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2024 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

The committee calls theTV networks and finds out who they want and where they want them. Prove me wrong.
The committee doesn't need to call the networks. The playoff games are all on the Mickey Mouse family of channels. Mickey and Friends appoint the committee members. You don't think Mickey doesn't hand the committee the bracket already filled out so the committee can announce it?
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2024 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

Forde-Yard Dash: Making Sense of College Football Playoff Scenarios​

After an eventful Week 13, the bubble is all but gone and there are 13 options for 12 places. Here is what is at stake in each conference.

The bubble is all but gone. What’s left are 13 options for 12 places. Of course, another weekend like this past one could reopen a Pandora’s box of possibilities—three-loss teams in the tournament?—but for now the invite list looks firm:

The Big Ten (1) is sitting on a four-team jackpot, having gotten the Oregon Ducks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions and Indiana Hoosiers this far with a total of three losses between them. All four are favored by at least 17 points in their regular-season finales. And given the dearth of bubble teams, as many as three of them (Oregon, Ohio State and maybe Penn State) could all afford a loss and still stay in the bracket.

The Southeastern Conference (2) has been downsized to three playoff teams after The Night That Drove Ol’ Dixie Down. The dismissal of the Alabama Crimson Tide was the most shocking result of the day, being routed 24–3 by an Oklahoma Sooners team that hadn’t beaten an FBS team since September. Before that, the Mississippi Rebels completed the triple crown of bad losses—the Kentucky Wildcats, the LSU Tigers and now the Florida Gators—to drop from contention. And the nightcap was the Texas A&M Aggies’ four-overtime loss to an Auburn Tigers program that has been a dysfunctional mess for five seasons—but is always capable of producing some mayhem in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

What remains: the Georgia Bulldogs, Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Volunteers. Georgia already has clinched a spot in the SEC championship game and will play the winner of Texas-Texas A&M. Tennessee, after its fans and some media that cover the team spent last week prematurely caterwauling about Indiana, had its path paved by its SEC peers. Texas is in by virtue of its record at this point, not resume.

(Texas A&M could yet play an interesting role that disrupts the bracket. More on that later.)

The Atlantic Coast Conference (3) could be a two-bid league now, benefiting from the SEC cannibalization, if both the SMU Mustangs and Miami Hurricanes reach the league title game at 11–1. But there is a third option—and the lone lurking bubble team—in the 9–2 Clemson Tigers. They have a quality-win opportunity Saturday against the rival South Carolina Gamecocks that could give them a shot even if they don’t make the ACC championship game.

Best-case scenario for the ACC: Either SMU or Miami wins the league at 12–1; the loser of a close title game ends up 11–2; and Clemson finishes 10–2. If an upset imperils a team currently in the bracket next week, the ACC could have a shot at three teams.

Another factor that could help the league’s standing: a strong showing in four rivalry games vs. the SEC this weekend. In addition to Clemson-South Carolina, the Louisville Cardinals play Kentucky; the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets play Georgia; and the Florida State Seminoles play Florida (don’t get your hopes up in that one, ACC).

The Big 12 (4) strongly resembles a one-big league, and even its champion could fall outside the protected top four that earn first-round byes. The two teams atop the standings both went down at the same time Saturday afternoon—the Colorado Buffaloes to the Kansas Jayhawks, and the BYU Cougars to the Arizona State Sun Devils, the latter a two-field-storm carnival ending. That was peak Big 12.

There are nine—yes, nine—teams still with a chance to make the title game in the final weekend. Arizona State (9–2) and the Iowa State Cyclones (9–2) have the inside track, but chaos never sleeps in this league.
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Sports 'journalists' (Who Don't Work For ESPN)

Login to view embedded media Who is the guy who starts talking about 3:23 in? He basically says that Ohio State wasn't impressive - Indiana was just bad. Indiana didn't protect the quarterback and didn't stop a punt returned for a touchdown. Quarterback was under pressure all game long. Heh. Maybe because Ohio State put pressure on him? They couldn't get anything going on offense. Oh yeah.. because Ohio State played defense, maybe?
What a goober.
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Week 13 Games Discussion

Duke QB Maalik Murphy Had NSFW Reaction to His 86-Yard TD Pass on Game's First Play​

It was quite the interesting celebration to have in your home stadium.

The Duke Blue Devils secured an important conference win over Virginia Tech on Saturday, and quarterback Maalik Murphy set the tone for the rest of the matchup right off the bat on the team's first offensive play.

After the Hokies punted the ball away on the first drive of the game, the Blue Devils only needed one play to put points on the board. Murphy completed a pass to Duke receiver Eli Pancol, who then ran the ball to the end zone for an 86-yard TD. It was quite the impressive way to start the game, and Murphy wanted to silence any haters.

Murphy turned to the crowd after the touchdown play and threw up two middle fingers. It was an interesting NSFW celebration to have in your home stadium.

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Indiana Hoosiers (your shinebox, go f'n get it)

HAHA. I'd like to see all the reasons Ohio State is "classless". Is it more than just the last touchdown?
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Is it "classless" the way Egbuka was jawing with the Indiana player?
Oh wait - it looks to me like the Indiana player is just crying that he gave up another 4th down conversion.
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Game Thread Indiana at tOSU, Sat. Nov. 23, 12pm ET, FOX

It's about time the DL got their shit together. The pass rush on that first drive was so abysmal I was ready to throw myself off a building.

We got it together at the right time too. The only good thing about having no pass rush and a complete scheme change this late in the year is that teams don't have much film on it.
I see my quote was used in a previous post(not yours) about complaining yadda yadda yadda…lol the DL all year has been poor at getting to the QB. Knowles blitzed a lot Saturday so I would hope we could get home. Many people who cover the buckeyes have talked about how jack and JT need to do more and step up. Oregon and the playoffs I’m gonna be looking at the front 4. Simple as that
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