Board 8 > College Football Discussion - Week 11

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Help me War Eagles. You're our only hope.
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Well, Pac-12 is out of the playoff picture.
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kevwaffles posted...

Help me War Eagles. You're our only hope.

If Auburn wins out they are in.

Of course, but my main concern is today. I'd actually rather them not win out the regular season because I don't like their odds of beating Georgia twice.

Especially when the second time is in Atlanta.
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Yeah, that's Auburn's biggest problem. It has to win three games in four weeks against Bama and Georgia if it wants to get in.
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Dear VT,

This win is completely meaningless for you at this point. If you could job, that'd be great!

Sincerely,
GT
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kevwaffles posted...

Dear VT,

This win is completely meaningless for you at this point. If you could job, that'd be great!

Sincerely,
GT

Dear GT,

This win means even less for you guys. Besides, you won last year so it's your turn to job this time. Looking forward to it!

Sincerely,
VT
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BTN just put up a graphic that the last time a Big Ten team had a longer conference losing streak than the 16-game one that Rutgers snapped earlier this year was Wisconsin's 19-game streak from 1989-1992, and that Wisconsin was 3-1 in the next four games after the streak and won the Rose Bowl in 1993, and Rutgers has also gone 3-1.

I think it's hilarious that they'd even suggest that there's a chance Rutgers will be a contender any time soon. Ranked at some point in a season, sure. The 2018 schedule is mad backloaded; I can honestly say that a 6-1 start next year is plausible, possibly even 7-1. But then they'll go 0-for-November, because their November schedule is brutal.
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Xeybozn posted...

kevwaffles posted...

Dear VT,

This win is completely meaningless for you at this point. If you could job, that'd be great!

Sincerely,
GT

Dear GT,

This win means even less for you guys. Besides, you won last year so it's your turn to job this time. Looking forward to it!

Sincerely,
VT

We basically need it for a bowl game, so no, not meaningless at all.
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That said, I'd gladly miss a bowl if we could beat Georgia, but I've basically written off that possibility.
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There's that terrible special teams play I've come to expect. Dammit
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Somehow we come out of that unscathed. What a terrible 4th and 2 play call.
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me to Ohio St

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU
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Refs aren't calling shit at Bobby Dodd. On either side.
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jcgamer107 posted...

me to Ohio St

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU

They gonna kill Wisky and eliminate the Big 10

Meaning we are down to

Georgia
Bama
ND/Miami
Clemson/Miami
Oklahoma/TCU

If Miami goes undefeated I can't see anyway at all it's not

SEC
SEC
Miami
Big 12 winner

If Georgia gets blown out in the SEC championship, they'll drop to 5th, even undefeated up to that point.
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kevwaffles posted...

If Georgia gets blown out in the SEC championship, they'll drop to 5th, even undefeated up to that point.

Yes. Everyone understands this.

But we're not all gonna type out every time.

"The SEC will get two teams in the playoffs if they both go to Atlanta undefeated (unless one of them gets blown out)

Just came home

Wtf happened to Michigan State
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You said you saw no way. I'm not even including the scenarios where Georgia doesn't make it regular season undefeated.
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Not that there's a remote chance that it will happen but I'd love be to see FSU beat Clemson. Miami beat Notre Dame. And then Clemson beat Miami (Or whoever else can make that game beat Miami). Just so the committee is like what the fuck do we do, can we just make it an SEC rematch and forget the playoff?

ShatteredElysium posted...

Not that there's a remote chance that it will happen but I'd love be to see FSU beat Clemson. Miami beat Notre Dame. And then Clemson beat Miami (Or whoever else can make that game beat Miami). Just so the committee is like what the fuck do we do, can we just make it an SEC rematch and forget the playoff?

I assume in this you also wanna see OSU beat Wisky... lol

Virginia is the only possibility besides Miami now, and Miami would have to lose to them AND Pitt.
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Fucking chop blocks.
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Oh ffs! We bobbled an interception to give VT a completion on 3rd and long. Just knock that shit down!
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We're gonna lose yet another game by 1 point, aren't we?
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Lazard with the catch of the ever

Oh my heart!
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Bowl eligibility is back on track!
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Damn, I can't bring myself to care about results now that Washington's out of the picture. They're a really hard team to root for now - there's something demoralizing about an 8-2 team that's just not as good as they should be and hasn't really played a fun game all year, and is completely doomed to the Alamo Bowl (or maybe even Holiday if they lose the Apple Cup). I've had more fun cheering for much worse teams.

Paratroopa1 posted...

Damn, I can't bring myself to care about results now that Washington's out of the picture. They're a really hard team to root for now - there's something demoralizing about an 8-2 team that's just not as good as they should be and hasn't really played a fun game all year, and is completely doomed to the Alamo Bowl (or maybe even Holiday if they lose the Apple Cup). I've had more fun cheering for much worse teams.

Why can't you make the Rose?

That's a TD boys and girls.
Just like OSU and PSU.

Am I crazy for think it should be an Iowa St TD because the ISU WR was pinning it to Ok St DB's chest before the latter had control?
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KCF0107 posted...

Am I crazy for think it should be an Iowa St TD because the ISU WR was pinning it to Ok St DB's chest before the latter had control?

No. it's a TD because they both had possession, which goes to the offense. Textbook TD

Wisconsin must be thrilled that Iowa is pulling a total no show after murdering Ohio State after watching Michigan State no show against Ohio State.

Its almost impossible for this day to go any better unless they implode or someone ahead of them loses.

(And Georgia is down 9 right now)
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KCF0107 posted...

Am I crazy for think it should be an Iowa St TD because the ISU WR was pinning it to Ok St DB's chest before the latter had control?

I felt the defender had clearly established control before there's even an argument that the receiver had it.
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Meow1000 posted...

KCF0107 posted...

Am I crazy for think it should be an Iowa St TD because the ISU WR was pinning it to Ok St DB's chest before the latter had control?

I felt the defender had clearly established control before there's even an argument that the receiver had it.

That doesn't matter till the play is over.

And by the time people landed it was absoltely a simultaneous catch. That's a TD.

Georgia's been hiding Fromm all year since their running game and defense have been so dominant. Now that they can't rely on either, he's getting exposed pretty badly here.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Georgia's been hiding Fromm all year since their running game and defense have been so dominant. Now that they can't rely on either, he's getting exposed pretty badly here.

Same as Bama

oh hey so apparently the SEC East is still bad!
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If this holds I have no idea where Georgia drops to, because Notre Dame (assuming they win) leads a pack of 1 loss teams that all have a better resume than them, but they beat Notre Dame.
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Dr_Football posted...

oh hey so apparently the SEC East is still bad!

I've only been shooting this from the mountaintops all year!
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SSJBGenkiDama posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

Georgia's been hiding Fromm all year since their running game and defense have been so dominant. Now that they can't rely on either, he's getting exposed pretty badly here.

Same as Bama

Fromm is much worse than Hurts, but yeah, he cost them the championship last year.
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Did Clemson forget games have two halves?

Love how worthless college teams find ways to lose games so routinely.

Down 3 and you recover a fumble on the Clemson 40. First play you throw the ball down the middle to a wide-open defender for the easiest interception he'll ever have in his life, then they walk down the field for a touchdown with no resistance by the defense to end the game.

(Someone on Skype called the first play interception after that fumble, too)
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I need to take some deep breaths.

I'm a fan of college football, but I don't really make a big deal about certain teams. I root for Rutgers because they're the only FBS team in the state, and I hated Ohio State even before Rutgers was in the Big Ten, but most of the time, I like upsets.The more chaos, the better, even if it means I lost one of my picks in Ladder or something. I honestly never thought I'd become outraged about a college football game, unless it was a team getting robbed by an egregious officiating error. Watching the Georgia-Auburn game, I'm smiling about Auburn absolutely housing the Bulldogs even though if I stop to think about it, I want Georgia to win the SEC--I have no problem with the Dawgs, and the only two teams still alive in the West are Alabama and Auburn.

Then they gave a gamebreak that Florida State came out of nowhere to pull within 3 of Clemson and just recovered a fumble. NO. Not like this. I don't even necessarily agree that Clemson belonged in the top 4, and when I calm down, this actually gives NC State life in the Atlantic, which means more of that chaos I love so much. But I don't think that the chance of NC State winning the ACC is enough. A few weeks ago, I thought that the UF-FSU game would be Florida's last gasp at bowl eligibility, but I resigned myself to the fact that FSU would be the favorite--but Florida had a chance of keeping the Noles out of a bowl, right?

No. Now is not the time for Clemsonning to make a comeback--not when it all but makes it a certainty that Florida State will still be in a bowl game. And, yes, the Noles' lofty preseason ranking would make their losing record even sweeter, but it's Florida State. Expectations could've been legitimately low and I'd still revel in their every loss. Please, Clemson, if you want to stay out of the playoff, just job to South Carolina or something. Don't do this.
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Meow1000 posted...

Did Clemson forget games have two halves?

Love how worthless college teams find ways to lose games so routinely.

Down 3 and you recover a fumble on the Clemson 40. First play you throw the ball down the middle to a wide-open defender for the easiest interception he'll ever have in his life, then they walk down the field for a touchdown with no resistance by the defense to end the game.

(Someone on Skype called the first play interception after that fumble, too)

Ah, good. Guess I could've saved myself some agita by actually switching to Clemson-FSU after that update; because FSU's threat apparently lasted just long enough to give anyone tuned to the Georgia-Auburn game the misconception that Clemson might lose.
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Florida State's quarterback threw the game well before you posted that.

Also Georgia is getting viciously mutilated (40-10!).

I can't really see any justification I can think of for leaving them top 4 if Notre Dame wins given TCU/Oklahoma play each other.
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TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Meow1000 posted...

Did Clemson forget games have two halves?

Love how worthless college teams find ways to lose games so routinely.

Down 3 and you recover a fumble on the Clemson 40. First play you throw the ball down the middle to a wide-open defender for the easiest interception he'll ever have in his life, then they walk down the field for a touchdown with no resistance by the defense to end the game.

(Someone on Skype called the first play interception after that fumble, too)

Ah, good. Guess I could've saved myself some agita by actually switching to Clemson-FSU after that update; because FSU's threat apparently lasted just long enough to give anyone tuned to the Georgia-Auburn game the misconception that Clemson might lose.

Florida State never hit the point where they did enough to reasonably think they had a chance of winning. Even if they get the touchdown there, Clemson probably still walks over their defense anyway.
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Meow1000 posted...

Florida State's quarterback threw the game well before you posted that.

Also Georgia is getting viciously mutilated (40-10!).

I can't really see any justification I can think of for leaving them top 4 if Notre Dame wins given TCU/Oklahoma play each other.

Notre Dame winning probably justifies it more than them losing! Though you're right that with #5 and #6 playing each other and a loss in front of them, the winner of OU-TCU should be in. And...yeah, despite the scare, Clemson won't fall out, not with a win over Auburn.

Rough predictions (I'm just going to assume the Alabama win, because I've got enough conditionals):

1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame (with win)/Clemson (with Miami win)
3. Clemson (with ND win)/Oklahoma (with win and Miami win)/Miami (with win and TCU win)
4. Oklahoma (with win and ND win)/Miami (with win and OU win)/TCU (with win)
5. Wisconsin
6. Georgia
7. Auburn (with ND win)/Notre Dame (with loss)
8. Ohio State (with ND and OU wins)/Auburn (with Miami win)/Oklahoma (with loss and ND win)
9. USC (with ND and OU wins)/Ohio State(with ND and TCU wins or Miami and OU wins)/Oklahoma (with loss and ND loss)
10. TCU (with loss and ND win)/USC (with ND and TCU wins or Miami and OU wins)/Ohio State (with TCU and Miami wins)
11. Miami (with loss)/TCU (with loss and Miami win)/USC (with TCU and Miami wins)
12. Oklahoma State
13. Penn State
14. Washington State
15. UCF
16. Washington
17. LSU
18. Memphis
19. NC State
20. Northwestern (with win)/Michigan State (with Northwestern loss)
21. Michigan State (with Northwestern win)/Mississippi State (with Northwestern loss)
22. Mississippi State (with Northwestern win)/Virginia Tech (with Northwestern loss)
23. Virginia Tech (with Northwestern win)/West Virginia (with Northwestern loss)
24. West Virginia (with Northwestern win)/Stanford (with Northwestern loss)
25. Stanford (with Northwestern win)/Michigan (with Northwestern loss)

...Yes, the Wolverines' SOS is really that bad. And no, I wasn't happy with the possibility of putting Georgia one spot ahead of Auburn, but I feel like the committee will still be hesitant to drop Georgia very far.
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Ugh, I hope they don't jump Washington State over Washington, Wazzu's loss to Cal was just so wretched

As long as ND keeps winning, they really don't have a problem. All it changes is who leap frogs them.

The only game that matters for them tonight is their own. That was the case at noon and it's still the case now.
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