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Peach not Fiesta. ATL here we come (again)

Good for Herbie calling out dumbass Booger

Saban wearing crimson red and advocating for Bama already.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it just me or do those god awful coaches polos the staff keeps wearing look like Nike sent UT a bunch of overruns and said "sorry, that's all we got for you this season"?

Teams do not get to pick the quarterfinal locations. Those are dictated by historic bowl relationships and rankings (read: SEC - Sugar, Big 10 - Rose, ACC - Peach, Big 12/G5 - Fiesta). The CFP says that the first seed will receive "preferential placement" for the semifinal games. CFP Selection FAQ's

The teams do not get to choose the day/time they play. While the CFP hasn't said one way or the other, my guess is that the first play-in game on 12/20 will be the one that plays into the Fiesta Bowl because that game will be played on 12/31, the day before the other three quarterfinal games on 1/1. The Fiesta Bowl will get the Big 12 or G5 champ, which means it will likely get the 4 seed. So it makes sense that the 5/12 game will be played on 12/20.

Why derail a Mack Brown bitch thread with actual recruiting notes?

Correct. Who qualifies for the college football playoff? The five highest-ranked conference champions and the next seven highest-ranked teams will earn a spot in the 12-team bracket. There is no limit to how many teams from one conference can qualify. The rules also don't guarantee spots for certain conferences. The champions of the Big 12, SEC, ACC and Big Ten will almost certainly routinely qualify, though, along with the highest-ranked champion from the Mountain West, American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt, Mid-American Conference or Conference USA. There is no minimum ranking requirement for the five highest-ranked conference champions. There could be a conference champion ranked No. 23, for example, that's the fifth highest-ranked league winner and earns a spot in the playoff -- at the expense of the committee's No. 12 team.

nevermind

Could not agree more on either.

Courses at Talking Stick are solid public courses if you're looking to play. As mentioned above, all the casinos are pretty much trash. Talking Stick's has the benefit of being trash close to nice restaurants and resorts in Scottsdale. There are also sports books out here at all the major sporting venues, including TPC Scottsdale, if that floats your boat.

OK, the committee dropped Georgia 9 spots after losing to #16 Ole Miss. Little more the same, no?

They just dropped BYU 8 spots after a loss to KU. Not saying it's the same, but still.....

Are they bitching about Tennessee's SEC schedule? Let's compare: Texas Tennessee v. MSU v. MSU v. KT v. KT v. FLA v. FLA v. OU @ OU v. UGA @ UGA @ Arky @ Arky @ Vandy @ Vandy @ A&M v. Bama Hmmm.........