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2021 CFB Playoff Discussion

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buckeyemania11 said:
I think they would maybe actually leave Georgia out. Call me crazy. They don't carry the same pull as Bama though. Especially if it came down to them and a Ohio State team that just beat a pretty highly ranked (hopefully) Iowa team in the B1G title game.
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ESPN controls the committee, has the rights, and is heavily invested in SEC.
Georgia isn't being left out. We've seen this play out several times now. SEC also ran can even play their way into the CFP by losing to their rival and skipping the CCG entirely.
 
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kujirakira said:
ESPN controls the committee, has the rights, and is heavily invested in SEC.
Georgia isn't being left out. We've seen this play out several times now. SEC also ran can even play their way into the CFP by losing to their rival and skipping the CCG entirely.
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I still feel like UGA will drop one along the way somewhere then get trucked by Bama.
 
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“I’ve got Ohio State at No. 5, just sitting out there lurking. One point I want to make ... even in their loss, (Buckeyes quarterback) C.J. Stroud threw for 484 yards and three touchdowns. I think he can be the second best quarterback in college football right now.”
 
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Some dumb fuck on CBSSN still has this as his CFP, after Bama's loss:

Georgia
Alabama
Iowa
Cincinnati

Iowa? We'll see.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I still feel like UGA will drop one along the way somewhere then get trucked by Bama.
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I know I’m going full conspiracy here, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of a gentlemen’s agreement in the sec that keeps that from happening.
Bama’s big in conference games are always close when everything tells you they shouldn’t be.
Gators were a missed EP from OT. I think part of it is Saban knows he can flip a switch and go full Death Star if needed.
Edit didn’t see the score last night. Maybe Sabans Death Star is broken.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
Is OSUs sos higher than bama? Not for games played so far, but should be after playing psu, msu, ttun, Iowa.
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It’ll be higher than usual this year, but it won’t end up as high as it appears right now

when the polls come out today, it is practically certain that half of the Buckeyes’ remaining regular season games are against top 10 teams. But there is almost no chance that all 3 of those teams will be in the top 10 when the Buckeyes play them.

PSU will likely still be in the top 10; their only game before October 30th is against Illinois, and they can probably win that even if Clifford is still out. But MSU and TTUN play each other the same day Ohio State plays PSU. Experience suggests that there’s no way the loser stays in the top 10. TTUN also has to play in Happy Valley before The Game. That’s a game they might lose, but it probably won’t be enough of a boost to get them back in the top 10 if they win it, and Sparty has NO opportunity to work their way back in to the top 10 before playing the Buckeyes if they should happen to lose to TTUN.

So Ohio State’s SOS will be good this year, but there will be plenty of opportunities for those with a financial interest in the SEC to use circular reasoning to claim it’s overblown.

And it doesn’t matter. If the Buckeyes handle their business, they’re in. The only thing SOS could affect is seeding.

Some have made decent arguments that seeding matters sometimes in the CFP. My response would be two-fold: 1) At worst seeding matters only marginally and it is not something that Ohio State fans should whine about imo, and 2) Seeding only really matters at the top, and the chances of Ohio State actually deserving the #1 seed this year are very, very small.
 
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