Lots of opportunity for shakeups this week. Key games:
#4 Georgia @ #12 Auburn (+3)
#8 Minnesota @ #20 Iowa (-3)
#10 Oklahoma @ #13 Baylor (+10)
#4 Georgia @ #12 Auburn (+3)
#8 Minnesota @ #20 Iowa (-3)
#10 Oklahoma @ #13 Baylor (+10)
if Georgia wins out and beats LSU they'll be in.
I’m not an Alabama fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m not sure how you rank Georgia ahead of them when they lost to South Carolina and Bama’s only loss was to the #1 team.
The committee chair stated that they compared Georgia and Alabama directly and sided with Georgia based on the two Top 25 wins to Alabama's zero.I’m not an Alabama fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m not sure how you rank Georgia ahead of them when they lost to South Carolina and Bama’s only loss was to the #1 team.
Can we just go to an 8 team playoff already? 8 teams feels about perfect at not watering down the regular season. 16 is too much.
5 P5 Champions
3 At-Large (Highest G5 gets this if undefeated / Notre Dame also qualifies if in top 8 of rankings)
NY7 rotation of Quarter/Semi-Finals/Finals: Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl (Semi), Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, National Championship Game.
Can we just go to an 8 team playoff already? 8 teams feels about perfect at not watering down the regular season. 16 is too much.
5 P5 Champions
3 At-Large (Highest G5 gets this if undefeated / Notre Dame also qualifies if in top 8 of rankings)
NY7 rotation of Quarter/Semi-Finals/Finals: Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl (Semi), Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, National Championship Game.
Agreed, it seems like we are never discussing more than one or two ‘snubbed’ teams and even those one or two are often someone with a major flaw on their resume like having two losses or one huge loss like being housed by Purdue or something. 8 is about as far as I’d be willing to go and in the case it does expand to 6 or 8 I’d like to see first round games played on campus.I would be fine with this, but I still feel like 6 is the perfect number. This also rewards the top two teams with a bye, which I think they deserve if you're going to open up the playoff to additional teams. By the end of the year there are rarely, if ever, more than 5 or 6 teams still deserving a chance to be in the conversation for a national title, and I don't like anything that further diminishes the value of the regular season. 6 is logical and fair, 8 is borderline too many, 16 is wayyyyy too many.
Mac Jones should've started.
Gonna hurt Bama's chances even more if Tua is out for the season now.
Agreed, it seems like we are never discussing more than one or two ‘snubbed’ teams and even those one or two are often someone with a major flaw on their resume like having two losses or one huge loss like being housed by Purdue or something. 8 is about as far as I’d be willing to go and in the case it does expand to 6 or 8 I’d like to see first round games played on campus.
I actually don’t like the committee process and think a ranking system similar to the BCS which includes coaches and media having their ballots made public along with an objective computer component would be better. Not enough transparency with the committee at all.
Don’t know man. I get wanting to keep him warm, but if he was already injured why not let him rest for two weeks (or at least this week) in easily winnable games? Why have him dropping back up 35-7? It sucks.Saban looked like he was ready to pull him up 35-7 too, got talked into leaving him out for 2 minute drill practice, crazy timing.
Not good. Other injuries are starting to stack up for them on D-line too. Best case it's like a jammed hip or something for Tua they can pop back into place, but now he's dealing with multiple injuries.
Committee is for sure watching all of this.
Indiana’s not bad but I’d be surprised if Penn State keep it close against Ohio State next week.PennSt is going to barely squeak by Indiana in their own stadium. Idk about them going forward. Their confidence seems not what it was before the Minnesota loss.
Don’t know man. I get wanting to keep him warm, but if he was already injured why not let him rest for two weeks (or at least this week) in easily winnable games? Why have him dropping back up 35-7? It sucks.
Indiana’s not bad but I’d be surprised if Penn State keep it close against Ohio State next week.
At least they close with Rutger. Lol
I hate it for Tua. His draft stock took a huge hit today, injuries were already a big concern that NFL teams have with him, and today isn’t gonna help that at all.Mac Jones should've started.
Gonna hurt Bama's chances even more if Tua is out for the season now.
You had a good run Goldie. At least you didn’t go in there and lose 55-24 like Ohio State did a couple years ago.