA and UNC) play this weekend in Chapel Hill. The winner will move to 4-2 and be alone in first place but their lead will not be insurmountable. Looking at them against the other two 2-loss teams:
- UVA beat Pitt but doesn't play VaTech until Thanksgiving weekend.
- UNC lost to VaTech and plays Pitt next Thursday in Pittsburgh.
In terms of the race:
- 3-2 UVA controls their own destiny because they already beat Pitt and have opportunities to beat UNC and VaTech.
- 3-2 UNC needs VaTech to lose
- 2-2 VaTech controls their own destiny because they already beat UNC and have opportunities to beat UVA and Pitt.
- 2-2 Pitt needs UVA to lose
- The 3-loss teams need each of the 2-loss teams to lose at least once
This could be LOTS of fun!
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FSU - Miami, and I also was unaware that game was this weekend. And it's a light weekend with basically one headliner.
Utah at Washington is notable.
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this isn't getting much reaction either................
Alabama continues to beef up its future nonconference schedules, with the Crimson Tide on Thursday announcing a home-and-home series with Florida State for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Alabama will play in Tallahassee on Aug. 30, 2025, with Florida State visiting Tuscaloosa the next season on Sept. 19, 2026.
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Wow, I didn't realize that until you posted it just now. HUGE change from a few years ago but nobody outside of Florida really cares when a 3-3/4-4 ACC Atlantic team plays a 2-3/4-4 ACC Coastal team.
Speaking of their ACC records, the ACC races couldn't be more different. Clemson leads the ACC Atlantic by a mile. They are 6-0 while their closest competitor is 2-1 Wake. Next is 3-2 Louisville but the Cardinals already lost to the Tigers so the best they could do is a 3-way tie with Clemson and Wake and I am not going to bother to look up the ACC's tiebreaker for that.
The ACC Coastal is a mess.
All seven teams are within one game of each other in the loss column and literally all of them are still mathematically alive. I'm rooting for a 7-way tie in the ACC Coastal!
and then root for the huge upset in the conference chump game
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this isn't getting much reaction either................
Alabama continues to beef up its future nonconference schedules, with the Crimson Tide on Thursday announcing a home-and-home series with Florida State for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Alabama will play in Tallahassee on Aug. 30, 2025, with Florida State visiting Tuscaloosa the next season on Sept. 19, 2026.
Bama just refuses to play home and homes against real teams.
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well, they certainly aren't going North
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this isn't getting much reaction either................
Alabama continues to beef up its future nonconference schedules, with the Crimson Tide on Thursday announcing a home-and-home series with Florida State for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Alabama will play in Tallahassee on Aug. 30, 2025, with Florida State visiting Tuscaloosa the next season on Sept. 19, 2026.
It might turn out to be a pair of great games, but FSU isn't very beefy these days.
FSU has become one of those programs that might be good when you play them, but might be pretty crappy.
OU playing UCLA this year and last is an example of "they might be pretty good when we play them" wishful thinking.
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this isn't getting much reaction either................
Alabama continues to beef up its future nonconference schedules, with the Crimson Tide on Thursday announcing a home-and-home series with Florida State for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
Alabama will play in Tallahassee on Aug. 30, 2025, with Florida State visiting Tuscaloosa the next season on Sept. 19, 2026.
I see they still refuse to leave the SEC footprint in the regular season.
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Did not Bama agree to a home and home series with Wisconsin? Or did I dream that?
At least they are getting off the one NS game sets.
The schools announced Monday the teams will play in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sept. 14, 2024. They'll meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sept. 13, 2025. Wisconsin and Alabama have split their only two meetings. The Crimson Tide won 35-17 in the 2015 opener in Arlington, Texas.Jul 29, 2019
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/07/29/alabama-wisconsin-set-for-home-and-home-in-2024-2025/39821473/)Alabama, Wisconsin set for home-and-home in 2024, 2025 - USA Today
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/07/29/alabama-wisconsin-set-for-home-and-home-in-2024-2025/39821473/)
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/07/29/alabama-wisconsin-set-for-home-and-home-in-2024-2025/39821473/)
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Did not Bama agree to a home and home series with Wisconsin? Or did I dream that?
At least they are getting off the one NS game sets.
The schools announced Monday the teams will play in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sept. 14, 2024. They'll meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sept. 13, 2025. Wisconsin and Alabama have split their only two meetings. The Crimson Tide won 35-17 in the 2015 opener in Arlington, Texas.Jul 29, 2019
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/07/29/alabama-wisconsin-set-for-home-and-home-in-2024-2025/39821473/)Alabama, Wisconsin set for home-and-home in 2024, 2025 - USA Today
(https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/07/29/alabama-wisconsin-set-for-home-and-home-in-2024-2025/39821473/)
If they don't back out of this, then I stand corrected. However, I cannot remember the last time they left the footprint of the SEC for a non-post season game.
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If they don't back out of this, then I stand corrected. However, I cannot remember the last time they left the footprint of the SEC for a non-post season game.
2011.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=312530213
(https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=312530213)Since that time, they have played nearly all (or all) neutral site games. They are obviously moving away from that model.
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2011.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=312530213
(https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=312530213)Since that time, they have played nearly all (or all) neutral site games. They are obviously moving away from that model.
Thanks. As I said, I couldn't remember. That does not mean it didn't happen. ;)
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SEC programs have a lot of options for OOC teams in the ACC and B12 obviously, some of which are more akin to rivalry games. I'm just happy to see more OOC games between P5 teams that are home and away, here and there, whichever it is.
The few OOC games between heavyweights (or near heavyweights) are attention getting when the occur, but they are too rare IMHO.
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SEC programs have a lot of options for OOC teams in the ACC and B12 obviously, some of which are more akin to rivalry games. I'm just happy to see more OOC games between P5 teams that are home and away, here and there, whichever it is.
The few OOC games between heavyweights (or near heavyweights) are attention getting when the occur, but they are too rare IMHO.
I agree and would like to see more of them. I enjoy seeing my favorite team playing a heavy weight team from another conference, in the non-conference portion of the schedule. It is generally a very high profile game that puts both teams in the national spotlight. But even more than that, I enjoy seeing how they stack up to others outside of their conference. Watching tOSU beat up on Florida Atlantic is like watching Mike Tyson beat up a 90 lb weakling. Where is the challenge in that?
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SEC programs have a lot of options for OOC teams in the ACC and B12 obviously, some of which are more akin to rivalry games. I'm just happy to see more OOC games between P5 teams that are home and away, here and there, whichever it is.
The few OOC games between heavyweights (or near heavyweights) are attention getting when the occur, but they are too rare IMHO.
Oklahoma had a home-and-home with Alabama in 2002-03, Dennis Franchione's last year and Mike Shula's first. We caught Bama when they were not at their historic level.
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I've mentioned before that if every P5 team played at least 10 P5 teams a year, I'd be happy. That levels the field for teams who play 9 conference games.
SEC and ACC teams can play one P5 opponent and 3 pastries (and often do). The other conferences are playing 9 P5 teams in conference and fairly often another P5 team OOC. Two pastries a year is plenty enough for me.
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the beauty of the polls determining the title back in the dazes was guessing about relative conference strengths and SOS for non con games and the schedule overall
unfortunately, things were mostly the same decades ago and number of losses was heavily weighted, see 84 BYU
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the beauty of the polls determining the title back in the dazes was guessing about relative conference strengths and SOS for non con games and the schedule overall
unfortunately, things were mostly the same decades ago and number of losses was heavily weighted, see 84 BYU
I sure wanted 6-5 Michigan to beat BYU in the Holiday Bowl, as OU was #2 with the Orange Bowl game vs. U-Dub still to play, but I'm not sure that BYU was not the best team in all the land, despite not playing anyone of note, in 1984.
However, had I been a poll-voter, I would have voted for Washington.
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yup, I was rooting for Michigan as well
BYU very well may have been the best team, but I'll never know....