GAME Playoff Selection Show thread (11 am cst ESPN)

Thiefery said:
All I heard after this win was how bad UM was.. but that wasn't the point.. the point was how do you hold that against Texas.. UM was coming off a CFP title and has been a really good blueblood program. If Texas is having a down year when UM comes to Austin in '27, will the same people dismiss a road victory in Austin?

Like i said many times this season.. SEC schedule was always a selling point... until this year when I found out SEC schedule is subjective now.
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I don't hold it against Texas. All I said is, I didn't realize Texas missed all the top teams jn the SEC this year.

I think Texas was the most impressive team between Ohio, Texas and Oregon, who Michigan faced all 3.

I think Oregon has a better offense, but I think Texas has a better defense.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Penn State and Texas hardly moved for losing their CCG 's and nobody seems upset. SMU hardly moves after losing a CCG and people are ready to riot. All three lost close games.
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I think this is the key. If teams lose a close game in their CCG to other ranked teams, then the committee didn't have them ranked correctly prior to that game imo. If it is a blowout, move 'em.
 
Thiefery said:
All I heard after this win was how bad UM was.. but that wasn't the point.. the point was how do you hold that against Texas.. UM was coming off a CFP title and has been a really good blueblood program. If Texas is having a down year when UM comes to Austin in '27, will the same people dismiss a road victory in Austin?

Like i said many times this season.. SEC schedule was always a selling point... until this year when I found out SEC schedule is subjective now.
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ESPN and the other SEC shill outlets will. yes.
 
Deep Creek said:
I think this is the key. If teams lose a close game in their CCG to other ranked teams, then the committee didn't have them ranked correctly prior to that game imo. If it is a blowout, move 'em.
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I almost feel like SMU should have been kept out solely for letting Clemson back in, but they've been such a good story I'm happy they are in despite the loss.

Yeah, they might get their doors blown off in the opener, but so may several other teams.
 
Sadly, it looks like a few first-round games will be blowout yawn-fests.

Yeah, teams earned their way into the dance, but some of them may not dig the prize.
 
Hu War Yu said:
I almost feel like SMU should have been kept out solely for letting Clemson back in, but they've been such a good story I'm happy they are in despite the loss.

Yeah, they might get their doors blown off in the opener, but so may several other teams.
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If you didn't wish total ill will on Clem you'd lose you Cock Homer Card.

I posted earlier that if a team like SMU gets blown out all hell breaks loose. They didn't belong. But when brand name/members from the biggie conferences have 30+ point blowouts in previous first round CFP games, all is well.

BTW, I went to Dickie's arena to watch your lady cocks play yesterday afternoon. They are frickin' good. Hell, I bet they would win a natty in the sprint relay. They can damn sure run from one end of the court to another real fast. Several of them are so fast they could shit on a lightening flash.
 
UNA Lion said:
Sadly, it looks like a few first-round games will be blowout yawn-fests.

Yeah, teams earned their way into the dance, but some of them may not dig the prize.
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Not the first time. We've had 5-6 first round CFP games that were 30+ blowouts. Many by "big name brands".

I think any of these teams are capable of getting blown out with early turnovers and other brain farts. The other team can make them pay quickly and the snowball happens.
 
SoonerC said:
Nothing clear about it, their defense is suspect at best
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What team in this bracket is better than or even equal to Oregon? Georgia? Texas? Ohio State? I’d like to hear your thoughts on who and why.
 
Deep Creek said:
I posted earlier that if a team like SMU gets blown out all hell breaks loose. They didn't belong. But when brand name/members from the biggie conferences have 30+ point blowouts in previous first round CFP games, all is well.
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Indiana might very well get trounced. I think the best early matchup is Tennessee-OSU, then Texas-Clemson
 
UNA Lion said:
Sadly, it looks like a few first-round games will be blowout yawn-fests.

Yeah, teams earned their way into the dance, but some of them may not dig the prize.
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This will probably be the case in most years. There's a big gap between college football's elite and the very good.

From a competition standpoint, It would have made more sense to expand to 8. 12 is too many.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Indiana might very well get trounced. I think the best early matchup is Tennessee-OSU, then Texas-Clemson
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You think more of Notre Dame than I do. I don't think either has played a juggernaut schedule...especially one that strings some difficult games together. JMO.
 
Hitman Hart said:
This will probably be the case in most years. There's a big gap between college football's elite and the very good.

From a competition standpoint, It would have made more sense to expand to 8. 12 is too many.
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We've had blowouts with just four. If they aren't up to it, they'll be eliminated early. What's not right is if some of those that get a bye get blown out early, they should have been forced to play in the first round IMO. I'm anti auto byes but I seem to be in the minority. Give the byes to the top four ranked teams. Then things are more likely separate pretenders from contenders earlier.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Honest question. Do you think the ACC has 2 of the top 12 teams in football?

Being real -- you could take your pick of SEC teams more deserving. You could remove both SMU and Clemson, put in Bama and South Carolina and you'd have much better games and matchups. Hell -- throw Ole Miss in their too.
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I see this view. I have to say that if we gonna go the conference route, didn't Louisville beat the hell out of Kentucky at Kentucky? The same Kentucky that beat Ole Miss. The thing is that SMU (played BYU) and Clemson (played Georgia). Hell, next time, just schedule Kent State, FCS Bumfuck Egypt, etc.

I am not sure they are going by most deserving. Temple scored 3 against Oklahoma and Maine scored 14 against Oklahoma. Not sure they want Alabama (Alabama scored 3 against Oklahoma) to be in that category and be considered deserving. We all know great wins count but don't lose the games you should win.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Nobody really "deserved" that last spot. But to be claiming Bama got some massive screwjob done against them is comedy.
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No one can convince me that SMU should be in, not just over Bama, but South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri. Hell, I'd take Illinois over SMU.

SMU had the 60th ranked schedule and has zero wins over top 25 teams, the only 2 games they played against top 25 teams they lost. In what universe does that make them a top 12 team?

I have zero skin in the game. My team was terrible this year. All this decision will do is essentially eliminate all future big OOC games. All the B1G and SEC top teams will schedule FCS teams for 3 or 4 games, as schedules don't matter, they just want wins.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
No one can convince me that SMU should be in, not just over Bama, but South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri. Hell, I'd take Illinois over SMU.

SMU had the 60th ranked schedule and has zero wins over top 25 teams, the only 2 games they played against top 25 teams they lost. In what universe does that make them a top 12 team?

I have zero skin in the game. My team was terrible this year. All this decision will do is essentially eliminate all future big OOC games. All the B1G and SEC top teams will schedule FCS teams for 3 or 4 games, as schedules don't matter, they just want wins.
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Yeah, I look at it that way too. I know Indiana has one loss. They haven't beaten a ranked team and missed a lot of the tougher teams on their conference schedule. I just wonder if Indiana scheduled OOC like Clemson did, would the Hoosiers only have one loss? I would have like to have seen this 12 team playoff a couple of times with the conferences from last season.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
No one can convince me that SMU should be in, not just over Bama, but South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri. Hell, I'd take Illinois over SMU.

SMU had the 60th ranked schedule and has zero wins over top 25 teams, the only 2 games they played against top 25 teams they lost. In what universe does that make them a top 12 team?

I have zero skin in the game. My team was terrible this year. All this decision will do is essentially eliminate all future big OOC games. All the B1G and SEC top teams will schedule FCS teams for 3 or 4 games, as schedules don't matter, they just want wins.
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Lol @ still pretending that Bama didn't get in because of their OOC schedule.

SMU played a tougher OOC opponent than Bama, they lost, if SMU had scheduled Mercer instead of BYU this would not even be a debate.
 
Boise4Life said:
What team in this bracket is better than or even equal to Oregon? Georgia? Texas? Ohio State? I’d like to hear your thoughts on who and why.
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I think Georgia clearly has the best defense, good enough to dominate anyone on any given day. Ohio State is capable of being better than Oregon as well. These are the teams I see with a real chance of beating them and Vegas agrees with me.
 
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