College Football Thread

[JerryYeagley23]

48 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I’d add like 15 empty lines between 2 and 3 but you are right. 
 

I have a feeling we end up with 

5 - ND

6- OSU

7 - Texas

8 - PSU

9 -Tenn

10 - IU 

 

Maybe I am just hopeful.  Because Georgias QB situation is sketchy. Although could also see them changing it up for “reasons” to avoid another Georgia Texas game 

I just don’t think they will drop TX that far down with an overtime loss in the SEC championship game. They were number 2. Putting them below OSU and ND who didn’t have to play an extra game seems like a bad precedent. I’d say TX goes to the 5-seed. Same sentiment for PSU losing a close one to Oregon. Think the committee tries not to punish them and keeps them at 6. If you start dropping runners up in championship games 4-5 places there’s gonna be more backlash and potential teams forfeiting games in the future. 
 

I have 

5 - Texas

6 - PSU

7 - ND

8 - OSU

9 - TN

10 - IU

11- Clemson

12- SMU/Bama

 

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

I just don’t think they will drop TX that far down with an overtime loss in the SEC championship game. They were number 2. Putting them below OSU and ND who didn’t have to play an extra game seems like a bad precedent. I’d say TX goes to the 5-seed. Same sentiment for PSU losing a close one to Oregon. Think the committee tries not to punish them and keeps them at 6. If you start dropping runners up in championship games 4-5 places there’s gonna be more backlash and potential teams forfeiting games in the future. 
 

I have 

5 - Texas

6 - PSU

7 - ND

8 - OSU

9 - TN

10 - IU

11- Clemson

12- SMU/Bama

 

It’s possible but will speak to their hypocrisy even more. PSU played two teams with a ranking. At home and neutral field. Lost both.  Texas played Georgia twice and lost both. 
 

If OSU gets to be ahead of us despite a terrible loss to somebody we beat. Same logic should apply to them being ahead of PSU.  If they drop PSU that far they should drop TX that far too. 
 

But realistically they are going to pick the best matchups for ratings then write the narrative however they want 

[BtownStrength]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

ESPN ‘s 13 ‘experts’ basically have IU with an opponent of either Texas, Ohio State or Notre Dame in the first round.

About half of the "experts" also have Ohio St, Tennessee, and Indiana shuffled from their current ranking even though the committee said idle teams would not move relative to each other. These people are morons. 

[LamarCheeks]

Fox Sports' analyst has this. 

I LOVE it for us, but it makes little sense. There's no way we leapfrog Tennessee after neither us played. I don't see Clemson jumping all the way to a bye. Previous rankings had Boise with a bye. They won't lose that spot after a two-touchdown win in the MW title game. 

[CSP]

6 hours ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

I just don’t think they will drop TX that far down with an overtime loss in the SEC championship game. They were number 2. Putting them below OSU and ND who didn’t have to play an extra game seems like a bad precedent. I’d say TX goes to the 5-seed. Same sentiment for PSU losing a close one to Oregon. Think the committee tries not to punish them and keeps them at 6. If you start dropping runners up in championship games 4-5 places there’s gonna be more backlash and potential teams forfeiting games in the future. 
 

I have 

5 - Texas

6 - PSU

7 - ND

8 - OSU

9 - TN

10 - IU

11- Clemson

12- SMU/Bama

 

Seems elementary to me. I don't understand how anyone could think ND should be ahead of PSU and Texas. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

11 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Seems elementary to me. I don't understand how anyone could think ND should be ahead of PSU and Texas. 

NBC begs to differ.

[CSP]

8 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

NBC begs to differ.

If you aren't dropping SMU out because of their loss, which I agree with... 

How could you penalize PSU and Texas for playing GREAT games against Oregon and Georgia? Texas should have flat out beat Georgia and PSU didn't play their cleanest game. 

Plus... both of their resumes are just better. It just doesn't make sense for ND to be ranked ahead of those teams because they played in a championship. 

Of course, NDs ranking never really ever made sense. 

[go iu bb]

9 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Another big winner from tonight: Arizona State.

They go from barely getting in to probably getting a bye. 

The automatic byes are so dumb because of situations like this. 1 bye will go to teams that wouldn't have been in as an at large bid and the possibility is there for more than 1.

[go iu bb]

9 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Pretty sure it’s about to be a done deal unless something happened 

Dang. It sure would have been funny to see PU lose their top choice to UCF.

[Hoosierfan1901]

14 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Dang. It sure would have been funny to see PU lose their top choice to UCF.

Looks like PU is hiring another defensive minded coach in Barry Odom 

[steubenhoosier]

48 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

NBC begs to differ.

Of courseNBC would. They have been in bed with ND for quite a few years 

[Crazy about IU]

Does anyone know what percentage of tickets IU will get when they play on the road. 

[Lebowski]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Fox Sports' analyst has this. 

I LOVE it for us, but it makes little sense. There's no way we leapfrog Tennessee after neither us played. I don't see Clemson jumping all the way to a bye. Previous rankings had Boise with a bye. They won't lose that spot after a two-touchdown win in the MW title game. 

Just a heads up, RJ Young also had us the worst ranked Big Ten team in his preseason ranking.

 

https://x.com/CFBONFOX/status/1823039478585590203?t=9Sok3DHnZPe1Ib5HHEpsXg&s=19

 

[Lebowski]

It's effin insane a one loss Big Ten school isn't even being considered to host a game in an EXPANDED playoff. An absolute travesty.

[eddy4iu]

27 minutes ago, Crazy about IU said:

Does anyone know what percentage of tickets IU will get when they play on the road. 

3,500 and after the band, parents, dignitaries, etc get theirs there will be about 2,000 left.

[Hoosierfan2017]

I don’t wait for the selection to be over so all the SEC morons shut up for the next year. “Teams won’t want to play her games if SMU gets in the playoff.” Just stop it. Alabama lost to two 6-6 teams. Played a crappy non-conference schedule. We’re not talking about a team that went out and scheduled a bunch of juggernauts. They lost easy games and should be punished for it the same way any team not named Alabama would be. 

[LamarCheeks]

1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

The automatic byes are so dumb because of situations like this. 1 bye will go to teams that wouldn't have been in as an at large bid and the possibility is there for more than 1.

Yeah -- I think that's something the framers of this playoff plan screwed up. 

I would guess that next year, they get rid of the automatic byes. They will give the conference winners automatic bids, but not byes. They'll then just seed the teams 1 through 12, and if you get two B1G or SEC teams in the top four -- so be it. 

I don't necessarily think Boise and/or Arizona State are the last teams in, but they're certainly not bye-worthy. 

[Rico]

1 hour ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

 

Plus... both of their resumes are just better. It just doesn't make sense for ND to be ranked ahead of those teams because they played in a championship. 

Of course, NDs ranking never really ever made sense. 

Meh.  

[Stuhoo]

My thoughts?

1) These playoff seeds are not finalized in a perfect world, nor would I ever expect them to be.

2) THE INDIANA HOOSIERS ARE GONNA BE IN THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. IN FOOTBALL!!!!!!   INDIANA!!!!

Holy crap.

[LIHoosier]

New enemy of the state. Barry Odom from UNLV is gonna be the next HC for Purdon't

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2024/12/08/purdue-football-coach-unlvs-barry-odom-boilermakers/76836840007/