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2024 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

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BB73 said:
When Manuel was asked about teams moving in the final rankings, he said that only teams playing in CCGs will be re-evaluated, and other teams that don’t play in CCGs won’t move above one another.

No matter what happens, the 4 teams hosting will be ND, tOSU, and the B1G and SEC CCG losing teams.
There are 4 possibilities affecting tOSU’s final position, and this is what they might do to avoid rematches:

1) Texas and Oregon both win: ND and Penn State should be #5 and #6 in either order, and both host. Georgia and tOSU will be #7 and #8 in some order and both host. They won’t drop UGA below Tenn for losing in the CCG, and I don’t believe they’d drop Penn St below tOSU for the same reason, despite the head-to-head. If they make tOSU #7, they get Indiana at tOSU and Tenn at UGA, games that both occurred in the last 3 weeks, so I think they’ll keep UGA #7, hosting Indiana, with #8 tOSU hosting Tennessee.

2) Texas and Penn St both win: Oregon would be #5, ND would be #6 and Georgia and tOSU #7 and #8 in some order. They could make #11 Bama/SMU play at #6 ND, and #10 Indiana could play at #7 UGA to avoid a tOSU/Ind rematch. #8 tOSU hosts Tennessee. Oregon would host #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson and in the second round get #4 from the same group. There may be some Duck fans hoping for them to lose this week to get that path to the semis,

3) Georgia and Oregon both win: ND could end up 5, 6, or 7 and Texas should stay ahead of Penn St. #8 tOSU would host #9 Tenn. If ND is at #5, #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson would be at ND, #11 Bama/SMU at #6 Texas, and #10 Indiana at Penn St; so they could drop Texas below Penn St to have Indiana at Texas and Bama/SMU at #6 Penn St.

4) Georgia and Penn St both win: Oregon goes to #5, Texas and ND at #6 and #7 in some order, and #8 tOSU hosts Tenn. If Texas is #6, #11 Bama at Texas is not a rematch and #10 Indiana goes to ND. If ND is #6, they’d host Bama/SMU and Indiana would go to #7 Texas. If Clemson beats SMU in a close one, #11 SMU at #6 Texas is a possibility.

It is highly likely that Tennessee travels to Columbus for the first round game,
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I’ll be fuming about The Game until next year. That isn’t changing.

That said, put that stupid Tennessee orange in front of my eyes and I’ll be ready for the Bucks to smack someone.
 
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BB73 said:
When Manuel was asked about teams moving in the final rankings, he said that only teams playing in CCGs will be re-evaluated, and other teams that don’t play in CCGs won’t move above one another.

No matter what happens, the 4 teams hosting will be ND, tOSU, and the B1G and SEC CCG losing teams.
There are 4 possibilities affecting tOSU’s final position, and this is what they might do to avoid rematches:

1) Texas and Oregon both win: ND and Penn State should be #5 and #6 in either order, and both host. Georgia and tOSU will be #7 and #8 in some order and both host. They won’t drop UGA below Tenn for losing in the CCG, and I don’t believe they’d drop Penn St below tOSU for the same reason, despite the head-to-head. If they make tOSU #7, they get Indiana at tOSU and Tenn at UGA, games that both occurred in the last 3 weeks, so I think they’ll keep UGA #7, hosting Indiana, with #8 tOSU hosting Tennessee.

2) Texas and Penn St both win: Oregon would be #5, ND would be #6 and Georgia and tOSU #7 and #8 in some order. They could make #11 Bama/SMU play at #6 ND, and #10 Indiana could play at #7 UGA to avoid a tOSU/Ind rematch. #8 tOSU hosts Tennessee. Oregon would host #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson and in the second round get #4 from the same group. There may be some Duck fans hoping for them to lose this week to get that path to the semis,

3) Georgia and Oregon both win: ND could end up 5, 6, or 7 and Texas should stay ahead of Penn St. #8 tOSU would host #9 Tenn. If ND is at #5, #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson would be at ND, #11 Bama/SMU at #6 Texas, and #10 Indiana at Penn St; so they could drop Texas below Penn St to have Indiana at Texas and Bama/SMU at #6 Penn St.

4) Georgia and Penn St both win: Oregon goes to #5, Texas and ND at #6 and #7 in some order, and #8 tOSU hosts Tenn. If Texas is #6, #11 Bama at Texas is not a rematch and #10 Indiana goes to ND. If ND is #6, they’d host Bama/SMU and Indiana would go to #7 Texas. If Clemson beats SMU in a close one, #11 SMU at #6 Texas is a possibility.

It is highly likely that Tennessee travels to Columbus for the first round game,
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Only thing is see is if Penn state gets run off the field by 3+ scores then they might drop to 8. It feels wrong to drop them for playing an extra game, but they got to the championship game by playing an easier schedule. That’s the nature of these mega conferences. We beat them and they didn’t play the 2 teams that beat us (by a combined 4 pts). Now they are playing one of them and the results can’t be ignored if it’s a blowout.

Even crazier is if Oregon and Penn state had played in the regular season then Indiana would be playing whoever won that game in the big ten championship game. How F’d up is that?

Only difference for us would be playing Bama or Tennessee because they won’t set us up to play Indiana again. So doesn’t matter much, just a discussion point.
 
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zbuck said:
Hey Larry. Humbly go fuck off ....
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And may I humbly suggest some things that could assist in that endeavor.
 
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billmac91 said:
Unfortunately for OSU, the only path to success I would have seen is if they could’ve landed in a dome or warmer weather climate.

I don’t think being at home is that much of an advantage when we’re such a finesse team that cannot generate a physical identity over-night.
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Drawing a rematch with Indiana in the 1st round would be by far the best case scenario. I don't think they are gonna let that rematch happen though,
 
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billmac91 said:
Unfortunately for OSU, the only path to success I would have seen is if they could’ve landed in a dome or warmer weather climate.

I don’t think being at home is that much of an advantage when we’re such a finesse team that cannot generate a physical identity over-night.
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There's nothing wrong with being a finesse team as long as it's not windy af, and more importantly as long as you embrace it. It's such small dick energy to be duped into "proving you're a man" because somebody said you couldn't run the ball. Newsflash......the only undefeated team is a finesse team.
 
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otisu said:
The only way Bama gets left out is if SMU or Boise lose and they leave them ranked ahead of Bama.
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Bama is not getting left out, there's no way they put them in this week just to leave them out in the final release. Nobody cares about Cryami and SMU & Boise aren't bringing the ratings either, cramming Bama in at the tail end gives another TV draw monster.
 
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