December 8, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, satyanash said: ND is ahead of Texas and PSU in Sagarin, Massey, and Colley Matrix - three of the most important computer rankings the CFP uses. So the explanation will be, “we’re punishing these teams for making their conference championship games because the computers told us to” …? Not being mindless machines is the entire point of the committee.
December 8, 20241 yr Texas didn't just struggle with UGA. They were up and down in almost every conference game. Oregon, Georgia, Ohio State, Penn State, Notre Dame, and Tennessee could all hold this offense below 20 points. Texas trailed for less than 8 minutes the entire season against teams not named Georgia. “Up and down” lmao.
December 8, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, LonghornSean said: Oooooo, I like those odds. Notre Dame dicklickers can suck it. 3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Forget the seeding, who do we want to play? SMU/Clemson
December 8, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Garbage take. Texas will decisively beat any team in the playoffs not named UGA, OSU, or Oregon. Texas has scored more than 20 points once in the last month. Any decisive win won't be because of the offense.
December 8, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, MirrOlure said: There is no fucking way* we drop below Notre Dame. PSU ahead of us at 5 is arguable either way but acceptable. *I know I know…never start a sentence with those words PSU at 5 isnt gonna happen. We were already ahead of them and we lost in OT and they lost in regulation. There is really no argument to get them ahead of us. Weaker SOS, worse losses, same amount of ranked wins (aggy will be ranked #25 after that UNLV loss). Just now, Texasrocks said: Texas has scored more than 20 points once in the last month. Any decisive win won't be because of the offense. Correct. Our defense will feast on these teams and probably score for us as well.
December 8, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, utexas8 said: Not Georgia I want Georgia. And I want them with Arch at QB
December 8, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said: Texas trailed for less than 8 minutes the entire season against teams not named Georgia. “Up and down” lmao. We're talking about the offense here. Try to keep up. The defense is elite. The offense has absolutely been up and down.
December 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Steelers Roll Left said: I want Georgia. And I want them with Arch at QB Probably best to wait till next year then.
December 8, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, eschuke said: I honestly think they don’t want conference games in round 1 and will manipulate accordingly. I also think they will try to avoid Texas and Georgia in round 2 for the third time. with likely home games at Texas, Penn state, ND and Ohio State, that means having anyone other than Texas at the 7. If Alabama gets in (likely at 11) they will move us to the 5 to avoid them and play Clemson at 12. If SMU gets in we will be 5 or 6 likely against Clemson or SMU (or possibly Indiana). I think there is enough noise in the records and teams with bad losses that they will build the bracket they want and can point to any specific piece of data to justify it. I’ve seen people make the case that osu should be as high as 5 (which is absurd to reward them for that loss to um), Texas as low as 8 & psu as low as 9 having to play at Tennessee. If they want the conference championships to mean anything, and to not make lane kiffin right, and to not have teams in a good spot try to game the rankings by intentionally losing their last game to avoid the conference championships, Texas can’t be lower than 6 and psu can’t be lower than 7. And that’s if you think ND should be 5. If they really want to show that teams won’t be punished for playing in a conference championship game, Texas has to be 5 and psu has to be 6. Moving Texas or psu below 6 is doing exactly what they said they weren’t going to do by punishing teams for losing their conference championship. I think the only bracket that makes sense by not punishing teams in conference championships and avoiding uga-ut and psu-ore rematches is: 5. Texas - smu 6. psu - clemson 7. nd - iu 8. osu - tenn
December 8, 20241 yr 36 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Momentum in Vegas is Bama is out. SMU: -330 Bama: +350
December 8, 20241 yr Just now, heso said: I think there is enough noise in the records and teams with bad losses that they will build the bracket they want and can point to any specific piece of data to justify it. I’ve seen people make the case that osu should be as high as 5 (which is absurd to reward them for that loss to um), Texas as low as 8 & psu as low as 9 having to play at Tennessee. If they want the conference championships to mean anything, and to not make lane kiffin right, and to not have teams in a good spot try to game the rankings by intentionally losing their last game to avoid the conference championships, Texas can’t be lower than 6 and psu can’t be lower than 7. And that’s if you think ND should be 5. If they really want to show that teams won’t be punished for playing in a conference championship game, Texas has to be 5 and psu has to be 6. Moving Texas or psu below 6 is doing exactly what they said they weren’t going to do by punishing teams for losing their conference championship. I think the only bracket that makes sense by not punishing teams in conference championships and avoiding uga-ut and psu-ore rematches is: 5. Texas - smu 6. psu - clemson 7. nd - iu 8. osu - tenn 100% agree
December 8, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, LonghornSean said: I dont think Vegas would be this far off. This makes me think we are a lock for the 5 seed.
December 8, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, utexas8 said: I haven’t really watched any one else play except us. Who has a good defense in the playoffs that would give us trouble like UGA? The problem is that we made the UGA defense look better than it is. They're the best defense we played, but it's nowhere near the level they've had in years' past. They gave up 41 to Bama, 31 to MSST, 28 to Ole Miss, 21 to UMASS, and 27 to GT (before OT)...and what do we do? Score a lowly 15 in the first game and 16 in the second (before OT). So any of the teams could give us issues but we obviously want to play teams with a smaller DL we can just push around and lean on our running game, because getting to the opponent's 27 yard line or better 6 times and having to attempt a field goal all 6 times isn't going to cut it.
December 8, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, OU Sucks said: The problem is that we made the UGA defense look better than it is. They're the best defense we played, but it's nowhere near the level they've had in years' past. They gave up 41 to Bama, 31 to MSST, 28 to Ole Miss, 21 to UMASS, and 27 to GT (before OT)...and what do we do? Score a lowly 15 in the first game and 16 in the second (before OT). So any of the teams could give us issues but we obviously want to play teams with a smaller DL we can just push around and lean on our running game, because getting to the opponent's 27 yard line or better 6 times and having to attempt a field goal all 6 times isn't going to cut it. It’s a shame we hadn’t recently discovered a package for a mobile QB that could have been effective in the red zone
December 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Bama is out, SMU just shot up to -1000 to make the playoff and Bama to +980
December 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise 4. ASU 5. Texas 6. PSU 7. Notre Dame 8. OSU 9. Tenn 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU This feels obvious to me.
December 8, 20241 yr Haven't kept up with Notre Dame because fuck them but is aggy the best team they've played?
December 8, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, hookem48 said: Haven't kept up with Notre Dame because fuck them but is aggy the best team they've played? Murderers row if you ask me. I can't think of any other team in the country that could get that schedule and only lose one game to Northern Illinois. A&M Northern Illinois Purdue Miami, OH Lousiville Stanford Georgia Tech Navy FSU Virginia Army USC
December 8, 20241 yr 35 minutes ago, heso said: I think the only bracket that makes sense by not punishing teams in conference championships and avoiding uga-ut and psu-ore rematches is: 5. Texas - smu 6. psu - clemson 7. nd - iu 8. osu - tenn There's a lot of good in there. First, they make sense, but looking at the travel distances, only one is even close to a difficult drive for fans of the road team: Texas - SMU 200 miles Penn State - Clemson 650 miles Notre Dame - Indiana 200 miles Ohio State - UTenn 360 miles
December 8, 20241 yr Here is my call for the next 4 games. We play SMU first and win by 10, then Az St and win by 10, then Ohio St and win by 3, then Georgia and win by 7.
December 8, 20241 yr 25 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Bama is out, SMU just shot up to -1000 to make the playoff and Bama to +980 Didn't we do this last year? Were the odds right or wrong for Bama/FSU?
December 8, 20241 yr 9 minutes ago, hookem48 said: Haven't kept up with Notre Dame because fuck them but is aggy the best team they've played? Basically yea. They’d probably add Louisville and Army.
December 8, 20241 yr Didn't we do this last year? Were the odds right or wrong for Bama/FSU?I believe Vegas was the first indicator that 1) we were safely in and then 2) FSU was out.
December 8, 20241 yr I think Bama would beat the brakes off of SMU, but that’s an eye test/vibes deal not based on any metrics.
December 8, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, WBT said: Didn't we do this last year? Were the odds right or wrong for Bama/FSU? They were correct. FSU dropped like a rock the morning of.
December 8, 20241 yr 33 minutes ago, B00M said: It’s a shame we hadn’t recently discovered a package for a mobile QB that could have been effective in the red zone Can’t struggle in the red zone if your offense never makes it to the red zone.
December 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said: I think Bama would beat the brakes off of SMU, but that’s an eye test/vibes deal not based on any metrics. Like they beat the brakes off OU and Vandy? The only things Bama has are a win over Georgia and their helmet. Edited December 8, 20241 yr by mdmost
December 8, 20241 yr 17 minutes ago, Pancho said: probably need a new thread for the selection show If the CFP agrees, we'll play #11 Alabama in the first round as the 6th seed.
December 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said: I think Bama would beat the brakes off of SMU, but that’s an eye test/vibes deal not based on any metrics. I will settle for us testing that theory out on them
December 8, 20241 yr Haven't kept up with Notre Dame because fuck them but is aggy the best team they've played?Georgia tech is about the same as aggy. That would be an intriguing bowl matchup.
December 8, 20241 yr Just now, satyanash said: If the CFP agrees, we'll play #11 Alabama in the first round as the 6th seed. We are -1600 in Vegas to get the 5 seed
December 8, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said: Here is my call for the next 4 games. We play SMU first and win by 10, then Az St and win by 10, then Ohio St and win by 3, then Georgia and win by 7. I think this is accurate, but you should add that after that happens, Kirby Smart and the whole world will complain that they won 2 out of 3 and should be the real national champions. It wasn't fair to make them have to beat a team three times in one year.
December 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, hookem48 said: Fuck Notre Dame, they should be the 12th seed if in at all. Probably not that extreme, but they shouldnt be hosting. Just now, Beantown Express 2.0 said: I think this is accurate, but you should add that after that happens, Kirby Smart and the whole world will complain that they won 2 out of 3 and should be the real national champions. It wasn't fair to make them have to beat a team three times in one year. They can complain to Deez Nutz. I wonder if the New England Patriots shouldve tried complaining after they lost in 2007.
December 8, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, satyanash said: If the CFP agrees, we'll play #11 Alabama in the first round as the 6th seed. Can’t happen as Clemson is 13
December 8, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said: Probably not that extreme, but they shouldnt be hosting. They can complain to Deez Nutz. I wonder if the New England Patriots shouldve tried complaining after they lost in 2007. calm down bro. I don't agree with what will happen just stating what will happen. No, the patriots lost the last game of the year and didn't win the title even though they beat the Giants earlier that year. That is why you have a last game, winner take all playoffs.
December 8, 20241 yr It is amusing watching Bama fans flail about over maybe being left out with many whining that "we should never commit to a tough home and home again in our out of conference schedule". Yeah, your OOC isn't what is going to cost you a spot. It's losing to two 6-6 conference teammates.
December 8, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said: calm down bro. I don't agree with what will happen just stating what will happen. No, the patriots lost the last game of the year and didn't win the title even though they beat the Giants earlier that year. That is why you have a last game, winner take all playoffs. I am just tired of people saying that. Would it suck if the shoe was on the other foot, yes it would. But you have to win the games that are the most important. UGA lost their most important game last year and it cost them big. If we make it back to face them and win, I will feel 0% guilt for winning the championship and aggy can asterisk all day if they want, I dont give a shit.
December 8, 20241 yr 15 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: I think Bama would beat the brakes off of SMU, but that’s an eye test/vibes deal not based on any metrics. Oklahoma says not so fast
December 8, 20241 yr Just now, mdmost said: It is amusing watching Bama fans flail about over maybe being left out with many whining that "we should never commit to a tough home and home again in our out of conference schedule". Yeah, your OOC isn't what is going to cost you a spot. It's losing to two 6-6 conference teammates. Yup it’s the losses to SEC teams, but they aren’t too off in making the point that there’s no reason to schedule hard OOC games anymore.
December 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said: Forget the seeding, who do we want to play? I would personally prefer the 6 seed in McMurphys bracket to get to the finals. Clemson, Boise, UGA/Dome/IU
December 8, 20241 yr Learning from FSU, Georgia will wait until after the rankings are announced to report Beck has a torn UCL and punter blew out his ACL.
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