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blutow

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  1. Everything comes across better when you are winning, but Sark really seems to hitting his stride in these press conferences. Just comes across as genuine and seems to be pulling all the right levers for the program.
  2. That all looks way too reasonable to have been produced by ESPN. Maybe we don't have a chance.... The only thing I'd question with those numbers is that Bama and Texas are only at 84/88% with a Bama win and Louisville win. I can't see any way either would be left out in that situation. Do they really think there is a chance tOSU could jump back in?
  3. There has been a good bit of discussion in the media about the possibility of a 13-0 FSU being left out based on the QB injury. I'm not saying it should happen or that it's likely, but Barrie isn't the only one saying FSU should be jumped by a stronger 1 loss team.
  4. I still think we have a small shot even if Oregon wins, probably depends on how each of us look in CCG Louisville or Iowa wins - 95%+ Texas is in with a win Bama Wins - ~70% Texas is in (again depends on how those games go down) Oregon Wins - ~20% Texas is in (another eye test)
  5. Apples and Oranges... They wouldn't pass Texas over because of Maalik because that was weeks ago. FSU is currently operating with a very shaky backup (and their starter isn't coming back). If he looks terrible again this week, that doesn't help FSU's case. In my opinion, FSU should absolutely be in if they win even if they look like crap, but it's being debated in the media.
  6. I'll be interested where FSU lands in tomorrow's rankings. They "deserve" to be #4 and I expect them to be ranked there, but are clearly not the 4th best team right now. If the committee has them lower than 4, it obviously opens the possibility of them being left out after going undefeated. I know it's unprecedented and I personally wouldn't agree with it, but something unprecedented is going to happen this year if Bama/Texas/FSU/Oregon all win. One reason I think there is a small chance of FSU getting excluded was the committee chairman making comments about considering injuries on the show a couple weeks ago. It was a really short segment and he brought up injury considerations 2 times (but wasn't clear about how they consider them). You really have to go back to what the committee is even trying to accomplish. It's never been only about picking the best teams and it's not about most deserving either, it's some squishy hybrid between the 2.
  7. Yeah, it's always entertaining when people freak out about those. But the rankings are supposed to be based on history and not look forward. I'm guessing they take some consideration about how things might play out in the future (to make their lives easier), but they aren't supposed to and it's a slippery slope if they start doing that.
  8. Yeah, I'd actually be surprised if tOSU is not the top (or maybe the 2nd) one-loss team on Tuesday, but any 1 loss team that wins their CCG will jump back ahead of tOSU (and any CCG losers) the following week.
  9. As far as I can remember, a non-champ has never gone in above a 1 loss champ. And Texas/Bama/Oregon would all be pretty deserving one loss champs if they win out. For the folks saying a tOSU/UGA/Washington have a shot as a non-champ, I guess anything is possible with the people pulling the strings, but it's never happened. All the non-champs that have gotten in in the past were over 2 loss teams (which won't come into play this year).
  10. I think it's appropriate to rank losses. Losing to a shitty team vs. a highly ranked team should play into things, but it's certainly not something that should trump a head to head (and OU is still ranked, so not that bad of a loss in this situation). Bama has had more than their fair share of success, but I sort of feel for them if they ended up excluded as a conference champ because they had the balls to schedule a real team OOC instead of a cupcake. They deserve a playoff spot as an SEC champ with a win over Georgia, but I'd still say Texas is more deserving based on the head to head. Again, that's why Bama win (and FSU win) is worst case for the committee and why I think a Bama win could drag Texas along with them and leave out champ Oregon or undefeated FSU (who would both also be very deserving as well). A one-loss team is going to get really fucked next weekend if Bama/FSU/Oregon/Texas/Michigan all win. It's just a shitty situation with so many deserving teams that all have a pretty good case, but no clear rules dictating who goes.
  11. Sort of. The only potential rematch left on the table with any decent probability is Bama vs. Texas (and the chance of that is still pretty small). But yeah, the "immediate" rematches we've seen in the past aren't gonna happen this year unless it's total chaos. tOSU already had their "playoff" game and UGA will have it this weekend. There's a good chance that tOSU will be ranked above us on Tuesday (and people will lose their minds), but that's pending until champs being determined the following weekend.
  12. +1 on this. As much as I think we are clearly better than FSU with their backup QB, if they win next week they should be in. I give them credit for scheduling LSU even though LSU sucks this year.
  13. KSU losing yesterday didn't help..., likely lost one of our ranked wins.
  14. On the CFP show a couple weeks ago, the committee dude specifically brought up injury considerations a couple times in a short interview. Of course, he didn't clarify how they are considered, but I thought it was interesting that he went out of his way to mention it a couple times. So they are are least talking about it.
  15. I hope when it goes to 12 that P5 conference champs are automatic. Sure, you'll end up with some 2-3 loss champs that win the conference in an upset, but that makes things interesting when there are 12 spots. Having a guaranteed path based on results would be nice and then the rest of the spots can continue with the magic 8 ball committee BS.
  16. OU was no longer undefeated when the first CFP rankings came out. They had just lost to Kansas 3 days prior and had almost lost to UCF the prior week. It made our loss look pretty bad while Oregon was rolling (eye test and win against Utah right before rankings). If OU stayed undefeated (like washington did), we never would have been behind Oregon. I never understood why everyone was so happy about OU losing when it was bad for Texas, best case was we beat an undefeated OU in the CCG (would have been good on so many levels). I like to see OU to lose as much as the next guy, but not when it hurts Texas.
  17. I'm not sure anyone is saying they are totally ignoring that stuff, just that guidelines are squishy at best.
  18. That would be great for Texas, but how does bama jump Oregon and Texas after barely surviving a terrible Auburn team while Texas and Oregon had strong games?
  19. Agree, but they have ignored it to this point and their strength of schedule is getting a bump (relative to Texas) both this week and next. On the margin of victory, I'm just highlighting that they specifically call out that it can't be used when looking at common opponents (so while I'm sure they are looking it at, they can't use that to explain externally why we might jump oregon). I'm saying they probably did the initial rankings without really giving it much thought and I'm concerned they aren't going to make a correction because they can't find a good reason to change it (short of admitting they screwed up).
  20. The problem is that they need a narrative to support a change (they aren't going to say they just screwed it up and are now fixing it). While common opponents matter (tech), their guidelines specifically say that margin of victory is not rewarded for common opponents. While I don't think our performance at tech will be ignored, it's still tough to have us jump Oregon this week when they convincingly beat a ranked OSU in a rivalry game. And that just leaves the CCG's where they will be playing a top 4 washington while we are playing ~20th OSU. The week of the initial rankings was right after Oregon beat Utah and OU lost to Kansas (after almost losing to UCF the week prior), making our loss look pretty bad. If OU had kept rolling, we never would have been ranked below Oregon, ironic that OU shitting the bed has a decent likelihood of keeping us out of the playoffs this year.
  21. hmmm.... There will be 4 unbeaten conference champs in that scenario and we won't have anyone with the same w-l record left to debate with. We want as many 1 loss conference champs as possible, including Bama and Oregon. No guarantee we get in over either of those, but there is a chance.
  22. The more of those there are, the better. Again, I believe the chances of a non-champ getting a spot are already near zero and the more 1 loss "deserving" non-champs there are, the lower the likelihood that any of them get in.
  23. Bama winning is the biggest form of chaos that could happen next week as it relates to Texas. If Georgia wins that game (likely), the committee has a huge sigh of relief.
  24. Why UW? I agree that it's a long shot we jump 12-1 Oregon (since we haven't already and their case only gets stronger), but 13-0 UW is definitely in.
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