HSFBfan Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 UGA Bama ND Clemson OK OSU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Looks about right IMO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 No way it stays this way. Three of the Power 5 excluded won't happen. Oklahoma has a tough two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 minute ago, concha said: No way it stays this way. Three of the Power 5 excluded won't happen. Oklahoma has a tough two weeks. It cant stay this way. UGA has to play Bama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aZjimbo Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 minute ago, concha said: No way it stays this way. Three of the Power 5 excluded won't happen. Oklahoma has a tough two weeks. I think I heard half of the original poll make it to the final 4 and half don't. Will certainly change. Every game matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, HSFBfan said: It cant stay this way. UGA has to play Bama Right. It will have to be a very close game in every respect in order to even have an argument o keep both in. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just now, concha said: Right. It will have to be a very close game in every respect in order to even have an argument o keep both in. . Exactly. OK doesnt have an easy game this week in Ok State. Ok State defense is good. I think they have a good chance of the upset. Clemson will probably win out. ND could fall. OSU is sitting in a good spot to make the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aZjimbo Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 SOS really helping the Irish. MSU (win), Stanford, NCS )(win), USC (win), Miami and Georgia (loss) all on schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 minute ago, HSFBfan said: Exactly. OK doesnt have an easy game this week in Ok State. Ok State defense is good. I think they have a good chance of the upset. Clemson will probably win out. ND could fall. OSU is sitting in a good spot to make the playoffs OK has two tough opponents in a row. Between Clemson, tOSU and OK, OK is the most likely to lose. I think ND wins out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just now, aZjimbo said: SOS really helping the Irish. MSU (win), Stanford, NCS )(win), USC (win), Miami and Georgia (loss) all on schedule. ND hasnt played Stanford yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just now, concha said: OK has two tough opponents in a row. Between Clemson, tOSU and OK, OK is the most likely to lose. I think ND wins out. that stanford game looms in Palo Alto last game of the season. Miami will get up for the game as well OSU more then likely wont lose. Wisconsin i think can get them in BIG Championship game. Good defense over there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 minute ago, aZjimbo said: SOS really helping the Irish. MSU (win), Stanford, NCS )(win), USC (win), Miami and Georgia (loss) all on schedule. Yep. What would be interesting to see is the potential impact of a significant Georgia loss on ND. Georgia is ND's anchor in the top 4 IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just to elaborate, I think the top 6 is about where it should be at this stage. At the end of the day, if OSU wins out, they’ll be in the bracket...and all will be as it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 minute ago, zulu1128 said: Just to elaborate, I think the top 6 is about where it should be at this stage. At the end of the day, if OSU wins out, they’ll be in the bracket...and all will be as it should. What would be the committee's rationale if OK and Clemson win out also? That's the obstacle. tOSU's most likely path is the loser of GA-Bama dropping out and Oklahoma losing in the next two weeks (Okla St or TCU). . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 If ND wins out, Georgia wins until losing a good SECCG vs Bama - who stays? Georgia or ND, who lost at home to Georgia. My money is on ND, cause this is about exactly that ... money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Agreed with both of you pretty much. If everyone wins out, the Alabama/Georgia loser is out. Clemson will be out with the worst resume. Zero chance the committee passes on 11-1 ND and 12-1 B1G Champ OSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 32 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Agreed with both of you pretty much. If everyone wins out, the Alabama/Georgia loser is out. Clemson will be out with the worst resume. Zero chance the committee passes on 11-1 ND and 12-1 B1G Champ OSU. Not so sure I agree, as the only guaranteed loss out there is the SEC 'ship. The Bucks will not leapfrog OK without them losing (decent chance of happening in their next two games - if so, then problem solved). Clemson is likely, but not guaranteed, to win out. From a starting spot +2 vs tOSU, they would have more wins over teams with winning records and over more ranked teams. That said, tOSU would have a much more dominant wins and the best win (Penn St), Clemson the worst loss. The almighty dollar agrees with you though. The committee has just set themselves up for a real potential shit storm if they go with your prediction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
181pl Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, zulu1128 said: Agreed with both of you pretty much. If everyone wins out, the Alabama/Georgia loser is out. Clemson will be out with the worst resume. Zero chance the committee passes on 11-1 ND and 12-1 B1G Champ OSU. Unless OU goes 12-1, who whipped the Luckeyes asses. Then you can't keep them out. No way. OU would have wins over OK. St. and TCU, just as good as wins over Penn St. and a down Michigan squad. They lost (OSU) lost their marquee match up. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THS2011 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 12 hours ago, HSFBfan said: that stanford game looms in Palo Alto last game of the season. Miami will get up for the game as well OSU more then likely wont lose. Wisconsin i think can get them in BIG Championship game. Good defense over there Miami has one of the worst rush defenses in the country. I'm more scared about Stanford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Just now, THS2011 said: Miami has one of the worst rush defenses in the country. I'm more scared about Stanford. I agree. I think the Stanford game will be a lot tougher to win. This week is an easy game for ND. Wake Forest is missing their top WR RB and tackler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 35 minutes ago, 181pl said: Unless OU goes 12-1, who whipped the Luckeyes asses. Then you can't keep them out. No way. OU would have wins over OK. St. and TCU, just as good as wins over Penn St. and a down Michigan squad. They lost (OSU) lost their marquee match up. Too bad. Then it would be: Alabama/Ga winner OU ND OSU I’m still a little confused how a 2-score game that was 17-13 with 11 minutes left gets spun as an “ass whipping,” but whatevs I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 58 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: I’m still a little confused how a 2-score game that was 17-13 with 11 minutes left gets spun as an “ass whipping,” but whatevs I guess. OK was clearly better on the day. That said, tOSU's line play is much improved since then and, more importantly, their passing game is galactically better than it was. At the time of the OK game, Barrett had 1-2 experienced receivers he was comfortable with. Now he's got 5-6 (as seen in the Penn St game and several games before). Barrett's game-by-game ratings/QBRs reflect this. This three lowest-rated performances were weeks 1-3. They are far higher now. Mayfield has actually declined though he's still very good. I am admittedly a Buckeye homer, but I would not bet against tOSU in a rematch. Ohio State has improved drastically IMO, and OK not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Agreed on all counts. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t welcome a rematch with OU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concha Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Agreed on all counts. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t welcome a rematch with OU. tOSU's special teams weakness wouldn't even matter so much as OK does not have a Saquon Barkley to worry about. I usually don't bet on games, but if they face each other again I'd be very comfortable putting a few bucks on the Bucks. Not sure what it would take for them to both get into the final 4, but I'd love to see them play again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
181pl Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 3 hours ago, zulu1128 said: Then it would be: Alabama/Ga winner OU ND OSU I’m still a little confused how a 2-score game that was 17-13 with 11 minutes left gets spun as an “ass whipping,” but whatevs I guess. How could you take ND over GA? GA won head to head. And do you really think the committee would take one-loss OSU or ND over one loss BAMA? I don't. If ND, GA, OK, and BAMA win out, and then GA plays BAMA in the SEC title game, OSU is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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