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  1. This. I want it to be more Dana White (what are the most interesting matchups that will make the best "fights") and less Oscars (treating CFP and seeding as a sort of achievement award)
  2. That's why I love the 12-team CFP. It ends those debates, and it ends the era of national titles having asterisks.
  3. Deserve got nothing to do with it. If you didn't win your conference, or you aren't undefeated, CFP is a privilege not a right.
  4. I think the Big 12 champ is going to fuck some shit up for any team that isn't Texas. That includes Oregon. I'll even say this: if Arizona State faces Oregon, give me the Sun Devils by at least 10.
  5. Then in California things get really weird, because the geographic rivalries are public vs. private and usually the private school has the upper hand in athletics
  6. I would put Arkansas in the same category as Ohio and Louisiana. If one of them is P4 and the other's G5 it really doesn't count.
  7. That and UPenn is a private school.
  8. If they lose by a lot to Oregon, I would hope they get passed up but you're probably right that they will still qualify.
  9. I don't think of playoff qualification as a "reward" when the committee's job is to find the twelve best teams and to arrange the eight best potential matchups for the first two rounds. "Deserve" got nothing to do with it. I'm not sure I would consider Alabama one of the twelve best teams in the country, but I do think if they did make the playoffs they would beat Pedo State quite easily.
  10. I'm not sure they felt that sense of urgency going into that game. I put that on DeBoer, but also you have to credit the sooners for executing their gameplan and never allowing Bama to mount any kind of response. Either way, I don't see Bama losing to any B1G team.
  11. You're in luck https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/2024/12/02/texas-longhorns-to-wear-icy-all-white-uniforms-sec-championship-game/
  12. Texas 28 Georgia 0 (maybe 7 to 10 if they get excellent field position or Quinn throws a pick six). Wisner with 200+ on the ground
  13. That's not what I heard
  14. They overlooked and underestimated OU, a team with much more talent than its record would indicate. A recipe for getting upset, especially on the road. Their performances against Auburn and Georgia are ore indicative of how they'd approach a playoff game. Meanwhile Pedo really has not been tested. Give me Bama all day.
  15. He has Georgia playing a 17 game season. No way Bama loses to Pedo, no way Ohio State beats Tenn, and of course if Texas cracks the code in the CCG they won't fall to Georgia in the playoffs.
  16. that seems a pretty safe rate
  17. If Michigan wanted to make the playoff they shouldn't have lost 5 games. If Clemson wants to make the playoff they need to beat SMU. If Iowa State wants to make the playoff they need to beat Arizona State. If Alabama wanted to make the playoff they shouldn't have lost to ousux. I'll be honest, I don't know why Pedo State got into the CCG over Indiana, but whatever the reason is, Indiana doesn't control its own destiny. I would advocate for Indiana to sneak in over the B1G CCG loser, even if that loser is Oregon. I would prioritize qualification in the following order of importance: exactly 3 teams qualify from SEC (UGA, Tex, Tenn) at most 3 teams qualify from B1G (Oregon, Pedo, IU) exactly 1 team qualifies from Big12 (CCG winner) exactly 1 team qualifies from ACC (CCG winner) at most 1 Independent team qualifies if they have 10+ wins (ND) outstanding G5s quaify if they have 10+ wins and only quality losses (Boise) Based on this year's results, ten teams would qualify for the playoffs, leaving two discretionary slots. My sense is that the committee is going to have the following priorities: Ohio State (10-2) SMU if it loses the ACC CCG (11-2) Miami (10-2) Arizona State if it loses the Big12 CCG (10-3) Iowa State if it loses the Big 12 CCG (10-3) Ole Miss (9-3) SCar (9-3) I would prefer that SMU and Arizona State got in, because I don't want to see B1G over-represented and I don't think Miami is any good. Assuming those twelve teams qualify, I think they should be seeded: Oregon (13-0) - B1G Champ Texas (12-1) - SEC Champ Boise (12-1) - MWC Champ Clemson/Arizona State (11-2) - ACC/Big12 Champ Pedo (11-2) Georgia (10-3) Notre Dame (11-1) Clemson/Arizona State (11-2) - ACC/Big12 Champ Indiana (11-1) SMU (11-2) Tennessee (10-2) Ohio State (10-2)
  18. This is the correct analysis. Games like this are won by leaders who rise to the occasion. If we win, it's going to be because Quinn, Gunnar Helm, and the other guys who were around two seasons ago step the fuck up.
  19. This is when I miss the prime days of Jason Dick. His divorce saga was pretty funny
  20. Two great corpus teams at the Alamodome Friday and Saturday
  21. We don't take kindly to technology 'round these parts.
  22. An unsung hero: The TayCo AthleticX Brace https://taycobrace.com/products/athleticx-brace Yeah, I don't understand how it works or why it works, but I was impressed with Quinn's mobility and the confidence he had. Given the 9.95 rumblings about how his sprain hadn't been healing as quickly as we had hoped, we probably should give a healthy serving of credit to the equipment team and the people who helped him regain a significant amount his athleticism compared to how he looked in that second half vs. Kentucky.
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