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And that’s fair, I think Texas is more fun to talk about which is why we’re seeing these comparisons between them and Indiana, when really Penn State is skating by in a very similar situation with no national pressure for some reason.

I don’t disagree that they pick who they want and justify it later. Still you comparing Texas to Indiana is just a bad talking point that the national media really should stop using. Excluding Michigan Texas beat Vanderbilt and Arkansas who beat Alabama and Tennessee respectively. Indiana beat Nebraska and UCLA who beat Colorado and Iowa respectively. Even though both have easy schedules within their own conference, an easy Big Ten schedule is still far weaker than an East SEC schedule.

I agree, losses should matter. I think it’s ridiculous that committee has Bama and Ole Miss ahead of Georgia. Georgia has two quality wins (Texas and Tennessee) and no bad losses only two quality losses (Bama/Ole Miss) Bama has one quality win (UGA) and one bad loss (Vandy) and one quality loss (Tenn) Ole Miss has one quality win (UGA) and two bad losses (LSU/Kentucky)

lol at including Notre Dame

Serious answer is that parity sucks. You need a few good teams to be contenders each year. Utah, Okie State, and TCU being down hurts the perception of the conference nationally and people immediately said “damn the Big 12 fucking sucks this year” and tuned out. You can have a few surprise teams but when 3 of your top 4 teams were picked to be 3 of the worst 4 in the league during preseason it’s not going to be a positive and gives the impression that all the teams sucks and these are just the ones that are getting lucky.

People are dumb. Sure if we’re only counting current CFP top 25 wins we’d be fucked, lucky for us other things are factored into it. No one respects aggy, especially now that their big wins have up and vanished like a fart in the wind. Look at where they are ranked. If they beat us they aren’t jumping into the top 8. Then they lose to Bama/UGA or whoever they’ll fall right out again. If they win out… UGA is in. Big wins against Texas, Tennessee, Clemson, and no shitty loses. Alabama is also likely in. Big win against UGA only one shitty loss to Vandy. After that the committee will do whatever it wants and justify it after the fact like they always have. Ole Miss is a smaller brand with one big win and two shitty loses and a worse SOS than Texas. I’d feel pretty confident going into a CFP beauty pageant against them, even with an aggy loss. Not as sure about Tennessee but I doubt it matters. Texas has no big wins but took care of business against Arkansas, Vandy and presumably Kentucky who all pulled upsets over Tennessee, Alabama, and Ole Miss respectively. That count for something. As always, “just win” is the best advice. Win and it don’t make a shit what the talking heads say.

Seems like doing a proof of concept between Austin and San Antonio would be a good first step.

Are they really arguing that they have a better resume than Notre Dame? If only there was a way to determine which team was better…

Truth. The SEC isn’t going to allow a “you are what your record says you are” mindset. If the system is just stacking everyone up by wins and losses then this system won’t make it past 2026. CFP may be dooming themselves.

I could see them being 4th over Penn State. Not sure I could move them higher than that until they beat Ohio State or someone else loses.

We know they are going to manipulate the ranking/seeding for the best matchups some and while ND@IU is juicy locally, nationally it doesn’t move the needle. Ohio State at 5 vs the G5 champ is a lock if they win out but lose their CCG. Then you get to the SEC 10-2 teams. You have to split up UGA, Bama, TN because they all played each other already. I think you swap UGA and TN because Texas and UGA have already played and UGA vs Oregon and Texas versus either ND or TN would be great. Bama/Pedo is also a great matchup so that one stays. Obviously this all changes based on the outcomes of the Indiana/Ohio St and UGA/TN games but “as is” I think this is close to what could be a great playoff. Indiana/UGA and Boise/Ohio St would be the worst games and go to TNT while ND/TN and Bama/Pedo would headline on ESPN.

Maybe if that Michigan win by Indiana is enough to jump Tennessee…either way I’d bet the top 8 are all B1G/SEC with Bama getting a big jump (assuming BYU loses). Then: ND, Miami, BYU, Boise First Out: Ole Miss and aggy

Beat me to it.

I’m confused, do they want me to throw bottles or not?

I still find the Big 12 more interesting than the ACC and honestly more so than the majority of the Big Ten after you get past their top 2 games. If they can continue to stay semi-relevant they should be fine going into this next iteration. So I’m really curious on why this needs to be an urgent meeting…

Damn.

I think that sounds like a great idea. They should explore all of their options.

Easy answer to this is to end mandatory selective service. Seems like an outdated concept anyways.

Was just coming to post this.

Reportedly Alabama voted against because Saban didn’t want their annual rivals to be TN, Aub, and LSU (thought it was too tough and wanted Mississippi State). Tennessee voted along with them because they were concerned that going to 9 might take that game away from them as Auburn and LSU have been far more valuable to the league than Bama/TN. That issue has since been resolved and Alabama is on board and publicly has agreed to play all three annually. If all this is true, the move to 9 conference games should pass 9-7. This is why before Texas/OU joined they agreed to playing the reverse schedule in 2025 as a peace offering to those who voted against and to give them enough time to sort out OOC games while still negotiating with ESPN for more money.

I agree with everything you said, but the DID change the rule. They made a bad rule and re-wrote it midseason after the season has begun. Like the UGA/Texas game with ref picking up the defensive pass interference flag after seeing how bad the call was on the Jumbotron while the Texas students throwing water bottles…just because it was the correct and logical decision, doesn’t mean they should have changed it.

Don’t be aggy. They aren’t great, but they aren’t terrible either. Those teams pulled upsets on us nearly every year from 2010-2022.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/03/us/houston-teacher-certification-scheme

Grand Canyon officially joining MWC. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/grand-canyon-joining-mountain-west-wont-play-in-west-coast-conference-after-accepting-invitation/amp/