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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    F Me In The Brain said:
    At this early point (very early) I would guess that it ends up being:

    Clemson, LSU, Bama, and OSU

    Still so much ball to play
    That would be my vote if I had a vote, as much as I hate putting in two teams from the same division within a conference.  But let's face it, the best team in the SEC East will almost always be little brother to the top 2 teams in the West.
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,628
    They may not have a great strength of schedule, but I would enjoy seeing Oklahoma make into the 4 slot. They would be a problem for anyone. 
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,600
    drakeheuer14 said:
    They may not have a great strength of schedule, but I would enjoy seeing Oklahoma make into the 4 slot. They would be a problem for anyone. 
    Who else do you have making it in? 
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,628
    edited October 2019
    darwinstheory said:
    drakeheuer14 said:
    They may not have a great strength of schedule, but I would enjoy seeing Oklahoma make into the 4 slot. They would be a problem for anyone. 
    Who else do you have making it in? 
    Alabama, LSU, OSU and Oklahoma for fun. 

    But I am going to put LSU in the one spot because they are going to beat bama, I can feel it. 
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,600
    drakeheuer14 said:
    darwinstheory said:
    drakeheuer14 said:
    They may not have a great strength of schedule, but I would enjoy seeing Oklahoma make into the 4 slot. They would be a problem for anyone. 
    Who else do you have making it in? 
    Alabama, LSU, OSU and Oklahoma for fun. 

    But I am going to put LSU in the one spot because they are going to beat bama, I can feel it. 
    I was kind of thinking the same thing, but that #1 vs #2 matchup is going to be in Tuscaloosa. Going to be a great game.
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,600
    edited October 2019
    Normally, it feels like there is a more clear cut top 4. This season, right now, it was so difficult to project a top 4. A whole lot of super important games left.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,666
    pjsteelerfan said:
    Ohio State has played nobody this year so far, their best "win" over an incredibly over rated Michigan State.  At least Wisconsin will have two shots to knock them out of the playoffs so we don't have to watch them get pounded by Clemson or an SEC team, again. 

    the hate is strong. I think OSU is pretty good. they DESTROYED MSU and nebraska. those teams may not be great but they ARE big time programs.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,666
    my overrated buckeyes are looking good.....again.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,600
    Welp, there goes the argument for Wisconsin. Unless they beat the Fuckeyes twice. But that's unlikely. Either way, losses like this and last weeks UGA loss are part of what makes CFB so great.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,361
    darwinstheory said:
    Welp, there goes the argument for Wisconsin. Unless they beat the Fuckeyes twice. But that's unlikely. Either way, losses like this and last weeks UGA loss are part of what makes CFB so great.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,666
    I was wondering if illinois had EVER been any good....I couldn’t remember a year....wiki gave me these factoid:

    illini won the national championship in 1951. that year’s rose bowl was the first ever nationally televised college FB game and some dude on the team had an INT in 16 straight games.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    Wobbie said:
    I was wondering if illinois had EVER been any good....I couldn’t remember a year....wiki gave me these factoid:

    illini won the national championship in 1951. that year’s rose bowl was the first ever nationally televised college FB game and some dude on the team had an INT in 16 straight games.
    You don't remember Jeff George?!!
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,994
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 10,072
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    I wish all ranked teams had to play half their games against other ranked teams. It boring watching a 72-3 blowout, even if you are a big fan of the team winning.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,351
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    Temple wasn't ranked when they played this past Saturday?
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    mace1229 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    I wish all ranked teams had to play half their games against other ranked teams. It boring watching a 72-3 blowout, even if you are a big fan of the team winning.
    I can't stand the "play a ranked opponent" argument.  Schedules are made years in advance.  Years.  A team who suddenly gets hot like UCF or SMU  doesn't have the advantage of just going out and signing on a bunch of currently ranked opponents.  And what's the point even if they did play a ranked opponent?  And win? They still wouldn't get any respect.  Play a ranked opponent then the next argument is "well, that's just one, talk to me when they play an SEC or Big Ten schedule..." 
    Utah, Boise State, and TCU ran all over every Power 5 opponent they faced in the BCS era.  All three schools undefeated against Power 5 teams in "New Years Day" bowls during BCS.  Yet none of them ever got ranked in the top 5, let alone even considered for a National Title, much less play for one.   Boise State even campaigned to join a Power 5 to shut up all the naysayers, and no one would take them.  Gee, I wonder fucking why?  Boise State and Chris Peterson had all the perennial "powerhouses" shaking in their damn shoes! 
    Rankings and playing ranked opponents are jokes anyway when the "playoff" is nothing more than a popularity contest decided by a bunch of people in a room who know absolutely nothing about sports.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,994
    cutz said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    Temple wasn't ranked when they played this past Saturday?
    Nope.  They lost to friggin Buffalo a few weeks ago.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,994
    HesCalledDyer said:
    mace1229 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    I wish all ranked teams had to play half their games against other ranked teams. It boring watching a 72-3 blowout, even if you are a big fan of the team winning.
    I can't stand the "play a ranked opponent" argument.  Schedules are made years in advance.  Years.  A team who suddenly gets hot like UCF or SMU  doesn't have the advantage of just going out and signing on a bunch of currently ranked opponents.  And what's the point even if they did play a ranked opponent?  And win? They still wouldn't get any respect.  Play a ranked opponent then the next argument is "well, that's just one, talk to me when they play an SEC or Big Ten schedule..." 
    Utah, Boise State, and TCU ran all over every Power 5 opponent they faced in the BCS era.  All three schools undefeated against Power 5 teams in "New Years Day" bowls during BCS.  Yet none of them ever got ranked in the top 5, let alone even considered for a National Title, much less play for one.   Boise State even campaigned to join a Power 5 to shut up all the naysayers, and no one would take them.  Gee, I wonder fucking why?  Boise State and Chris Peterson had all the perennial "powerhouses" shaking in their damn shoes! 
    Rankings and playing ranked opponents are jokes anyway when the "playoff" is nothing more than a popularity contest decided by a bunch of people in a room who know absolutely nothing about sports.
    Ranked teams playing against each other shows me whether or not those teams deserve that ranking.  If and when I see Miami crack the top 25 I know that won't last because they stink and should not be ranked at all.  Then they play a ranked team and off the 25 they go.

    That is why I like to see teams play other ranked teams.

    UCF and SMU haven't played any good teams at all so I am ok with their lower rank in the top 25.  Well SMU this year.  UCF has 2 L's already this year.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,690
    cutz said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    Temple wasn't ranked when they played this past Saturday?
    i thought they were ranked #25 in the AP poll?
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,994
    eeriepadave said:
    cutz said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Is SMU ever going to play a ranked team to justify their 7-0 record?
    Temple wasn't ranked when they played this past Saturday?
    i thought they were ranked #25 in the AP poll?
    Not the AP poll.  Maybe Coaches they did?

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