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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

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Jaxbuck said:
IU has zero flight time at this altitude.

They are ripe for a complete bed shatting.
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Whatever gives us Cignetti running hurry up and going for 2 down 28 with 3 minutes left in the 4th is cool with me.

Bama is too one dimensional to pull it off, but their meltdowns last year and mediocre games against good defensive talent this season would keep me from betting on them.
 
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Zem said:
Don't know, IU will probably look different without #8 (forget his name), who injured himself out of the playoffs while high-fiving fans after the CCG. He might have been their best defensive player.
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they'll miss him, but I don't think they'll miss him against Bama.

Oregon, Texas Tech (I think) and Ohio State are different animals entirely.
 
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As always, it's about efficiency.

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Oklahoma was a bad offense all year and they pissed down their legs tonight.

But there's also defensive efficiency too...

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So while Oklahoma's defense was marginally better than Indiana's, Indiana's offense is LIGHT YEARS better than Oklahoma's. And given what Indiana did to Oregon, who has a very good defense in its own right - unless Indiana pisses down it's own leg (possible), it's a pretty big hill to climb for Bama.
 
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Romanowski said:
It’ll be a good game imo. Curious what the board’s thoughts are on “who do we want to win.” I’m slightly torn to be honest. Part of me wants to see Alabama go down in flames, yet there is another part of me that wants to see Cignetti get humbled. I’d prefer the rematch, but it’s an interesting dichotomy.
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Bama would be far easier, but I’d prefer to beat Indiana.

In order of threat, I’d say it’s Georgia, Indiana, TTech. Georgia has the highest talent and Kirby will kidnap a ref’s kid to get a call, Tech’s front 7 causes the most chaos, and IU has the experience and runs the best defensive system.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Bama would be far easier, but I’d prefer to beat Indiana.

In order of threat, I’d say it’s Georgia, Indiana, TTech. Georgia has the highest talent and Kirby will kidnap a ref’s kid to get a call, Tech’s front 7 causes the most chaos, and IU has the experience and runs the best defensive system.
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Crazy that IU extended both coordinators and didn’t lose them. Meanwhile Oregon is losing both.
 
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Mike80 said:
As always, it's about efficiency.

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Oklahoma was a bad offense all year and they pissed down their legs tonight.

But there's also defensive efficiency too...

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So while Oklahoma's defense was marginally better than Indiana's, Indiana's offense is LIGHT YEARS better than Oklahoma's. And given what Indiana did to Oregon, who has a very good defense in its own right - unless Indiana pisses down it's own leg (possible), it's a pretty big hill to climb for Bama.
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Boy, Rutgers is outstandingly bad. I mean, they are really out there by themselves.
 
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Romanowski said:
Agree with a lot of the sentiments, especially the rare air IU finds itself in. IU’s D is more than solid and their O is pretty good. I think they put up a bunch of points. They might give up some points too, but Alabama’s run game is putrid and their D was suspect until Oklahoma decided to fling their poop all over the place.

It’ll be a good game imo. Curious what the board’s thoughts are on “who do we want to win.” I’m slightly torn to be honest. Part of me wants to see Alabama go down in flames, yet there is another part of me that wants to see Cignetti get humbled. I’d prefer the rematch, but it’s an interesting dichotomy.
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Easy IU for me. We don't need to hear the SEC/Bama fellating we would get if they knock off #1.

And would prefer to see IU over anyone else in the title game.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Not so sure about that. Playoff game at ND last year. Big wins at Autzen and in BTCG this year. They aren't going to wilt under the lights.

As to the other question, TT worries me the most. Their DL against our OL is not something that gives me confidence.
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Agree on TT. They along with IU are the style/match up problems for us. Not insurmountable just the least good match ups. I'd also put Oregon in that so I was happy to see them all on the other side of the bracket.

We shall see on IU, I just have a bad feeling they are going to spit the bit and we get a redo of 2006, S-E-C "told you they were over rated" bullshit from the worldwide leader.
 
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heisman said:
They were ripe two weeks ago, and the chalk shat the bed.
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They are now the hunted and that's a major shift. They've had zero experience in that role as players, coaches or a program.

Beating Oregon was a regular season underdog, beating OSU was underdog and just a CCG.

Now they've had a month of being #1, QB wins the Heisman and Bama will be the TD underdog.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Cinderella get beaten with her own shoe here.
 
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