I don’t wanna jinx anything but

michaeljordan_fan said:
Your reliance on meaningless polls is your weakness.
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... sorry, had to do it. :heh:
 
Hu War Yu said:
Agree. For a lot of fans, it's great because you always want to think your team still has a shot, no matter how slim, of winning a title. But honestly, as well as Carolina has played to end the season, I don't believe they could survive a gauntlet of Notre Dame, Boise State, Oregon, Texas/Georgia. That's what it would take for the #12 team. There MIGHT be a team out there who could do that, and Bama under Saban comes to mind, but Bama under DeBoer? Nah. Ole Miss under Kiffin? Nah.

If Carolina were somewhere around the 7/8 seed, I could see them winning through to the Semis. It only takes one bad game.
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I actually really got into SC this year because they were fun to watch. In fact I’ve never watched more than one or two of their games in a season and watched at least parts of 5 this season.

I hate the missed field goal against LSU because you would be in right now if that hadn’t happened.

If you keep your QB and he is healthy you should be in great shape next year. People don’t understand how loyal a fan base you guys have and it’s unconditional support as you fill your stadium no matter what. If that could be converted into NIL dollars you guys can compete.
 
Big Al Rogorson said:
Have you guys really had 4 losing seasons in a row?!
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Yep.

Harsin set the program back 5 years. When he left there was only like 5 players he had recruited that were still with the program.

The current staff held off on paying big bucks for a transfer QB last year to put money away for this recruiting class. With a decent QB we win 3 if not 4 more games this year. The stats weren’t horrible we just didn’t have a guy under center that could win.

Not 100% happy with the play calling either but that happens when the HC and QB weren’t on the same page.

It’s our time to suck everyone goes through it. Al, UGA, Florida and Tenn all went through a lost decade and we are in the middle of it.
 
Wild Turkey said:
I actually really got into SC this year because they were fun to watch. In fact I’ve never watched more than one or two of their games in a season and watched at least parts of 5 this season.

I hate the missed field goal against LSU because you would be in right now if that hadn’t happened.

If you keep your QB and he is healthy you should be in great shape next year. People don’t understand how loyal a fan base you guys have and it’s unconditional support as you fill your stadium no matter what. If that could be converted into NIL dollars you guys can compete.
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Money has never been the problem with South Carolina. It's mainly been coaching and having too many D-1 rivals close by. If Clemson didn't exist, and we were the only big-time D-1 school in the state? Watch out.

Love this kid Sellers. He's improved so much as the season went on. Looking forward to what he can do next season.

We've basically got the same schedule again next year, but with the home and away games flipped. So it'll be LSU, Ole Miss, A&M on the road, and Bama, Oklahoma, and Clemson at home. No Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, or Florida. Interesting matchup with Coastal Carolina, another in-state that steals recruits.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Two isn’t enough but 4 except for year has been more than enough. The fact that teams like Alabama, Miami, Ole Miss and South Carolina are campaigning to get in at this point makes a bit ridiculous.
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Why? The last month has been one of the best months in the history of CFB. More teams than ever have been in the hunt. More games than ever had meaning that wouldn't have had any meaning. USCjr would likely beat 90% of the teams they would play. So it all depends on whether you want the best teams playing at the end of the year. I do.
 
BadMotoWeazal said:
Well, that’s great but it’s a 12 team playoff and I’m happy that it worked out that way because I love college football and having a larger bracket in playoff just means more football that really means something

If Alabama had beaten Vanderbilt and Oklahoma, then yeah man, we should be there
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If we do get in…my prediction is…we will get Good Milroe the 1st game and beat the shit out of somebody, Get Average Milroe in game 2 and win a close one, and then in the Semifinals we will get the Milroe implosion game and lose fairly easily.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Agree. For a lot of fans, it's great because you always want to think your team still has a shot, no matter how slim, of winning a title. But honestly, as well as Carolina has played to end the season, I don't believe they could survive a gauntlet of Notre Dame, Boise State, Oregon, Texas/Georgia. That's what it would take for the #12 team. There MIGHT be a team out there who could do that, and Bama under Saban comes to mind, but Bama under DeBoer? Nah. Ole Miss under Kiffin? Nah.

If Carolina were somewhere around the 7/8 seed, I could see them winning through to the Semis. It only takes one bad game.
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You put a bigger body of water between the top and the bottom teams than I do. Let's say Oregon stays #1 and Boise is #12. They played and the difference was 3 points in Eugene. I just don't see a huge difference this year.

Where you and I agree 100% is who can survive playing 3-4 good teams in a row. No one has come close to something like that this year during their regular season. At least that I can see looking at the schedules. And IMO some of it will be luck because of who avoids injuries the most and/or gets some guys back during the break.
 
Deep Creek said:
Where you and I agree 100% is who can survive playing 3-4 good teams in a row. No one has come close to something like that this year during their regular season. At least that I can see looking at the schedules. And IMO some of it will be luck because of who avoids injuries the most and/or gets some guys back during the break.
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Yep. And yet, somebody will do it, because there has to be a winner. I'm guessing it's more likely to be a 1-4 team rather than a 5-12, but who knows? Like you say, it only takes one key injury.

Prior to this season, I would have little confidence in a team like South Carolina winning 4 tough games in a row where the opponents are all in the top 15. When have they ever done that? Who else has ever done such a thing? It's probably not even mathematically possible during a regular season.

Sure would like to see them try, though. I got more confidence in this group than I've had since the 2010-13 Gamecocks.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
Why? The last month has been one of the best months in the history of CFB. More teams than ever have been in the hunt. More games than ever had meaning that wouldn't have had any meaning. USCjr would likely beat 90% of the teams they would play. So it all depends on whether you want the best teams playing at the end of the year. I do.
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Personally I don’t think anyone played any harder because of the expanded playoffs. Ole Miss didn’t, Miami didn’t and Georgia & Alabama didn’t.

On the flip side Auburn, Michigan and Florida didn’t pack it in.

When we are arguing which 3 loss team gets in if SMU beats Clemson I don’t see that as a positive.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Personally I don’t think anyone played any harder because of the expanded playoffs. Ole Miss didn’t, Miami didn’t and Georgia & Alabama didn’t.

On the flip side Auburn, Michigan and Florida didn’t pack it in.

When we are arguing which 3 loss team gets in if SMU beats Clemson I don’t see that as a positive.
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Get out of your SEC echo chamber. The B12 have 8 teams that had a shot at the CC game in the last 2 weeks. The participants in that games wasn't decided until about midnight on Saturday night when BYU pulled ahead of Houston. I watched that game because of what it meant.

You can't look at the results and say "X, Y, and Z" didn't play any harder ... I guarantee you that GaTech wanted to ruin UGA's post-season chances as much as win the game for their won record. UF was highly motivated to beat OM, something that wouldn't have matter with a CFP-4. I can go on and on about this.

For you to continue to argue that all these games don't matter shows you have some blinders on that don't let you see the larger picture here. That SMU Clemson game means a ton to fans of SMU, Clemson, Miami, Bama, USCjr, and Ole Miss, and then all the teams pulling against Bama, etc. No one has ever cared about an ACC CCG before. Now there is far broader interest in it.

As for the 3 loss teams, with expanded conferences and divisionless football, undefeated teams is going to be the exception. Only one this year after 3 or 4 last year. I can see three 3 loss teams that could run the table given the chance. You have to adjust to it being a tournament now, not an annointing of the winner based on the season. The season is to line up who gets in, so a 3 loss team that has a chance to get in and win is exciting to most fans.
 
Hu War Yu said:
Yep. And yet, somebody will do it, because there has to be a winner. I'm guessing it's more likely to be a 1-4 team rather than a 5-12, but who knows? Like you say, it only takes one key injury.

Prior to this season, I would have little confidence in a team like South Carolina winning 4 tough games in a row where the opponents are all in the top 15. When have they ever done that? Who else has ever done such a thing? It's probably not even mathematically possible during a regular season.

Sure would like to see them try, though. I got more confidence in this group than I've had since the 2010-13 Gamecocks.
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And, you are going to have some 9-12 teams that may well be better than the 1-8 teams. Does anyone really feel PSU, ND, UGA, UTx are better than Bama, tOSU, UTjr, SMU, or Miami? For that matter, as pointed out above, it's not like Oregon killed BSU. And SMU could be really good. I can't imagine thinking my reward is getting to play the 11 seed and look up and see it's Bama. Or the 9 seed and see it's tOSU.

That is actually one of the more intriguing aspects of this ... I think some of the better programs are going to be 7-12. I don't think this is going to go chalk in any form or fashion.
 
Mistaken4193 said:
If we do get in…my prediction is…we will get Good Milroe the 1st game and beat the shit out of somebody, Get Average Milroe in game 2 and win a close one, and then in the Semifinals we will get the Milroe implosion game and lose fairly easily.
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I feel your pain. It's funny ... when you have been the model of consistency for over a decade (you guys), or the last 4 years (UGA), man it sucks to not know what team is showing up for a game. I was at the Tech game. Wow ... 55 minutes off barf, followed by 5 great minutes and 8 fun OTs. WTAF.
 



I mean the hypocrisy is crazy.
 







Once again…the hypocrisy
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
Get out of your SEC echo chamber. The B12 have 8 teams that had a shot at the CC game in the last 2 weeks. The participants in that games wasn't decided until about midnight on Saturday night when BYU pulled ahead of Houston. I watched that game because of what it meant.

You can't look at the results and say "X, Y, and Z" didn't play any harder ... I guarantee you that GaTech wanted to ruin UGA's post-season chances as much as win the game for their won record. UF was highly motivated to beat OM, something that wouldn't have matter with a CFP-4. I can go on and on about this.

For you to continue to argue that all these games don't matter shows you have some blinders on that don't let you see the larger picture here. That SMU Clemson game means a ton to fans of SMU, Clemson, Miami, Bama, USCjr, and Ole Miss, and then all the teams pulling against Bama, etc. No one has ever cared about an ACC CCG before. Now there is far broader interest in it.

As for the 3 loss teams, with expanded conferences and divisionless football, undefeated teams is going to be the exception. Only one this year after 3 or 4 last year. I can see three 3 loss teams that could run the table given the chance. You have to adjust to it being a tournament now, not an annointing of the winner based on the season. The season is to line up who gets in, so a 3 loss team that has a chance to get in and win is exciting to most fans.
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I quit reading after you said “I watched the BYU vs Houston game” super happy for you. I think people should be free to pursue passion projects just don’t force them on the rest of us.

You should hook up with OD and check out a larping festival as I’m sure you would love it.
 
Wild Turkey said:
I quit reading after you said “I watched the BYU vs Houston game” super happy for you. I think people should be free to pursue passion projects just don’t force them on the rest of us.

You should hook up with OD and check out a larping festival as I’m sure you would love it.
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Just say you aren't a CFB fan and we're good.

No one is forcing you to do a damn thing. But they are providing a ton of options for real CFB fans.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
And, you are going to have some 9-12 teams that may well be better than the 1-8 teams. Does anyone really feel PSU, ND, UGA, UTx are better than Bama, tOSU, UTjr, SMU, or Miami? For that matter, as pointed out above, it's not like Oregon killed BSU. And SMU could be really good. I can't imagine thinking my reward is getting to play the 11 seed and look up and see it's Bama. Or the 9 seed and see it's tOSU.

That is actually one of the more intriguing aspects of this ... I think some of the better programs are going to be 7-12. I don't think this is going to go chalk in any form or fashion.
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Every team you mentioned is better than Miami & should they play, I'd wager moneyline money on the Hurricane's opponent in each of them.
 
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