College Football Thread

[str8baller 5,411]

I wouldn’t take anything the committee says at face value. They’ve never once elucidated a coherent criteria that didn’t change from year to year to get the teams and matchups they want.  
 

Hopefully IU is ranked 9th or 10th and that gives them the opportunity to have teams like SMU or Georgia possibly fall below them. A home playoff game would be cool. 

[Hovadipo 56,550]

What am I missing with Miami? They’ve beaten NOBODY and have TWO unranked losses. Their ceiling should be 15 in the next rankings. 

[RaceToTheTop 26,188]

43 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

What am I missing with Miami? They’ve beaten NOBODY and have TWO unranked losses. Their ceiling should be 15 in the next rankings. 

I understand that — but they were at 6 before with their schedule and one loss.  
 

I do think the last at large spot is between them, South Carolina, and Alabama.

[Hovadipo 56,550]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I understand that — but they were at 6 before with their schedule and one loss.

Yeah, which was also a joke. 

[OliviaPope40 6,587]

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/11/gus-johnson-michigan-ohio-state?itm_source=parsely-api

Stupid and unnecessary comment by him.  

[cbp4iu 1,526]

Purdue fires Walters

[RaceToTheTop 26,188]

20 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/11/gus-johnson-michigan-ohio-state?itm_source=parsely-api

Stupid and unnecessary comment by him.  

Yeah, don't get his comments......sounds like something that would have come from an OSU home announcer.

Going back, I tried to figure out if he had any reason to be anti-Michigan (or pro Ohio State).  Did find he was born and raised in Detroit and played four years of baseball at Howard University.  I don't know.....maybe holds a grudge that Michigan didn't recruit him in baseball?  I don't know.

[LIHoosier 26,474]

Walters gone

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1863276379971760306?

[Hoosierfan1901 6,379]

3 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Walters gone

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1863276379971760306?

Should have extended him

[RaceToTheTop 26,188]

If Purdue had been spotted a 34 point lead in every game this year, they would have been 6-6.

[go iu bb 6,275]

1 hour ago, cbp4iu said:

Purdue fires Walters

Bummer. I liked him.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,548]

Don’t want any part of Georgia at Georgia.

I’d much rather Penn State, Tenn, or especially Notre Dame.

Regardless, we will have a “talent deficiency” and the odds aren’t great when facing a team full of 5 star athletes but who knows.


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[TheWatShot 14,176]

Probably can't be too picky, but I really hope we don't have to go to PSU. We've played there so often it wouldn't really feel like the special game it should be. I want to go somewhere else to enhance the experience. 

[Hovadipo 56,550]

I’m not sure Purdue can be competitive enough in NIL to be anything better than “not very good”. That job looks really, really unattractive unless they have a well-hidden war chest. 

Their rebuttal will be “WELL INDIANA WASNT ATTRACTIVE EITHER”, but it was to anyone that was paying attention and knew that the financial potential was there. To my knowledge, that potential is not there at Purdue. 

[RaceToTheTop 26,188]

Top twenty-five rankings out — IU 9th in both.  Miami all the way down to 14 in both polls.  CFP polls usually aren’t far from those, so would think that IU will be 9 in CFP and due to auto bids, 10 in the bracket on Tuesday set to play Georgia at 7.

since Georgia plays in the SEC title game, I would expect that could change the final matchup.  If Georgia wins they are the auto bid and I would expect IU to be at either IU or ND

[DChoosier 8,662]

7 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Top twenty-five rankings out — IU 9th in both.  Miami all the way down to 14 in both polls.  CFP polls usually aren’t far from those, so would think that IU will be 9 in CFP and due to auto bids, 10 in the bracket on Tuesday set to play Georgia at 7.

since Georgia plays in the SEC title game, I would expect that could change the final matchup.  If Georgia wins they are the auto bid and I would expect IU to be at either IU or ND

Yesterday I wanted Georgia to lose to Georgia Tech.

Today….I wanted Georgia to win the SEC so that we do not open against them. I’ve probably just been sucked into the brand name vortex but GA is one of the places I least want to travel too.

[Alford Bailey 12,399]

I’d love to see us play Notre Dame.

[Hovadipo 56,550]

11 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Top twenty-five rankings out — IU 9th in both.  Miami all the way down to 14 in both polls.  CFP polls usually aren’t far from those, so would think that IU will be 9 in CFP and due to auto bids, 10 in the bracket on Tuesday set to play Georgia at 7.

since Georgia plays in the SEC title game, I would expect that could change the final matchup.  If Georgia wins they are the auto bid and I would expect IU to be at either IU or ND

I won’t be surprised to see us going to Austin in the final bracket. I’ll believe Texas can beat Georgia when I see it, but doubt they’d drop behind us with a loss.  

[DChoosier 8,662]

28 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I won’t be surprised to see us going to Austin in the final bracket. I’ll believe Texas can beat Georgia when I see it, but doubt they’d drop behind us with a loss.  

I also won’t be surprised if we end up in Austin.  One thing for sure is that in the Georgia-Texas game one team will be rewarded for a quality win and the other team will be rewarded for a quality loss.

[RaceToTheTop 26,188]

31 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I won’t be surprised to see us going to Austin in the final bracket. I’ll believe Texas can beat Georgia when I see it, but doubt they’d drop behind us with a loss.  

I think Georgia will beat Texas.  But I don’t see a loss knocking Texas to the 7 seed — because Penn state likely loses to Oregon.  So I think the more realistic scenario is Penn state or Notre dame at 7.