Wouldnt you feel much better knowing that you only have to win either @UGA or home against Aggy to make the playoffs but instead we have to win both now?
Let's play out a scenario, we start the season #1, we schedule Arkansas State, we win. We lose our first game in the swamp on the road, we drop to #9 or so. We then win out every game until this ranking, we are ranked probably #5 at worst right now. Instead we now have no margin for error to close out the year. It's really really dumb from a perspective of trying to make the playoffs because we play a disproportionately hard schedule compared to the field and get no credit for it. It's literally an unnecessary risk. You cant win the title if you arent dancing.
Yeah but we need to stop it going forward. We get OSU at home next year and the UM at home and then we need to start scheduling teams like Mich St and Wake. Get a good test in against an average team without fucking up your playoff chances if you happen to lose.
Cool then we will miss the playoffs because we refuse to learn our lesson. The L column matters, get over it, schedule an average team you know you can beat instead of playing @ the shoe for little to no gain.
ACC is a bid stealing league this year. Fuck. Looks like we are going to have to actually win out ot make it or we need a lot of shit to break our way. I think @Georgia is a must win.
Vandy is hammered dogshit, as we all saw on Saturday. They arent finishing the season undefeated. Tenn will beat them on senior night. I give Auburn and Kentucky a shot also.
We also have to remember, when it comes down to it, Texas and Manning are going to bring the ratings bomb for the playoffs. The close road OSU loss and the improvement as the season went on are going to be all the excuse the committee needs to find a spot for us in the playoffs.
He looked fine out there. Our defense ate them alive and Arch made some big throws. Mateer is super overrated and that was the first real defense he played all year.
BYU is a joke of a school and a joke of a team. Nothing but fodder and a cute little story. If by happenstance you make the playoffs, you will be out-athleted the first game and dispatched of like the frauds you are. Please fuck off from our board. You wouldve lost to OSU by 35 on the road. And Texas would skullfuck your joke of a team.
The polls this year have been a joke. We have been give n 0 credit for playing the #1 defending national champion on the road in the season opener down to the wire. We should never schedule someone harder than fucking Rice in the out of conference ever again.
Correct, OU is shit and anyone having them above Texas after we soundly whipped their ass at the Cotton Bowl is a dishonest hack. We beat them head to head on a neutral field, they should be behind us. We proved it already. And ND being at 10 is a fucking joke. Until they join a real conference they should be given only an at large 12 seed at best.
My brother in Christ, we have had the playoffs going for exactly 1 season, there isnt some longstanding drought of teams that had 9 wins that got left out. I bet you any amount of money that a 9 win team is going to be in the playoffs this year.
Correct, the refs clearly had an agenda to make the game exciting. The calls were bad to the point where it was beyond the level of incomptence. I was at the game. Crowd was pissed.
I also think Saban will fight for Texas to get in if to comes down to it, which actually is going to matter imo. He made a big deal out of not punishing Bama for playing Texas a few years back. To me, the Ohio State game should be viewed as half of a loss. We couldve played North Texas and won by 70 but instead we played the defending national champion. That counts for something.