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TampaBuckeyes said:
Based on the current rankings, Georgia, Bama, Ohio state and ttun would be the best looking 1 loss teams in the country if no one makes it out of another conference unscathed. Provided the loss is close and to one of the teams listed. Clemsons schedule is straight garbage, Oklahoma and USC could make an argument and I would rather see one of them honestly.
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I think a lot will need to happen to put 2 Big Ten teams in the playoffs. I'm not on the committee, so I don't know what they're thinking. But I believe that the 2 teams in the playoffs honor will only ever go to the SEC (until the playoffs expand). And I think many of the playoff committee members keep that fact on purpose.
 
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After further review - Let's say that Alabama loses a game but then beats Georgia in the CCG while OSU beats previously undefeated Michigan and wins their CCG - also assuming that Clemson and the PAC winner have at least 1 loss - would TV want repeats of #1 OSU - #4 UM and #2 Bama - #3 Georgia, or would they insist on OSU v Bama and Georgia v UM? And what are the odds that the end of the regular/CCG polls are deliberately skewed to reach TV's preferred matchups?

Asking for a paranoid friend.
 
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cincibuck said:
After further review - Let's say that Alabama loses a game but then beats Georgia in the CCG while OSU beats previously undefeated Michigan and wins their CCG - also assuming that Clemson and the PAC winner have at least 1 loss - would TV want repeats of #1 OSU - #4 UM and #2 Bama - #3 Georgia, or would they insist on OSU v Bama and Georgia v UM? And what are the odds that the end of the regular/CCG polls are deliberately skewed to reach TV's preferred matchups?

Asking for a paranoid friend.
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I'm going to break this down a little. Would TV want... TV can fuck right out the door. I hate that TV gets to play a part. But TV would vote for Big Ten vs. SEC, and Big Ten vs. SEC, so that they can all compare their boners when they have SEC vs SEC in the finals... AGAIN. Of course, it could backfire when they get Big Ten vs. Big Ten, but.. ha! Like that could happen. I guess we better get some referee funds started. And what are the odds... they're good. Very, very good. Those odds are extremely good.

Carry this over to when playoff expands.. Let's say *ichigan drops to #6 in the playoff rankings after losing to Ohio State in some hypothetical year. And Florida is going to be #11. Florida has to go to *ichigan, right? Wrong! Some magical playoffs magic will magically magic Florida up to #10 to play at #7 Clemson. And wouldn't you know it? #10 Pitt fell to #11. That's pretty weird, eh?
 
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This year seems like it's setting up nicely for a real strong 3 team SEC playoff push. With the Pac 12 and Big 12 being ass and the ACC hinging on Clemson (whos liable to drop at least 1 game)

As long as Bama and UGA have no more than 1 loss they are both getting in. That's just how it is.

We can laugh at Texas A&M, Tennessee, Ole Miss and even Kentucky as much as we want. But if one of them can manage to come out with only 1 loss as well ESPN is going to go all in on shilling for a 3 team SEC final 4.
 
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cincibuck said:
After further review - Let's say that Alabama loses a game but then beats Georgia in the CCG while OSU beats previously undefeated Michigan and wins their CCG - also assuming that Clemson and the PAC winner have at least 1 loss - would TV want repeats of #1 OSU - #4 UM and #2 Bama - #3 Georgia, or would they insist on OSU v Bama and Georgia v UM? And what are the odds that the end of the regular/CCG polls are deliberately skewed to reach TV's preferred matchups?

Asking for a paranoid friend.
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They would want to avoid the rematches, hopefully they’re able to realize that having the SEC teams at #2 and #4 would accomplish that, and if tOSU is the only undefeated team, they’d do just that.
 
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https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/...es-alabama-georgia-cfp-title-betting-favorite

Ohio State passes Alabama, Georgia as CFP title betting favorite

7:52 AM ET
David Purdum
ESPN Staff Writer

There's a new favorite atop the odds to win the national championship at sportsbooks, and for the first time in nearly two years, it doesn't hail from the SEC.
Ohio State moved past Alabama and Georgia this week to become the consensus favorite to win the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are +200 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs each at +220.

It marks the first time since November 2020 that a team other than Alabama or Georgia has been the consensus favorite.

The Buckeyes, Bulldogs and Crimson Tide have been atop the national championship odds all season and account for nearly 60% of the money wagered on BetMGM's odds to win the national championship. They are the only teams with single-digit title odds. Clemson is 12-1 and USC is 16-1, followed by Michigan at 20-1. Tennessee, which hosts Alabama this week, is at 40-1.

Ohio State got off to a slow start in an opening win over Notre Dame but has responded with five consecutive blowout victories -- albeit against mediocre competition. Since being held to 21 points by the Fighting Irish, the Buckeyes have averaged 54.4 points with an average margin of victory of 37.6.

Georgia and Alabama, meanwhile, have each had to survive close calls in games in which they were heavily favored.

The Bulldogs had to come from behind in the fourth quarter to beat Missouri 26-22 on Oct. 1. The Crimson Tide, as a three-touchdown home favorite despite the absence of injured star quarterback Bryce Young, had to hold off a late rally from Texas A&M in a 24-20 victory this past Saturday.

"Besides that first game against Notre Dame, Ohio State has looked invincible," Joey Feazel, lead college football trader at Caesars Sportsbook, said in a company release. "But I think really the move to get Ohio State to the top of the board was because Georgia and Alabama have shown hints of being beatable."

At the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas, the odds of an Ohio State-Alabama national championship game are 4-1.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
So, Bama beats Ole Miss and then beats the UGA-Tenn winner in the SEC championship game. You have four one-loss SEC teams? I think the only logical thing to do is put all of them in the playoff to determine a true champion. Anything else just wouldn't be right.
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buckeyemania11 said:
Yep, all it takes is none of the other P5 having a undefeated team.

They'd claim "none of those teams other conferences 1 loss teams showed they were worthy because they couldn't go undefeated in lesser conferences"
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Then all other conferences nuke the committee from orbit.
I don't think the committee would be that dumb not to see the consequences of that.

But I have said that about non-football normal stuff and here we are
 
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dragurd said:
Then all other conferences nuke the committee from orbit.
I don't think the committee would be that dumb not to see the consequences of that.

But I have said that about non-football normal stuff and here we are
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I think they would without a doubt put 3 SEC teams in, in the scenario where the SEC has 4 1 loss teams and the rest of the P5 either has only 1 or 0 undefeated teams. You are probably right about the consequences of them shilling for a all SEC team playoff. They probably aren't that dumb, but they could "justify" 3 (in their minds). Especially if its Bama/UGA/Tennessee.

All we would hear leading up to the selection is how its "unfair" that those 3 had to play each other and that it would be a travesty if they didn't all get a crack at the title over teams that didn't have to "run that gauntlet"
 
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