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The good news is that "super conservative" means running Corum and Edwards up the middle. And against Rutgers, that should still lead to a lot of points.
Michigan @ Rutgers/26.5 point spread/WTF/do I just flip a coin???
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Last year Rutgers lost
52-13 to Ohio State
31-13 to Michigan State
21-7 to Northwestern (a 3-9 team)
52-3 to Wisconsin
28-0 to Penn State
40-16 to Maryland
Yet still managed to play Michigan tight and only lose 20-13
Schiano has worked magic against Harbaugh in their 2 matchups. Though Michigan was just bad in 2020
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I don't think anyone really cares about the CFP rankings right now, especially with Georgia/Tennessee playing this week and Michigan/Ohio State playing later in the year. The just need to win and they are in.
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Yeah, ok. the cfp rankings are unimportant.
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If you are undefeated you dont care right now. (Unless you are TCU, they should have legit concern over going undefeated and being left out)
1 loss teams it matters though. You can say THE FIRST RANKINGS DONT MATTER! all you want, But they really do matter in setting the tone for perception going forward.
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They will play themselves out. It means absolutely nothing that Tennessee was ranked #1. If they lose to Georgia, they will need help to get into the CFP. It means nothing that UM is ranked 5th and OSU is ranked higher right now -- they play each other.
If those teams weren't playing each other -- yes, they'd have meaning. They will settle it on the field.
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It makes it a lot easier to get back into the top 4 if you are #1 in the initial ranking and your only loss is to #3
You probably aren't falling below #6. That's a easier recovery than if they were ranked #4 and fell to like 10.
The first ranking matters a lot more than some people want to think.
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1 loss teams, it definitely matters. The teams in the CFP right now -- it means little. UT/GA play each other. UM/OSU play each other. So it means very little who is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 right now.
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Reality is, IMO, the only conference with a chance to get two teams is the SEC. So if you are Clemson, OSU, UM -- You win out, you are in. You lose a game, you are out. Now TCU is the team who could have issues -- they could go undefeated and be on the outside, if Clemson, winner of OSU/UM and Georgia go undefeated.
Who'd get in? Undefeated TCU who has had a ton of close games or 1 loss Tennessee whose only loss would be to Georgia on the road?
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TCU is a great example of it REALLY mattering, even though its the 1st ranking
The fact that they pushed them all the way back to #7 shows that they really don't care much for them. IMO.
TCU really needs UGA to win out, along with finishing undefeated themselves.
I think TCU undefeated is in over 1 loss Tennessee, but they arent getting in over 1 loss Georgia. As said before Tennessee isnt going to be afforded the same benefit of the doubt special treatment that Bama and UGA have been handed in the past. They havent came anywhere close to earning that yet.
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If that was the case he shouldn’t have been throwing trick plays to run up the score against MSU.
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I agree to a point. That being said -- Tennessee will have had a WAAAAAY tougher schedule, a much better win and their only loss would be on the road to #1 team. I think it depends on how the Tennessee/UGA game plays out on whether TCU got in over Tennessee. Say Georgia beats them on a last second field in a tightly contested game. I think Tennessee gets in if UGA wins out. Now if Tennessee gets hammered by Georgia -- no doubt, undefeated TCU would be in.
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Michigan State scored a lot more on Ohio State than Rutgers will score on Michigan.
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Tennessee's defense keeps them out if they lose.
TCU's defense is bad too, don't get me wrong. But I don't think Tennessee is clearly the far and away better that it would take for them to put a 1 loss non champ over a undefeated P5 champ. They also don't have that prior success benefit of the doubt factor in their favor like UGA or Bama would
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Oh, that was just to be a dick. And I loved it.
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How many times has Michigan covered this year, two?
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Harbaugh is a fucking dewsh.
Mel Tucker should’ve chased him like Schwartz did. And then gave him a good old fashioned woodshed chop.