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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on November 19, 2020, 09:55:12 AM
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Shutdown Fullcast was discussing the possibility of a Northwestern-Indiana CCG if those teams can win this weekend, and whether that would be the weirdest CCG ever in the Power 5.
They compared it to an Arkansas-Vanderbilt SEC title game, where you've got one school who has never been there vs. a school that has had pockets of success, but has been generally mediocre to subpar.
But what are the weirdest ones we've had?
Tennessee-Mississippi State didn't feel super weird at the time, because Tennessee was the #2 team in the SEC for about a decade there, so while they weren't Florida, it wasn't weird at the time. Sure feels weird now. So Auburn-South Carolina? Auburn-Missouri?
Oklahoma or Texas has been in every Big XII CCG except for 1997 and 1998, so I'll go with the one year KSU got past the Huskers, Texas A&M-Kansas State in 1998
Big Ten is even tougher, because Wisconsin has played in 6 of 9, and Ohio State 5 of 9. The only one that didn't have either school was MSU-Iowa. So maybe that? But MSU is the only other school with multiple trips (3), so MSU being there for the 3rd time in 5 years didn't seem weird. Even though OSU was on the other side, Northwestern being there sure seemed weird.
ACC is real easy, Wake Forest-Georgia Tech, 2006. The 9-6 final score is what that game deserved.
Pac 12 is also tough, because only 3 North teams have made it, and it's the 3 you'd expect. No Oregon State, WSU or Cal in the mix. So I guess Washington-Colorado?
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You forgot Ohio State - Michigan.
Oh wait...
Good list. I would tend to agree with all of them.
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What's the "best" matchup of first time teams we could get?
SEC - Kentucky vs. Texas A&M
Big XII - Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State
ACC - Louisville vs. Miami (all 6 Coastal teams have made it, but of the ones who have been once, Miami is most interesting)
Big Ten - Michigan vs. Minnesota
Pac 12 - California vs. Arizona State (all 6 South teams have made it, but of the 3 who have gone once, ASU is the most interesting)
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The weirdest "potential" CCG match up would be Purdue-Indiana playing a rematch in Indianapolis one week later.
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The weirdest "potential" CCG match up would be Purdue-Indiana playing a rematch in Indianapolis one week later.
Good call, for multiple reasons
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Illinois/Rutgers?
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I was in Vegas in 2009 when the Civil War (Oregon-Oregon State) was the de facto P10 CCG. That was the strangest CCG I can remember. Obviously it's not possible nowadays, but it's a data point.
That game fattened up my bankroll rather nicely for the rest of the weekend.
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Anytime the SECCG isn't Florida vs Alabama, it's pretty weird.
They've met each other 9 times since divisional play began. The next most-common matchup is 4, between LSU and Georgia.
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ACC: Miami-Florida State