Week 11 Playoff Projections

[osubuckeye89]

Nah, not at all true. USC is 16th in the Big Ten standings and just benched their QB, yet they beat one of the "top dogs" in the SEC. Bama losing to Vandy and Ole Miss losing to Kentucky doesn't make the conference harder, it simply makes the "top dogs" not as good as you might have thought.

People just can't admit that these certain SEC teams are just not really as good as their hype.

LSU is a prime example. Theyll likely finish 9-3 but they are one of the most mediocre 9-3 teams you will ever see. They lost to USC and also had a struggle with UCLA until later in the game.

 

[Wishbone]

People just can't admit that these certain SEC teams are just not really as good as their hype.

LSU is a prime example. Theyll likely finish 9-3 but they are one of the most mediocre 9-3 teams you will ever see. They lost to USC and also had a struggle with UCLA until later in the game.

Not mine but note worthy......

I was looking at the schedules and results for various ranked teams and Texas’ is simply shocking when you consider the following facts:

- Texas is ranked in the top 3.

- Texas plays in the SEC.

- Heading into late November, Texas has ONE win against a Power 4 opponent with a current winning record and that was a 3 point win against now 6-4 Vandy.

- Looking at Vandy’s remaining schedule, Texas might head into the A&M game with ZERO wins against a Power 4 opponent with a winning record.

And in before @Thiefery is here with some lame excuse like we beat Michigan lol.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Not mine but note worthy......

I was looking at the schedules and results for various ranked teams and Texas’ is simply shocking when you consider the following facts:

- Texas is ranked in the top 3.

- Texas plays in the SEC.

- Heading into late November, Texas has ONE win against a Power 4 opponent with a current winning record and that was a 3 point win against now 6-4 Vandy.

- Looking at Vandy’s remaining schedule, Texas might head into the A&M game with ZERO wins against a Power 4 opponent with a winning record.

And in before @Thiefery is here with some lame excuse like we beat Michigan lol.

ESPNSEC enables that garbage, I tuned in for a few minutes the other day long enough to catch them talking about how Michigan is actually still a quality win for Texas because of where they were ranked at the time. Ok so Texas gets to claim Michigan as a "Quality Win" because they beat them in week 2 when they were still ranked based off of arbitrary preseason rankings and nothing more? But Indiana has "beaten no one" even though they beat the same Michigan team? Makes sense!

 

[Across The Field]

People just can't admit that these certain SEC teams are just not really as good as their hype.

LSU is a prime example. Theyll likely finish 9-3 but they are one of the most mediocre 9-3 teams you will ever see. They lost to USC and also had a struggle with UCLA until later in the game.

LSU simply isn't an elite program. They recruit like one, but they're not one. Outside of catching lightning in a bottle with Joe Brady, they've essentially been on Iowa's level for the last decade. BK was a horrendous choice at HC, and I don't see anything changing with him any time soon.

The jury is out on Ole Miss, A&M, South Carolina, and Missouri at this point. Ole Miss has by far the best win of this group, but also the worst loss. Personally I don't think South Carolina has any reason to be ranked at this point, but it helps Bama talk up their wins over ranked opponents argument, so whatever. To this point, Missouri is basically Texas with one more big loss on their record. I'm guessing they'll be unranked after this weekend so NBD. A&M is A&M - they could beat Texas, or they could lose by 30. They could make the CCG, or drop 2/3 and play in the Outback Bowl. I have no idea what to think of them.

 

[ELTEXAN]

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I've only posted about 100 times about Texas' weakass schedule. SMH.

“y’all have a weak schedule. You don’t play these certain four good SEC teams.”
— We play all the teams that beat all those teams.
“Oh, yeah, ummmm, we’ll, it’s a WESK SCHEDUKE!”

 

[fishinabarrel]

“y’all have a weak schedule. You don’t play these certain four good SEC teams.”
— We play all the teams that beat all those teams.
“Oh, yeah, ummmm, we’ll, it’s a WESK SCHEDUKE!”

You keep saying this. Where is Ole Miss or Bama on Texas's schedule? You don't play either team that beat Georgia. Also, Vandy upsetting Bama does not make them an equal game as actually playing Alabama. Same with Kentucky upsetting Ole Miss

 

[osubuckeye89]

LSU simply isn't an elite program. They recruit like one, but they're not one. Outside of catching lightning in a bottle with Joe Brady, they've essentially been on Iowa's level for the last decade. BK was a horrendous choice at HC, and I don't see anything changing with him any time soon.

The jury is out on Ole Miss, A&M, South Carolina, and Missouri at this point. Ole Miss has by far the best win of this group, but also the worst loss. Personally I don't think South Carolina has any reason to be ranked at this point, but it helps Bama talk up their wins over ranked opponents argument, so whatever. To this point, Missouri is basically Texas with one more big loss on their record. I'm guessing they'll be unranked after this weekend so NBD. A&M is A&M - they could beat Texas, or they could lose by 30. They could make the CCG, or drop 2/3 and play in the Outback Bowl. I have no idea what to think of them.

Ole Miss lost to LSU and Kentucky so i'm going to assume they arent as great as some are going to make them out to be and by result UGA is not either

Missouri has pretty much beaten nobody and has gotten destroyed by the 2 good teams they did play. So yea.......

A&M still managed to lose to Notre Dame and got destroyed by South Carolina. They'll get hyped as a great team but they are more on the above average scale

South Carolina lost to said meh LSU team, it was a close game though, they both have 3 losses, so they are basically in the same category of meh.

 

[ELTEXAN]

You keep saying this. Where is Ole Miss or Bama on Texas's schedule? You don't play either team that beat Georgia. Also, Vandy upsetting Bama does not make them an equal game as actually playing Alabama. Same with Kentucky upsetting Ole Miss

Rinse. Repeat.

 

[Across The Field]

Ole Miss lost to LSU and Kentucky so i'm going to assume they arent as great as some are going to make them out to be and by result UGA is not either

Missouri has pretty much beaten nobody and has gotten destroyed by the 2 good teams they did play. So yea.......

A&M still managed to lose to Notre Dame and got destroyed by South Carolina. They'll get hyped as a great team but they are more on the above average scale

South Carolina lost to said meh LSU team, it was a close game though, they both have 3 losses, so they are basically in the same category of meh.

Yup. The dropoff with UGA this year is absolutely wild. Maybe they'll get it together but the hissy fit Finebaum through about them not being in the 12 team playoff right now was ridiculous. Not only do they have two losses, but barely scraping by against shit teams like UK and Miss State? Come on. At least they did us all a solid and exposed Clemson early in the season.

 

[Across The Field]

You missed my point or you are twisting it into something other than what was intended. USC beating LSU is not a conference game so it absolutely nothing to do with the point.

The point was the bottom of the B1G beating the top of the B1G. Show me where a team in the middle or bottom of the B1G standings this year has beaten one of the teams at the top of the conference standings. I'll wait but I will die first unless it happens in the couple of weeks because there aren't any.

The top of the B1G is Oregon, Indiana, Ohio State and Penn State. Oregon 7-0, Indiana 7-0, Ohio State 5-1 Loss to Co-leader Oregon, Penn State 5-1 loss to 2nd place Ohio State. Leaders have two losses and NONE to the middling/lower BIG teams.

Top of the SEC is Tennessee 5-1, A&M 5-1, Texas 4-1, Georgia 5-2, Ole Miss 4-2, Bama 4-2. Leaders have nine losses and FIVE are to the middling/lower SEC teams. Tennessee lost to Arkie. A&M lost to South Carolina, Ole Miss lost to Kentucky and LSU, Bama lost to Vandy. The other 5 losses by the leaders are to other leaders.

Data says the middle/bottom of the B1G doesn't beat any of the leaders. Data says the SEC does. You can refuse to acknowledge that and keep looking through the rose colored B1G glasses if you choose.

I understand exactly what you said and haven't twisted anything. Your point was "The SEC is stronger than the B1G because their bottom tier teams can beat their top tier teams". I point out that one of the worst teams in the B1G also beat one of the top tier teams in the SEC, so how does that make the SEC stronger?

 

[osubuckeye89]

Yup. The dropoff with UGA this year is absolutely wild. Maybe they'll get it together but the hissy fit Finebaum through about them not being in the 12 team playoff right now was ridiculous. Not only do they have two losses, but barely scraping by against shit teams like UK and Miss State? Come on. At least they did us all a solid and exposed Clemson early in the season.

The eye test only applies for people like finebaum when it's positive. Of course according to him you can't use it for Georgia now lol.

 

[Deep Creek]

Nah, not at all true. USC is 16th in the Big Ten standings and just benched their QB, yet they beat one of the "top dogs" in the SEC. Bama losing to Vandy and Ole Miss losing to Kentucky doesn't make the conference harder, it simply makes the "top dogs" not as good as you might have thought.

Not my point at all. USC-LSU has nothing whatsoever to do with middle/bottom B1G teams beating the leaders of the conference. That's happend 5 times in the SEC this year.

 

[osubuckeye89]

I understand exactly what you said and haven't twisted anything. Your point was "The SEC is stronger than the B1G because their bottom tier teams can beat their top tier teams". I point out that one of the worst teams in the B1G also beat one of the top tier teams in the SEC, so how does that make the SEC stronger?

Bottom tier teams beating the top teams does nothing but make the top tier teams look not as good, especially when the bottom tier teams continue to be bottom tier caliber in most of the other games they play.

Of course we are constantly sold the notion that the SEC is just so great overall and beating up on eachother, could NEVER be that just none of the teams are really that great.

 

[fishinabarrel]

Rinse. Repeat.

You are rinsing with toilet water

 

[Deep Creek]

Bottom tier teams beating the top teams does nothing but make the top tier teams look not as good, especially when the bottom tier teams continue to be bottom tier caliber in most of the other games they play.

Of course we are constantly sold the notion that the SEC is just so great overall and beating up on eachother, could NEVER be that just none of the teams are really that great.

Rationalize it all you want. Middling/lower B1G teams DON'T beat the leaders very often if at all like happens in the SEC...and even in other conferences.

And I ain't even an SEC homer! I just stating what has happened this year in both conferences. Even previous years. When's the last time a B1G middle/bottom team beat a leader? When Purdue beat Urban? Happens very, very rarely.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Rationalize it all you want. Middling/lower B1G teams DON'T beat the leaders very often if at all like happens in the SEC...and even in other conferences.

And I ain't even an SEC homer! I just stating what has happened this year in both conferences. Even previous years. When's the last time a B1G middle/bottom team beat a leader? When Purdue beat Urban? Happens very, very rarely.

Kentucky and Vanderbilt continue to be middling-bad teams no matter how you want to spin it. Vandy beat Bama yea but they also lost to the 2nd worst team in the Sun Belt.

You realize its completely possible that it's because those "SEC leaders" like Ole Miss this year just aren't as good as the biased sports media leader makes them out to be.

 

[Brutus]

“y’all have a weak schedule. You don’t play these certain four good SEC teams.”
— We play all the teams that beat all those teams.
“Oh, yeah, ummmm, we’ll, it’s a WESK SCHEDUKE!”

This isn't a serious post

 

[Brutus]

And I ain't even an SEC homer!

PLEASE, you're a card-carrying member!

 

[osubuckeye89]

The logic that conference bottom feeders beating better teams in the conference means anything besides that those "better teams" just arent as good as advertised cracks me up.

 

[Deep Creek]

Kentucky lost badly to Auburn and Florida. They would struggle to beat anyone. They aren’t 10-0 even with Indianas schedule.

Wouldn't have to be 10-0. They'd only have to win 7 games to get to 10 wins assuming they play 3 sisters of the poor in the OOC.