B1G Discussion Thread

[irish4ever]

scUM misses this week against a weak Maryland team and plays O$U would MOST LIKELY make Hairbaugh's team 2-5 for the year! Hahahaha, gotta love it!!!

 

[Rogue219]

Michigan would have to go all in for Matt Campbell, yes?

 

[IHateMarkMay]

Anybody else notice one of the Coaches put OSU as the number one team in the nation in the coaches poll? Still trying to figure out who it was.

My initial guess is Franklin.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

It's funny reading Buckeye fan hot takes. Most believe they will get into the playoffs regardless of number of games played. USC or Washington may have a better claim to a playoff spot than Ohio St if things continue trending as is. There is a decently long list of teams who started 4-0, or will have started 4-0 this year. That doesn't get you into the playoffs, don't care what the jersey says.

 

[phork]

The BIG bad PAC screwed themselves over by starting late. And now it looks like 1 or 2 SEC, 1 or 2 ACC and more than likely Cincinnati in the playoff. And the BIG 12 is garbage so..

 

[NDdomer2]

i thought big ten rule was 5 games minimum based on playing all 8 as league average and if league average games played drops then games required to play in ccg also drops.

 

[BilboBaggins]

The BIG bad PAC screwed themselves over by starting late. And now it looks like 1 or 2 SEC, 1 or 2 ACC and more than likely Cincinnati in the playoff. And the BIG 12 is garbage so..

Assuming Notre Dame beats Clemson (a tall order, let's be honest) and the committee decides not to accept an Ohio State team that played a half-season...

1) Alabama
2) Notre Dame
3) Texas A&M
4) Cincinnati

No way they put a two-loss Clemson in there.

If Clemson beats Notre Dame for the ACC title...

1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Notre Dame??
4) Texas A&M??

I can't see the committee pairing up Clemson and Notre Dame in the semifinals.

 

[calvegas04]

It's funny reading Buckeye fan hot takes. Most believe they will get into the playoffs regardless of number of games played. USC or Washington may have a better claim to a playoff spot than Ohio St if things continue trending as is. There is a decently long list of teams who started 4-0, or will have started 4-0 this year. That doesn't get you into the playoffs, don't care what the jersey says.

I would LOVE to play usc in the playoffs and smack them around

 

[phork]

Assuming Notre Dame beats Clemson (a tall order, let's be honest) and the committee decides not to accept an Ohio State team that played a half-season...

1) Alabama
2) Notre Dame
3) Texas A&M
4) Cincinnati

No way they put a two-loss Clemson in there.

If Clemson beats Notre Dame for the ACC title...

1) Alabama
2) Clemson
3) Notre Dame??
4) Texas A&M??

I can't see the committee pairing up Clemson and Notre Dame in the semifinals.

Why a tall order? ND left like 17 points on the field and our defense is improving weekly. Is Trevor Lawrence going to throw for 800 yards?

ND has better wins than AM and Cincy looks like a better team and is undefeated. I can't see ND dropping to 4 unless Florida beats Bama.

 

[Wingman Ray]

Why a tall order? ND left like 17 points on the field and our defense is improving weekly. Is Trevor Lawrence going to throw for 800 yards?

ND has better wins than AM and Cincy looks like a better team and is undefeated. I can't see ND dropping to 4 unless Florida beats Bama.

ND was damn lucky to win that Clemson game. Sorry folks but ND< Bama or Clemson at full strength. Im not saying it is as far behind as the past years but folks have to quit feeding the hype monster. I love my team but we gave to face that most of NDs roster isnt starting on either of those teams today.

OSU shouldnt be allowed in the playoffs but I cannot see B10 allowing them to be out. Far too much pull that conference has. They will find a way to schedule a game in time even if they are playing the school of the blind (most of the B10 anyhow) on a Tuesday. Can you imagine how much drama would unfold if they werent allowed in the playoffs?

 

[NorthDakota]

ND was damn lucky to win that Clemson game. Sorry folks but ND< Bama or Clemson at full strength. Im not saying it is as far behind as the past years but folks have to quit feeding the hype monster. I love my team but we gave to face that most of NDs roster isnt starting on either of those teams today.

OSU shouldnt be allowed in the playoffs but I cannot see B10 allowing them to be out. Far too much pull that conference has. They will find a way to schedule a game in time even if they are playing the school of the blind (most of the B10 anyhow) on a Tuesday. Can you imagine how much drama would unfold if they werent allowed in the playoffs?

Notre Dame had some fortunate things go their way but ND also left a ton of points on the field. Notre Dame could very well be better than Clemson.

 

[NDdomer2]

this is probably worth posting here too:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story?id=30408616&_slug_=power-5-sets-postseason-plans-ensuring-final-cfp-rankings-set-dec-20

Every FBS conference has a contingency plan for determining its winner this season in the event its conference championship game can't be played during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, almost ensuring the College Football Playoff selection committee will determine its final ranking as planned on Dec. 20 without delay.

"The management committee decided earlier this month not to lengthen the regular season," CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Saturday evening. "As folks know, many games have already been played and many others are on tap for the next three weekends. The selection committee will set the CFP pairings Dec. 20."

If the Big Ten can't play its title game, the two divisional champions will be declared co-champions and any teams ranked in the top four of the final CFP poll will automatically be placed in the playoff.

http://insider.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/30408608/college-football-playoff-takeaways-big-ten-chaos-battle-no-4-more

According to the Big Ten, a team must play at least six games to participate in the conference title game. If the average number of games played in the league drops to six or below, that benchmark will also lower.

Here's the good news for Ohio State and its fans: The CFP doesn't require teams to play a minimum number of games to qualify for a semifinal.


Here's the bad news: A 5-0 Ohio State team that doesn't have a conference title but still finishes in the top four would be difficult for the selection committee to justify -- especially with No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 Florida and No. 7 Cincinnati holding steady and ultimately compiling bigger and better résumés. Add to that Northwestern fumbling its opportunity in a loss to a now 2-3 Michigan State team and the Big Ten could be in a real playoff predicament. If Ohio State isn't the Big Ten's champion by playing in its title game, it's unlikely the committee would take a one-loss Northwestern or Indiana team instead.

As of today the average numbers of games played is 5.14. 2 weeks left in regular season and they currently have the NW/Minn game cancelled. If all other games played they would average exactly 7 games played. It would take another 8 games to get canceled over this week and next to get the average below 6.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

ND was damn lucky to win that Clemson game. Sorry folks but ND< Bama or Clemson at full strength. Im not saying it is as far behind as the past years but folks have to quit feeding the hype monster. I love my team but we gave to face that most of NDs roster isnt starting on either of those teams today.

OSU shouldnt be allowed in the playoffs but I cannot see B10 allowing them to be out. Far too much pull that conference has. They will find a way to schedule a game in time even if they are playing the school of the blind (most of the B10 anyhow) on a Tuesday. Can you imagine how much drama would unfold if they werent allowed in the playoffs?

I think you're allowing your past experiences with ND football to jade the present. This ND team did play with, and beat, Clemson. Luck had nothing to do with it. Injuries are part of football, not our fault they weren't "at full strength". Also their back up QB would start anywhere except maybe 4-5 teams, he is no slouch. We are, and should be, in the conversation with those teams this year. And does it matter if our players would start for their team in some alter universe reality? No.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

this is probably worth posting here too:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story?id=30408616&_slug_=power-5-sets-postseason-plans-ensuring-final-cfp-rankings-set-dec-20





http://insider.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/30408608/college-football-playoff-takeaways-big-ten-chaos-battle-no-4-more



As of today the average numbers of games played is 5.14. 2 weeks left in regular season and they currently have the NW/Minn game cancelled. If all other games played they would average exactly 7 games played. It would take another 8 games to get canceled over this week and next to get the average below 6.

Not exactly. They round to the nearest integer so the average just has to be above 5.5. That would require cancelling 12 of the remaining 14 Big 10 games. That is not going to happen.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

They would have to cancel A LOT of games for that to happen. After today the cumulative number of games played in the Big 10 will be 36. 36x2=72. 72/14=5.14 which is the average games per team after today. The average number games per team just needs to be over 5.5 for Ohio St to be ineligible. So of the remaining 14 Big 10 games left on the schedule they only need to play 3. This would bring the total to 72+6=78. 78/14=5.57 which rounds up to 6.

This was from the playoff picture thread.

 

[NDdomer2]

Thanks - I wasn't aware of the rounding. Either way, it's highly unlikely.

 

[NDohio]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Big Ten has changed its policy that teams must play a minimum of six games to five games in order to be eligible for the conference championship game, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ByPatForde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByPatForde</a> <a href="https://t.co/dR8tVHrHUk">pic.twitter.com/dR8tVHrHUk</a></p>— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1336726858142863364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[ab2cmiller]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Big Ten has changed its policy that teams must play a minimum of six games to five games in order to be eligible for the conference championship game, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ByPatForde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByPatForde</a> <a href="https://t.co/dR8tVHrHUk">pic.twitter.com/dR8tVHrHUk</a></p>— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1336726858142863364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

shocking

 

[GowerND11]

If you have to change your policy thanks to your already ridiculous ineptitude when it comes to this season, no team from your conference deserves to be in playoff discussion.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Big Ten is borderline worst football P5 conference as a whole. If they didn't have Ohio St they'd be close to the AAC

 

[dad4aa]

There is talk of an OSU-Indiana rematch if the Purdue-Indiana game is canceled due to COVID issues at Purdue. Doubt it happens but that would at least show they are trying to hold to the original agreement. BYU-CC pulled it off in two days so no clue why it couldn't happen.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Indiana has earned the chance to play them. But instead they'll let Fitz and his boys get ax murdered.

 

[dad4aa]

Indiana has earned the chance to play them. But instead they'll let Fitz and his boys get ax murdered.

You're referring to the championship game where I am talking about the rematch this weekend to replace the OSU-scUM game

 

[rtrn2glory]

I am sorry didn't read that right.

 

[GowerND11]

I don't see Indiana being capable of a repeat effort without Penix in the game unfortunately.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

There is talk of an OSU-Indiana rematch if the Purdue-Indiana game is canceled due to COVID issues at Purdue. Doubt it happens but that would at least show they are trying to hold to the original agreement. BYU-CC pulled it off in two days so no clue why it couldn't happen.

Indiana has also paused practice due to Covid. There's no certainty they will be able to go this weekend.

 

[Irish#1]

There is talk of an OSU-Indiana rematch if the Purdue-Indiana game is canceled due to COVID issues at Purdue. Doubt it happens but that would at least show they are trying to hold to the original agreement. BYU-CC pulled it off in two days so no clue why it couldn't happen.

Local sports reported it was IU with the COVID issues, but might be both.

 

[Legacy]

I suppose that if OSU couldn't play in the B10 Championship game due to Covid among their players, they would expect the Committee to send them to the CFP.

 

[dublinirish]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big Ten officially eliminates the 6-game minimum, citing that Ohio State would have made it win or lose this week vs. Michigan. <a href="https://t.co/IZSV5nboTJ">https://t.co/IZSV5nboTJ</a></p>— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1336782405898653696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Rack Em]

Then what was the fucking point of a minimum number of games?

Just call it the OSU owns us all conference and be done with it