HooplaNation's Week 8 Discussion Thread

duckboy33 said:
Georgia, Buckeyes, OU and Cincy. That’s how I see this playing out
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I think Oregon would get in over Cincy unless they drop another game. Still, I am not confident in Oregon winning out.
 
Look at this nonsense (AKA Cincy's schedule) :

Miami OH (3-4) 49-14

Murray State (3-3) 42-7

Indiana (2-4) 38-24

Notre Dame (5-1) 24-13

Temple (3-3) 52-3

UCF (3-3) 56-21

@Navy (1-5)

@Tulane (1-5)

Tulsa (3-4)

@USF (1-5)

SMU (6-0)

@ECU (3-3)

Nope, sorry, not good enough.

No soup for you Cincy.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I think Oregon would get in over Cincy unless they drop another game. Still, I am not confident in Oregon winning out.
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I agree. If Oregon finishes 12-1, they're going to be in the playoffs. That said, it's very unlikely Oregon finishes 12-1.
 
Volbound1700 said:
The only undefeated teams with truly soft schedules, IMO, are Coastal Carolina and UTSA (maybe San Diego State as well but they got a good Air Force team this week).

B1G is interesting as it has 4 top ten teams in B1G East. Will be a fun race. At least two of those will still be in the mix come November. Iowa will also be interesting to watch. If they win out at 11-1 and upset the B1G East team, they are in the playoff.

SEC right now has two really good teams and a bunch of decent-to-average-to-bad teams. Ole Miss is in a sneaky position though where they could finish 11-1 (look at their schedule). I don't see it happening but they are a sleeper. I don't see both Alabama and Georgia making the playoffs because of the lack of top notch SEC schools on their schedule like in years past but the media is pushing hard for Alabama to get in with a mulligan (or two).

Pac12's hopes rest on Oregon. I am not sure if they will win out but I will give them the benefit of the doubt right now.

ACC seems already out but if Pitt and Wake win out and meet in the ACC game, do they have a shot at playoffs?

Big12 runs through Oklahoma. I could see the Big12 getting in (likely Oklahoma).

Looking at all of these facts, Cincinnati is in a pretty good spot to be the first non-Power 5 playoff team. Especially if Notre Dame finishes the season with a high ranking.

Right now, playoff looks like this (not in order):

1. Georgia
2. B1G Champion (going with Ohio State right now)
3. Oklahoma
4. Cincinnati (if Oregon does NOT win out)
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I hope Cincy gets in because they've tried to do it right. But, if they do, the committee better not spew that SOS shit ever again. I doubt very seriously their SOS is near as good as many of the others that have only one loss. JMO.
 
CoalTrain said:
Look at this nonsense (AKA Cincy's schedule) :

Miami OH (3-4) 49-14

Murray State (3-3) 42-7

Indiana (2-4) 38-24

Notre Dame (5-1) 24-13

Temple (3-3) 52-3

UCF (3-3) 56-21

@Navy (1-5)

@Tulane (1-5)

Tulsa (3-4)

@USF (1-5)

SMU (6-0)

@ECU (3-3)

Nope, sorry, not good enough.

No soup for you Cincy.
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Ninja'd by a train full of coal.
 
Deep Creek said:
Ninja'd by a train full of coal.
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3 one win football teams (G5 teams at that) left on the schedule in late October :dhd: might as well have 3 bye weeks. Just…. No, not good enough.
 
CoalTrain said:
3 one win football teams (G5 teams at that) left on the schedule in late October :dhd: might as well have 3 bye weeks. Just…. No, not good enough.
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I knew Cincy's SOS wasn't going to be good. But until you put their schedule up with opponents records I didn't realize it was that bad. I'm not sure their SOS will be elevated that much....even if all those teams on their schedule finish strong. IIRC, one of the items they look at is your opponents SOS as well as yours. But, I think they use whatever indicators they want to get the results you want, i.e.

Flannegan's Finagling Factor - aka Skinner's Constant - "That quantity which, when multiplied by, divided by, added to, or subtracted from the answer you get, gives you the answer you should have gotten...."
 
YTF is ISU a 7 point favorite over OKST?!?
 
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