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2014 Preseason and Regular Season Polls

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That Buckeye domination was the best any team looked this weekend, maybe all season. That was the most dominant performance by Ohio State in my lifetime.

I think OSU should get in the playoffs because they beat more bowl bound teams than anyone else, and overall had a better strength of schedule then the other 12-1 teams. And we have played our toughest oppoents on the road. Winning away from home means more, because you can't play the playoffs at home. Plus the eye test tells just you they are top 4.

But there are two things this CFP must do, in my opinion, not as an OSU fan, but as a college football fan!

1. Florida State must be in. If you leave them out, it diminishes the whole point of playing...to win. It would set a terrible precedent that winning doesn't matter in a power five conference...ACC is down...but not THAT down.

2. TCU can not go in over Baylor. They played virtually an equal schedule. They are very close. And in the end. Baylor beat TCU fair and square. If you ignore that when everything else is so close, then you diminish the regular season and the game in general. Pretty much setting the precedent that what happens on the field doesn't matter as much as your perception.

If they choose Baylor over Ohio State, that's fine. I think OSU has the better resume and looks like the better team, but it's all subjective, so you really can't feel cheated. But anything else is just flat out wrong.

I think CFP will be 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State.

My rankings would be 1. Florida State 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Oregon.


Ohio States opponents record 86-69
Oregon's opponents record 81-78
TCU's opponents record 66-77
Baylor's opponents record 64-79


We all are 12-1 or 11-1...we had the toughest schedule. Enough said.
 
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JXC said:
That Buckeye domination was the best any team looked this weekend, maybe all season. That was the most dominant performance by Ohio State in my lifetime.

I think OSU should get in the playoffs because they beat more bowl bound teams than anyone else, and overall had a better strength of schedule then the other 12-1 teams. And we have played our toughest oppoents on the road. Winning away from home means more, because you can't play the playoffs at home. Plus the eye test tells just you they are top 4.

But there are two things this CFP must do, in my opinion, not as an OSU fan, but as a college football fan!

1. Florida State must be in. If you leave them out, it diminishes the whole point of playing...to win. It would set a terrible precedent that winning doesn't matter in a power five conference...ACC is down...but not THAT down.

2. TCU can not go in over Baylor. They played virtually an equal schedule. They are very close. And in the end. Baylor beat TCU fair and square. If you ignore that when everything else is so close, then you diminish the regular season and the game in general. Pretty much setting the precedent that what happens on the field doesn't matter as much as your perception.

If they choose Baylor over Ohio State, that's fine. I think OSU has the better resume and looks like the better team, but it's all subjective, so you really can't feel cheated. But anything else is just flat out wrong.

I think CFP will be 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State.

My rankings would be 1. Florida State 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Oregon.


Ohio States opponents record 86-69
Oregon's opponents record 81-78
TCU's opponents record 66-77
Baylor's opponents record 64-79


We all are 12-1 or 11-1...we had the toughest schedule. Enough said.
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1. Agree that it is the Baylor win over TCU that is most likely to get us in and that is being helped by internal bickering over who is the true Big 12 champion. They are making it easy for the committee to say - "We would love to put your conference champion in the playoff, but you can't tell us who that is. See what happened in Indianapolis this week while TCU was ass raping (aka Bill Cosbying) Iowa State? That is how it's done. Thanks for your time."

2. Even though these results almost guarantee an 8 team playoff sooner rather than later, what is ironic is that the process will have worked. The objective is NOT to get the best four teams into the playoff. It is to make sure that the best team is in the playoff. And if you make that happen the fewer teams the better.

That team is either Oregon or Alabama. Results may turn out different, but that is the problem with playoffs. They don't always result in the best team winning.
 
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SloopyHangOn said:
Apparently I misunderstood how the Bowl locations were determined.

#1 and #2 aren't set on location until #1 and #2 are determined. Then they are assigned the location that works best for the city/fans/players.

If it's semi-equal #1 gets preference.

So it's pretty much going to be that Oregon hosts the Rose and Bama hosts the Sugar PERIOD (as long as they remain #1 and #2) That means that if the committee wants to send Ohio State to the Rose they put Ohio State at #4 and then FSU at #3. Then they bump Oregon up to #1, which wouldn't really be that much of a stretch.

http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-day/
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Or just rank OSU #3 and leave the rest alone so they play Oregon in Pasadena first. Right?
 
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JXC said:
That Buckeye domination was the best any team looked this weekend, maybe all season. That was the most dominant performance by Ohio State in my lifetime.

I think OSU should get in the playoffs because they beat more bowl bound teams than anyone else, and overall had a better strength of schedule then the other 12-1 teams. And we have played our toughest oppoents on the road. Winning away from home means more, because you can't play the playoffs at home. Plus the eye test tells just you they are top 4.

But there are two things this CFP must do, in my opinion, not as an OSU fan, but as a college football fan!

1. Florida State must be in. If you leave them out, it diminishes the whole point of playing...to win. It would set a terrible precedent that winning doesn't matter in a power five conference...ACC is down...but not THAT down.

2. TCU can not go in over Baylor. They played virtually an equal schedule. They are very close. And in the end. Baylor beat TCU fair and square. If you ignore that when everything else is so close, then you diminish the regular season and the game in general. Pretty much setting the precedent that what happens on the field doesn't matter as much as your perception.

If they choose Baylor over Ohio State, that's fine. I think OSU has the better resume and looks like the better team, but it's all subjective, so you really can't feel cheated. But anything else is just flat out wrong.

I think CFP will be 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State.

My rankings would be 1. Florida State 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Oregon.


Ohio States opponents record 86-69
Oregon's opponents record 81-78
TCU's opponents record 66-77
Baylor's opponents record 64-79


We all are 12-1 or 11-1...we had the toughest schedule. Enough said.
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Tell that to LSU, UCLA, USC, Georgia, Miami, Texas, Arizona State...
This year New Orleans may as well be a home game for Alabama. Oregon, FSU (though only slightly farther than Bama), and whoever the other pick for the Rose will have to travel at least some distance.
In regional terms, B1G is the only conference that does not have a playoff bowl in its foot print. Thank you Jim Delany...
BXII has Cotton
PAC has Rose and Fiesta
ACC has Orange
SEC has Sugar, Peach, and Orange
 
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exhawg said:
If you asked the bowls I'm sure it would be Oregon and tOSU in the Rose.
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That's another thing to remember. The committee is comprised of humans appointed by humans who could be replaced by other humans. Bowls and TV networks have influenced the system in the past. It would be naive to think it couldn't happen again. That's one of many flaws in the system.

Such influence could help Ohio State, but I believe the Buckeyes belong on merit anyway. Of course, I could be a bit biased in my opinion.
 
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There was some discussion the past week in one of these threads about how the ACC and SEC have so many bowl-eligible teams.
I'll just leave this here...

Teams that required a win over DIAA opponent to go bowling
BXII - Nobody
PAC - Nobody
B1G - Illinois
ACC - UNC, Pitt, Miami, VTech
SEC - SCe, Tenn, Florida**, Arkansas

**Florida went so far as to schedule 2 DIAA schools this year ... and thank god they did since the game against Idaho State had to be cancelled.
 
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I hate to bring up the money thing again, but honestly... they stand to make more money by TOSU apparel sales ALONE by putting us in. TCU/Baylor over Ohio State would be financially CRUSHING in every way, shape, form. The loss of cash would be embarrassing for everyone. Ticket sales would be beyond lopsided. All business establishments would lose big time.

Not a pretty way to make the decision, just the bitter truth.
 
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MaxBuck said:
Yeah, next thing you'll tell me is that Jameis is Miss Congeniality.
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No, Jameis is this chick:

LaurenCaitlinUpton-Annotated.Gif
 
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