USC beating the Ducks alone would be enough to all but guarantee a spot for 10-2 ND. Oregon, Ole Miss, Oklahoma or Texas Tech losing in teh regular season (not Big12CCG) would all result in ND jumping the losing team, imo. The ACC stuff may help but really doesn't matter for locking up a spot or seeding.
AND it places USC between us and Miami most likely as an additional buffer.
The shift looks bad, but it’s a shift from an implied probability of like 97% to 95%.
64 seems like too many teams for a Tier 1 "Premier League."
Well, you've got 265 schools playing D1 football of some sort (FBS, FCS). Cutting that to the top 25% isn't bad.
I don't think there is any going back. It would make sense to do that, and I completely agree with you, but it isn't happening. Can't put the shit back into the donkey at this point.
I’m just looking for a way to incorporate the best parts of college football with the desire for a playoff and true championship, without just becoming a NFL lite. I’d prefer no committees and a throwback to the older, regional conferences. It’s obviously never going to happen, just something to waste time discussing.
The only way it happens is if all the schools get together and have a single TV deal and equal revenue sharing. So, never going to happen.
He’s saying it doesn’t matter because neither Tulane or the bubble teams are truly competing to be the best team
Whatever team Tulane displaces in the tournament - unless of course it is Notre Dame! - is not likely to win the national championship regardless. I think is the point.
What do you mean by first out?
I still think autobids need to go away, or there should be a caveat that you have to be ranked in the top 15 or 20 for it to apply.
Put them in, take someone out. Somebody gets left out if you go to 64. That’s why I like the promotion/relegation thing. Everyone has a chance to make it to the top division.
Should replace Purdue.
Yup, spent $7 mil on that DL alone. Still, I don't think they're that deep and against a team like Georgia I think they get beat by 20+.
There were a whole bunch of people in the betting circles on social media saying "hammer ND to miss the playoffs because all that needs to happen is..." and that betting activity is likely what has moderately driven down the line.
I hope the opposite happens. All that needs to happen for us to move to the 6 spot is:
Guy is an F Tard. They treated him like the dumb mascot lackey on espn and he was basically a running joke who worked his way into a regular gig just like the dumb sidekick security work on Jimmy Kimmel. Now we’re supposed to take him seriously?! Not like Stanford Steve knows WTF he is doing. A girl could pick winners better by liking a teams uniform colors.
And that was about who gets awarded the NC!
I've been thinking about it all week. Because the Trojans are a 10 pt dog and there might not be so much to think about.
Further, if we can get a USC win and/or Mizzou over Oklahoma this week, we would potentially be in position to jump Georgia if Tech can pull off an upset next week.
