College Football Playoff - Selection Sunday

posted by slingshot4ever

Meant to say fiesta....my bad

No problem.  Just making sure I wasn't thinking of it wrong.

Would have been awesome for the Bucks to go to Pasadena since they haven't been there since like 2009, I think.

Kirby Hocutt on there acting like it's not even close.  GTFOH!

Pretty simple formula going forward.

Cancel all road non-conference games. 

Schedule an FCS school in November.   

Get B1G in a partnership with ESPN.  

They didn’t look good in the final chance when everyone was watching. Couldn’t pass at all. Receivers weren’t even factors.

i still believe they win 31-7 like the game felt a decent bit....and i believe they make it. We’ll never know.

I do know I don’t care. Can’t be so one dimensional and then awful at Iowa and meh when everyone is watching.

i am disappointed they let Bama in after no great wins and only a couple good wins....and they looked bad when everyone was watching their final game.

I fear Bama and Georgia will both win and the trend will shoot back up strong for the effing SEC

Oh....and as I stated about 6 weeks ago—-two SEC teams made the playoffs and I was figuring a Bama loss.

posted by superman

Pretty simple formula going forward.

 

Cancel all road non-conference games. 

Schedule an FCS school in November.   

Get B1G in a partnership with ESPN.  

Or don't get beat by 31 by a 5 loss team.  

The composite Massey Ratings has Memphis higher than LSU, so undefeated UCF has two wins better than Alabama

Oklahoma wins out and OSU has a gripe

Ridiculous that 3 loss Auburn is still top 8

Just a year with three clear-cut playoff teams and a handful of flawed contenders for the fourth spot.

OSU lost by 31 to a mediocre team and had two losses.

Alabama only had one loss, but OSU had three wins superior to anything they did and their one loss was to a 3-loss team that got waxed yesterday.

Wisconsin had one loss, but it was to OSU in the championship game and their overall schedule, both in and out of conference, wasn't anything noteworthy.

UCF was unbeaten, but don't play in a power conference, so the commitee simply pretended they didn't exist.

OSU only has themselves to blame.  

Cotton Bowl for OSU against USC. 

I wasn't thinking about how often we have been in the Fiesta.  They clearly wanted to switch that up which I don't mind.  Dissapointing to not be in the final 4, but a matchup with USC is definitely something to look forward to!

posted by superman

Pretty simple formula going forward.

 

Cancel all road non-conference games. 

Schedule an FCS school in November.   

Get B1G in a partnership with ESPN.  

This

posted by wildcats20

Cotton Bowl for OSU against USC. 

They should turn it down.  

posted by superman

They should turn it down.  

Why?

A few things:

1. OSU has nobody to blame but themselves for being left out. The 31pt loss at Iowa is inexcusable. 

2. JT Barrett wasn't 100% yesterday and everyone knew it. If JT were 100%, OSU probably would've blown them out. In that case, I think OSU would've made the playoff.

That being said --

The playoff committee got it wrong. On paper, Alabama did nothing on the field to deserve their high ranking all year-- they simply got benefit of the doubt for perennially being a top team. On any other year, they'd normally face a quality SEC schedule and get excused for dropping a game. This year, the SEC wasn't particularly great and Alabama lost to the only quality team on their schedule. Even then, that team they lost to went on to lose the following week, making that loss even worse. The committee threw caution to the wind, let ballooned stats against subpar competition cloud their judgement, and put the wrong team in. 

On one hand, Clemson doesn't look beatable so I'm glad OSU got left out. On the other hand, the CFP committee is just making shit up as they go, which will make everyone question their decision making process for years to come.

Glad the Rose Bowl has Oklahoma v Georgia, no desire to watch the Sugar Bowl, I'll go to bed early.

Citrus bowl is an awful match up for rooting interest. 

I hate myself for saying this, but I want Oklahoma (fuck Baker Mayfield) and Georgia (fuck SEC) in the championship.  Want Georgia on top.

posted by ernest_t_bass

I hate myself for saying this, but I want Oklahoma (fuck Baker Mayfield) and Georgia (fuck SEC) in the championship.  Want Georgia on top.

Can't happen though. 

It will be Clemson and Oklahoma, I think.