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College Football Playoff (2015-16 Season)

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SEREbuckeye said:
Intriguing because if there is an upset of Clemson or Bama, the committee has a choice:

Do they do what they did last year with Ohio State and honor Stanford with a spot because they are their conference champion?

Or

Do they honor Ohio State and show more value to only having 1 loss over 2 losses?
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Ohio State only jumped another 1 loss team though. If either TCU or Baylor were undefeated, we would have been left out regardless of our 59-0 drubbing of Wisconsin. I personally don't see how Stanford jumps us with two losses. That would be some bullshit.
 
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shiloh said:
Remember the Buckeyes clocked Wisky last year which was the key. Stanford would need to clock USC since they already have (2) losses. And Ohio State needs Sparty to clock Iowa to make sure they're at least in the Rose Bowl.

What a difference two weeks make when after the Sparty game it was like the Bataan death march and now hope springs eternal. As mentioned in the other thread and others have mentioned, follow the $$$.
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Actually what would be hilarious is if Msu clocks Iowa and stanford beats usc to the tune of 60-0, and the final four is clemson, Bama, Msu and ........ Stanford. I might actually die laughing. That might be the best scenario. I can't think of anything more perfect. Big 12 might immediately disband.
 
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Gcashwell said:
The committee isn't that bad, if you agree with the BcS
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So the committee has ***5*** B1G teams in the top 15 and (2) SEC teams. Gasp!!! Can't accuse the committee of SEC bias. :biggrin:

Now if Wisky/Nebraska/Ped State can get their asses back on track we're talking the new SEC er the old B1G. And there's talk of Oklahoma joining the B1G and Texas a couple years ago. Indeed, a conference of traditional powers:

OSU
TTUN
Ped State
NE
OK
TX

and Sparty and an occasional Iowa.

Strength of schedule would never be a problem ...

I digress.
 
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The committee has already showed their hand on UNC by only putting them at 10th. Jeff Long said that their overall "body of work" isn't worth a shit, especially with a loss to a 3-9 USCe that finished at the bottom of a shitty SEC East. So if UNC upsets Clemson and it's not a total blowout, we're fucking in for sure...
 
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This is what leads me to think stanford needs to lose. Now FPI is made up bull shit, but I'm assuming it's at least close to real life. And their 2 losses are against #14 and 16 Northwestern and Oregon.
MililaniBuckeye said:
The committee has already showed their hand on UNC by only putting them at 10th. Jeff Long said that their overall "body of work" isn't worth a [Mark May], especially with a loss to a 3-9 USCe that finished at the bottom of a [Mark May]ty SEC East. So if UNC upsets Clemson and it's not a total blowout, we're fucking in for sure...
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Unless Stanford wins impressively. And perhaps if they just win in general.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
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This is what leads me to think stanford needs to lose. Now FPI is made up bull [Mark May], but I'm assuming it's at least close to real life. And their 2 losses are against #14 and 16 Northwestern and Oregon.

Unless Stanford wins impressively. And perhaps if they just win in general.
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Yeah, and our one loss is to the #5 team, and we are division co-champs (of course losing the tiebreaker to Sparty). If Stanford had just one loss then I can see them jumping as if they with their conference, but with two losses to lower ranked opponents than our one loss, I don't see it unless they smoke USC.
 
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shiloh said:
So the committee has ***5*** B1G teams in the top 15 and (2) SEC teams. Gasp!!! Can't accuse the committee of SEC bias. :biggrin:

Now if Wisky/Nebraska/Ped State can get their asses back on track we're talking the new SEC er the old B1G. And there's talk of Oklahoma joining the B1G and Texas a couple years ago. Indeed, a conference of traditional powers:

OSU
TTUN
Ped State
NE
OK
TX

and Sparty and an occasional Iowa.

Strength of schedule would never be a problem ...

I digress.
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Texas isn't nearly the traditional power they think they are....
 
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Mike80 said:
Texas isn't nearly the traditional power they think they are....
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And neither is Michigan, which has had exactly one double-digit win season (2011) in the last nine. Since their great 2006 season when they were #2 coming into The Game and ended 11-2, they are 64-49, which includes their 9-3 record this season. Obviously a bowl win gets them to double digits in wins, but the jury will still be out on whether or not Michigan "is back".
 
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Mike80 said:
Texas isn't nearly the traditional power they think they are....
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And the arrogance and selfishness and backstabbing politics that they would bring into the conference grossly negate anything positive they could possibly add.

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MililaniBuckeye said:
And neither is Michigan, which has had exactly one double-digit win season (2011) in the last nine. Since their great 2006 season when they were #2 coming into The Game and ended 11-2, they are 64-49, which includes their 9-3 record this season. Obviously a bowl win gets them to double digits in wins, but the jury will still be out on whether or not Michigan "is back".
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No, but then again M*ch*gan hasn't taken 20 years off even being merely slightly above average like Texas did between Darrel Royal and Mack Brown....
 
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starBUCKS said:
Per Westgate Casino in Las Vegas. This is what Ohio State would be favored by against the following potential playoff teams if they played today.

UNC +9.5
Clemson +2.5
Iowa +9.5
MSU +6.5
Stanford +4.5

Was just on Mike and Mike, Alabama or Oklahoma was not mentioned.
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Thanks for posting. I was wondering what these numbers would be. At the end of the day, if one of Clemson and Alabama loses, it'll come down to whether the committee goes on resume (in which Stanford probably gets the nod) or which team it actually thinks is better (i.e., which team would win on a neutral field) (in which OSU probably gets the nod).
 
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