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I think if they ran this model 20 more years, last year would stand out as an anomoly. 1 was boned when Ohio State lost to the cheaters and fell to #6 (and to a #8 seed). 2 was boned when they lost their quarterback. 3 was boned because they're Boise State. 4 was boned because they're Arizona...

Laughable? Who should have been the 4th SEC team? Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee got in with 2 losses each. Texas's second loss was in the conference championship game. Missouri and Ole Miss each had 3 losses. Alabama had 3 losses. And who do you replace? Oregon, Clemson, Boise, and Arizona...

I'm as much of a football nerd as I want to be. Is it strange that he blew by a defender who lined up 12-15 yards upfield?

It should have worked out. They didn't count on the best team being an 8-seed. Note that I strategically used the word "theoretically".

Didn't Alabama claim one despite losing 3-4 games?

Agreed. The only time I saw a worse "targeting" call get picked up was MHJ against Georgia.

Number 1 theoretically plays the easiest 2nd round game. And, if all lower-seeded teams win, has the easiest path to the championship game. They'd play #8, #4, then the championship against #2. They might also get to "choose" which bowl game to play in (from the list of choices) for each round...

Their message boards seem to all be paid services. Boof.

Your point is valid. They aren't always the fruit basket in the hot tub. But, as of a few years ago, Purdue had the best record against Ohio State of all Big Ten teams. I won't ever mark them as an easy win. Yeah. We lit Iowa up pretty good. I had some function with my wife's family and group...

That wasn't my intent. They'd absolutely resort to shit like that. Maybe I skipped some steps. Yeah - "We were just driving our cart and the starting QB just ran out of nowhere. We couldn't avoid him!" I'd fully expect some kind of hit-job like 2013, too.

I hope that in 2 years, the cheaters are looking for excuses to back out of the game again. And when the Big Ten tells them they can't do that, because Ohio State is already lined up to kick the ball off, the cheaters immediately ask for a full running clock all game.

Thanks. I'm surprised it was that close.

Nope. In this era when players sit out or play half-hearted, bowl games don't mean anything. He hasn't won anything.

Not to be a downer, but what was the spread against Purdue in 2018?

Which thread was it where I stated that their fanbase wouldn't remember the score soon, but they will always remember the fact that Downs wasn't ejected? https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/official-psu-tosu-25-game-thread.8407286/page-19 Page 19 of their game thread. Currently 10 posts on that...

Agreed. Except, maybe in the spring we should go to double daylight saving time. Jump forward an hour every spring. But don't fall back later.

https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/who-would-have-thought-after-the-haley-scoop-and-score-psu-would-lose-the-next-9-in-a-row-to-osu.8413568/ They're talking about the 2016 game and how none of them thought they'd go 9 losses in a row to Ohio State. I forget who made the point here. BN27...

This PROBABLY won't make a difference, but it might: Doesn't the G5 "highest ranked" team need to be the "highest ranked champion" of a G5 conference?

Consider yourself lucky that you don't understand it. There's a whole section of the interwebs dedicated to them complaining about the refs. In 2 years, they won't remember the score. But they WILL remember that Downs wasn't ejected, and add this to their list of games that was stolen from them...

https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/after-being-ranked-2.8410008/#post-173969557 Thread devolves, as so many do, into a cry fest about how much we miss Joe Paterno. One guy says he was the best. Another says he wasn't. Then this post: 409 wins: congrats on the way you beat up on your neighbors...