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Edna Mode posted:*fistbump* See you in the Big 10, hopefully our offenses stay awesome. I keep telling my Michigan Woman wife that they’re gonna see some poo poo, so let’s live up to it. Rivalries are fun, realignment sucks.
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Texas’ win all but dooms Bama and Ohio State. They would need FSU to lose for sure, potentially Michigan as well, as well as Bama beating Georgia. Texas is now rooting for Louisville as hard as humanly possible. Four undefeated conference champs means Horns are on the outside looking in.
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It sucks for FSU, but if your Heisman candidate QB is out, it's probably best for the rest of us as viewers to see Texas in the playoff
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If FSU wins you can't justify leaving out a 13-0 ACC champion under any circumstance. Especially if they're still winning with their backup QB.
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Benne posted:If FSU wins you can't justify leaving out a 13-0 ACC champion under any circumstance. Especially if they're still winning with their backup QB. This is my thinking too. Much as I want Texas to make the playoffs, if there are 4 undefeated p5 champs that will be the field. Neil Armbong fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Dec 2, 2023 |
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C. Everett Koop posted:Texas’ win all but dooms Bama and Ohio State. They would need FSU to lose for sure, potentially Michigan as well, as well as Bama beating Georgia. Bama would need only FSU to lose since they’d pass Georgia with a win. FSU loss puts Texas in and ensures a spot for the Georgia/Bama winner.
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Thanks for playing Georgia. Bama now needs either Michigan or FSU to lose or the committee to bless them for being part of God’s Favorite Conference. Greg Sankey’s nightmare scenario is almost here.
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Tulane isn’t 2lane and we’ll have a debate of Liberty vs SMU. FWIW I think Liberty gets the nod.
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C. Everett Koop posted:Thanks for playing Georgia. Bama now needs either Michigan or FSU to lose or the committee to bless them for being part of God’s Favorite Conference. the bitter crybaby portion of my brain will note that: 1) the SEC making UGA cancel the OU game, which could've given UGA a marquee OOC victory; and 2) the usual refs-feeding-Saban-grapes-on-his-throne routine could freeze the conference out of the playoffs. Oopsie-doodle
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I don’t think there’s any scenario where Georgia would’ve gotten into this playoff field with a loss and no conference title, regardless of the strength of their body of work.
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I still think Alabama will get in over Texas even if FSU and Michigan win.
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Benne posted:If FSU wins you can't justify leaving out a 13-0 ACC champion under any circumstance. Especially if they're still winning with their backup QB. FSU is technically "winning" but yikes I agree you just can't exclude a P5 undefeated, but in this case, maybe they reluctantly should
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General Dog posted:I don’t think there’s any scenario where Georgia would’ve gotten into this playoff field with a loss and no conference title, regardless of the strength of their body of work. NGL, watching these evening games makes me almost want them to put both Bama and Georgia in.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:FSU is technically "winning" but yikes It's not like they looked amazing against Florida either, this is what they are now, will be double digit underdogs against anyone else in the playoff
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Jackie D posted:It's not like they looked amazing against Florida either, this is what they are now, will be double digit underdogs against anyone else in the playoff That’s fine; I’d rather watch bad playoff games than have a playoff that’s fully illegitimate out of the gate.
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Final Playoff/Bowls Prediction: Greg Sankey and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day Playoffs Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan (13-0, Big Ten Champions) vs. #4 Florida State (13-0, ACC Champions) Sugar Bowl: #2 Washington (13-0, Pac-12 Champions) vs. #3 Texas (12-1, Big 12 Champions) 1 and 2 is beyond reproach. I don't think there's any real argument against Texas at this point. It boils down to a 12-1 Alabama vs a 13-0 Florida State. And to be honest, if you want to use the eye test, Alabama is clearly the better team. FSU's struggled mightly on offense since losing Jordan Travis, though the defense proved their might in shutting down Louisville. Alabama has 4 wins over ranked teams, capped with their win over #1 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. FSU has three wins over ranked teams, capped by their win over #5 LSU in the season opener. If these teams were to play right now, Bama would roll the Noles no matter who their QB was, other than Travis. Are the Noles going to be heavy underdogs? Sure, but a couple of years ago when we really had only three Playoff quality teams some poor rear end in a top hat still had to go out there and get curb-stomped by LSU. It's still the four best teams, not four evenly matched teams. But at some point the whole season has to be taken into consideration, and Bama was hot loving garbage to start the season. The debacle in Tampa against USF. Benching Jalen Milroe for bring trash only to reinstate him as starter because the other options sucked harder. Not to mention losing by double-digits at home to Texas. Did Bama finally turn the corner late and round into a championship-level football team? You can make that argument and most would listen. But if you're taking a team's whole package into consideration, Bama's September struggles have to be recognized and accounted for, and that includes losing a game, even though it's to a team in the Playoff. If we're to discount FSU's undefeated season, it effecitvely cements a divide in the sport at the haves level, not just between the haves and have-nots. It's telling the ACC and Big 12 that even their best won't be good enough in the new era. It's saying that even when we go to 12 teams that they'll be getting their champs in because it's been bargained that way and not on merit; it'll be the champs of the ACC/B12/G5 and then the other 9 will be from the B1G and SEC. Is that going to be an eventual inevitability as we head down the road to a SuperLeague which will be dominated by the last two mentioned conferences? Perhaps. But today is not that day. The Power 5 may have been critically wounded, but as of now, they still have a say. And for one of their own unbeaten to be left out in favor of a team with a blemished record is going to be a bridge too far. You can say that it doesn't matter because the slate's going to be swept clean after these last three games. I say it has to matter because even as the Committee has shown that that'll pick four teams and reason their way back, some precedents have to remain. Who you beat matters, and if you beat everyone in front of you, there should be nothing to stop you from challenging for the natty. If Bama didn't want to be left out, they shouldn't have lost to Texas. Paaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll NY6 Bowls Cotton Bowl: #6 Georgia (12-1, At-Large) vs. #10 Penn State (10-2, At-Large) Peach Bowl: #7 Ohio State (11-1, At-Large) vs. #? Liberty (13-0, Group of 5 Representative) Orange Bowl: #? Louisville (10-3, ACC Representative) vs. #5 Alabama (12-1, SEC Champs) Fiesta Bowl: #8 Oregon (11-2, At-Large) vs. #9 Missouri (10-2, At-Large) Louisville limps their way into the Orange Bowl, where they get whoever from Alabama hasn't left to prepare for the NFL Draft. It feels wrong to drop Georgia all the way from #1 to #6, but that's kinda how everything has played out. Sending the Dawgs to the Cotton because they can only play so many games in their ATL backyard and we need the fanbase to travel some. They draw Penn State mostly because they have to. Oregon falls to #8 and stays on the west coast in the Fiesta, where they get to face Missou. Ohio State falls out of the Orange and into the Peach, but their reward is getting to beat the holy piss out of G5 rep Liberty, and there's going to be a debate about Liberty vs SMU. Is SMU the better team and would win a H2H? Almost certainly. But if we're going to put FSU into the Playoff over a better team with a worse record, then we need to be consistent and reward an undefeated team over a better one with a worse record in the NY6. And the rest: pre:Date Time (EST) Game Site Affiliations Projection Dec. 16 11:00 a.m. Bahamas Bowl Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina C-USA vs. MAC New Mexico State vs. Miami Ohio Dec. 16 2:15 p.m. New Orleans Bowl Caesars Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana C-USA vs. Sun Belt Jacksonville State* vs. Louisiana Dec. 16 3:30 p.m. Cure Bowl Exploria Stadium Orlando, Florida Group of Five conferences Eastern Michigan vs. Marshall Dec. 16 5:45 p.m. New Mexico Bowl University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico Group of Five vs. MWC James Madison* vs. Air Force Dec. 16 7:30 p.m. LA Bowl SoFi Stadium Inglewood, California MWC vs. Pac-12 Boise State vs. Cal Dec. 16 9:15 p.m. Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Kansas vs. UCLA Dec. 18 2:30 p.m. Myrtle Beach Bowl Brooks Stadium Conway, South Carolina Group of Five conferences Utah State vs. Georgia Southern Dec. 19 9:00 p.m. Frisco Bowl Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas Group of Five conferences Rice vs. Arkansas State Dec. 21 8:00 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida Group of Five conferences USF vs. App State Dec. 22 6:30 p.m. Gasparilla Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Group of Five vs. SEC Miami vs. Georgia State Dec. 23 12:00 p.m. Birmingham Bowl Protective Stadium Birmingham, Alabama Group of Five vs. SEC Memphis vs. South Alabama Dec. 23 12:00 p.m. Camellia Bowl Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama Group of Five conferences Northern Illinois vs. Old Dominion Dec. 23 3:30 p.m. Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Group of Five conferences Texas Tech vs. Texas State Dec. 23 3:30 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho MAC vs. MWC Toledo vs. UNLV Dec. 23 7:00 p.m. 68 Ventures Bowl Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama Group of Five vs. Sun Belt Western Kentucky vs. Troy Dec. 23 7:30 p.m. Las Vegas Bowl Allegiant Stadium Paradise, Nevada Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Wisconsin vs. Utah Dec. 23 10:30 p.m. Hawaii Bowl Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, Hawaii MWC vs. AAC or C-USA San Jose State vs. Coastal Carolina Dec. 26 2:00 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field Detroit, Michigan MAC vs. Big Ten Bowling Green vs. Minnesota* Dec. 26 5:30 p.m. First Responder Bowl Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas Group of Five conferences Syracuse vs. UTSA Dec. 26 9:00 p.m. Guaranteed Rate Bowl Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona Big 12 vs. Big Ten Kansas State vs. Wyoming Dec. 27 2:00 p.m. Military Bowl Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland ACC vs. AAC Virginia Tech vs. SMU Dec. 27 5:30 p.m. Duke's Mayo Bowl Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina ACC vs. SEC Clemson vs. Tennessee Dec. 27 8:00 p.m. Holiday Bowl Petco Park San Diego, California Pac-12 vs. ACC Oregon State vs. Georgia Tech Dec. 27 9:00 p.m. Texas Bowl NRG Stadium Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC West Virginia vs. Auburn Dec. 28 11:00 a.m. Fenway Bowl Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts AAC vs. ACC Tulane vs. Boston College Dec. 28 2:15 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York ACC vs. Big Ten Duke vs. Rutgers Dec. 28 5:45 p.m. Pop-Tarts Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida ACC vs. Big 12 Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma Dec. 28 9:15 p.m. Alamo Bowl Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Oklahoma State vs. Arizona Dec. 29 12:00 p.m. Gator Bowl TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, Florida ACC vs. SEC NC State vs. Texas A&M Dec. 29 2:00 p.m. Sun Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas ACC vs. Pac-12 North Carolina vs. USC Dec. 29 3:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Big 12 vs. SEC Iowa State vs. UCF Dec. 30 2:00 p.m. Music City Bowl Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee Big Ten vs. SEC Maryland vs. Kentucky Dec. 30 4:30 p.m. Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona MAC vs. MWC Ohio vs. Fresno State Jan. 1 12:00 p.m. ReliaQuest Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida SEC vs. Big Ten Northwestern vs. LSU Jan. 1 1:00 p.m. Citrus Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida Big Ten vs. SEC Iowa vs. Ole Miss In the end, ESPN will place people wherever and we'll watch because we love this dumb sport and we don't want to watch anything else, it's too early for college hoops tbh. Thanks for reading my insane ramblings and horrific predictions everyone. Until next year.
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This is also a convenient opportunity for the committee to put it in the record that they won’t be bullied around by  , the year before they start putting put in 4-6 SEC teams in the playoff every season.
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If you're like me and was wondering "Why is the Bahamas Bowl not in the Bahamas" it's because the usual stadium is undergoing renovations.
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C. Everett Koop posted:Final Playoff/Bowls Prediction: Greg Sankey and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day totally agree with this and it seems like the general sentiment across this board. was still somewhat surprised to see how fully espn had rolled over for the sec in their aftermath articles though, although i know why i shouldn't be.
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C. Everett Koop posted:I've also seen Jacksonville State vs. Louisiana in the New Orleans bowl, This confused the hell out of me for a moment, and I'm from NOLA. It made sense when I figured out this probably meant ULL.
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The Peach Bowl has explicitly expressed interest in Penn State. I think they'll play an SEC team there.
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R.D. Mangles posted:enjoy it washington, your first big ten game is against the fearsome Northwestern Wild Cats Dogs vs cats… the storied rivalry continues…
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Vegas, baby
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OP has been updated with all of the matchups. For entertainment purposes, I'm going to see how many predictions I got right. Correct picks are in bold and I don't think there'll be many. I'm not counting the bowls that were announced/leaked. Playoffs Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan (13-0, Big Ten Champions) vs. #4 Florida State (13-0, ACC Champions) Sugar Bowl: #2 Washington (13-0, Pac-12 Champions) vs. #3 Texas (12-1, Big 12 Champions) NY6 Bowls Cotton Bowl: #6 Georgia (12-1, At-Large) vs. #10 Penn State (10-2, At-Large) Peach Bowl: #7 Ohio State (11-1, At-Large) vs. #? Liberty (13-0, Group of 5 Representative) Orange Bowl: #? Louisville (10-3, ACC Representative) vs. #5 Alabama (12-1, SEC Champs) Fiesta Bowl: #8 Oregon (11-2, At-Large) vs. #9 Missouri (10-2, At-Large) pre:Date Time (EST) Game Site Affiliations Projection Dec. 16 11:00 a.m. Bahamas Bowl Jerry Richardson Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina C-USA vs. MAC New Mexico State vs. Miami Ohio Dec. 16 2:15 p.m. New Orleans Bowl Caesars Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana C-USA vs. Sun Belt Jacksonville State* vs. Louisiana Dec. 16 3:30 p.m. Cure Bowl Exploria Stadium Orlando, Florida Group of Five conferences Eastern Michigan vs. Marshall Dec. 16 5:45 p.m. New Mexico Bowl University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico Group of Five vs. MWC James Madison* vs. Air Force Dec. 16 7:30 p.m. LA Bowl SoFi Stadium Inglewood, California MWC vs. Pac-12 Boise State vs. Cal Dec. 16 9:15 p.m. Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Kansas vs. UCLA Dec. 18 2:30 p.m. Myrtle Beach Bowl Brooks Stadium Conway, South Carolina Group of Five conferences Utah State vs. Georgia Southern Dec. 19 9:00 p.m. Frisco Bowl Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas Group of Five conferences Rice vs. Arkansas State Dec. 21 8:00 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Florida Group of Five conferences USF vs. App State Dec. 22 6:30 p.m. Gasparilla Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Group of Five vs. SEC Miami vs. Georgia State Dec. 23 12:00 p.m. Birmingham Bowl Protective Stadium Birmingham, Alabama Group of Five vs. SEC Memphis vs. South Alabama Dec. 23 12:00 p.m. Camellia Bowl Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama Group of Five conferences Northern Illinois vs. Old Dominion Dec. 23 3:30 p.m. Armed Forces Bowl Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas Group of Five conferences Texas Tech vs. Texas State Dec. 23 3:30 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho MAC vs. MWC Toledo vs. UNLV Dec. 23 7:00 p.m. 68 Ventures Bowl Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama Group of Five vs. Sun Belt Western Kentucky vs. Troy Dec. 23 7:30 p.m. Las Vegas Bowl Allegiant Stadium Paradise, Nevada Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Wisconsin vs. Utah Dec. 23 10:30 p.m. Hawaii Bowl Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, Hawaii MWC vs. AAC or C-USA San Jose State vs. Coastal Carolina Dec. 26 2:00 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field Detroit, Michigan MAC vs. Big Ten Bowling Green vs. Minnesota* Dec. 26 5:30 p.m. First Responder Bowl Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas Group of Five conferences Syracuse vs. UTSA Dec. 26 9:00 p.m. Guaranteed Rate Bowl Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona Big 12 vs. Big Ten Kansas State vs. Wyoming Dec. 27 2:00 p.m. Military Bowl Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland ACC vs. AAC Virginia Tech vs. SMU Dec. 27 5:30 p.m. Duke's Mayo Bowl Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina ACC vs. SEC Clemson vs. Tennessee Dec. 27 8:00 p.m. Holiday Bowl Petco Park San Diego, California Pac-12 vs. ACC Oregon State vs. Georgia Tech Dec. 27 9:00 p.m. Texas Bowl NRG Stadium Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC West Virginia vs. Auburn Dec. 28 11:00 a.m. Fenway Bowl Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts AAC vs. ACC Tulane vs. Boston College Dec. 28 2:15 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium The Bronx, New York ACC vs. Big Ten Duke vs. Rutgers Dec. 28 5:45 p.m. Pop-Tarts Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida ACC vs. Big 12 Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma Dec. 28 9:15 p.m. Alamo Bowl Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Oklahoma State vs. Arizona Dec. 29 12:00 p.m. Gator Bowl TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, Florida ACC vs. SEC NC State vs. Texas A&M Dec. 29 2:00 p.m. Sun Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas ACC vs. Pac-12 North Carolina vs. USC Dec. 29 3:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Big 12 vs. SEC Iowa State vs. UCF Dec. 30 2:00 p.m. Music City Bowl Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee Big Ten vs. SEC Maryland vs. Kentucky Dec. 30 4:30 p.m. Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona MAC vs. MWC Ohio vs. Fresno State Jan. 1 12:00 p.m. ReliaQuest Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida SEC vs. Big Ten Northwestern vs. LSU Jan. 1 1:00 p.m. Citrus Bowl Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida Big Ten vs. SEC Iowa vs. Ole Miss All in all, about as good as one can do for throwing darts in the dark.
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I appreciated all this writeup and effort this season.
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Big same and big thanks
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Hed posted:I appreciated all this writeup and effort this season.
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Hed posted:I appreciated all this writeup and effort this season. I skipped the majority of the GDTs, irregularly read the N/V for some aftermath humor, but I F5'ed for this update every week. Thanks!
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Hed posted:I appreciated all this writeup and effort this season. Me too. Hope this returns next year!
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Great thread like always. This year we got to debate 12-1 teams .. next year we will get to debate 9-3 teams! I also find it funny that this year's CFP is next years' B1G vs SEC in each matchup which will probably continue forever ever after.
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