2014 Week 9 CFB Open Thread

[Dryden]

I don't know about TCU, but ND won't win out. They'll most likely pickup a loss in November. They're very young this year, and between the suspended players and injuries I think the depth and inexperience will hurt come November. They were lucky to make it to this point with one loss. If I had to guess, it'll be SEC champ, probably FSU, PAC-12 champ, and B1G champ. I think TCU will struggle with either WV or Kansas State, and the Big 12 won't get the benefit of a championship game. The only wrench in that formula is if the talking heads find a way to push for the 2 SEC team bull[Mark May].

Every year by the end of September all the talking heads go on and on about what are we going to do with all these undefeated teams? Eight weeks later we're all dissecting the corpses to determine which one-loss team, or even two-loss team, is most deserving. FSU will probably go unbeaten, though they certainly look a lot more vulnerable than they did last season. A very small group of teams, perhaps four or five, will finish with one loss, and every other team in the country will have two losses or more, and that probably includes Notre Dame. So yes, I agree with what you said.

However, if TCU and ND are among those one loss teams, and Oregon too, I say Ohio State is absolutely out. Kansas St could also pose a problem (narrow loss to Auburn in a game that anyone that watched knows they could have won by 2 TDs).

At this point we all should be praying for chaos, because OSU absolutely carries the albatross of having the worst loss in CFB. VT just looks worse and worse each passing week.

 

[ulukinatme]

The nice thing about the VT loss is that September losses are often forgotten about by November/December. Barrett was not ready for that game, and rightfully so being just a freshman with not much time to prepare once Braxton went down. Since then he's grown up quite a bit and he's been absolutely phenomenal. Nobody remembers Michigan State's lone loss last season because they were a far better team offensively by the end of the year. Had it not been an SEC champion in the #2 spot, MSU would have been playing in the NCG.

 

[SouthernBuck]

Well come Tuesday we will get to see the first rankings, and judging by those rankings we may be able to tell how the Playoff Commitee is accessing each team.

 

[Jake]

Yeah just realized we wont even get to go to the Rose Bowl because it's part of the playoff.

I still think the semifinal games should be played at the higher rated teams home stadium. Then play the championship game in one of the big bowls like the BCS did.

Not me. The rankings are dubious enough as it is, much less giving teams home field advantage based on them.

 

[SloopyHangOn]

Not me. The rankings are dubious enough as it is, much less giving teams home field advantage based on them.

Not enough money to be made holding those games at college campuses either.

 

[BigWoof31]

Cal moving at will against Oregon so far. GO BEARS!

 

[Abenaki]

Gonna need to make a stop at some point and I don't know if they're up to it.

 

[scarletmike]

Cal is done.

 

[scarletmike]

Oh hey, Cal managed to drive for a TD! 31-21 Ducks.

 

[Dryden]

Cal is done.

 

[scarletmike]

Gotta work that reverse jinx.

 

[scarletmike]

Cal gets the TD on 4th and 1 inch on a pretty leap into the end zone! 3 pt. game!

 

[scarletmike]

Man, Cal D just cannot get to Mariota for a sack. Not because of the offensive line holding up, they just can't get him in their grasp.

 

[scarletmike]

And Mariota has his first INT this year!

 

[Dryden]

Cal picks off Mariota in the end zone, I turn around to catch up on some BP, and turn back around to see Cal has already gone three and out burning 20 seconds of game clock.