Pitt #18
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I’ll take it. SMU 13. And we have Clemson and Louisville both ranked coming up.
Need to take care of uva.
Need to take care of uva.
Which is exactly what I said. The resume is good. Somehow win these next 4 and we have an excellent chance at the CFP.
PSU was WAY higher than I thought and BYU crazy low. What I hate about committees (football AND basketball) is they penalize bad losses more than they reward good wins. We didn't make the NCAA Tournament last year because we lost a November game to a Missouri team picked to make the NCAAT preseason but ended up going 0-18 in the SEC. PSU is rewarded for a good loss vs OSU but has no good wins. Tennessee beat Alabama but they are penalized more for the Arkansas loss. PSU has no bad losses BUT no good wins.
Well, hopefully Todd Graham has this team ready to improve its BCS ranking in the forthcoming weeks.
There's a path to making the BCS title game, but it's gonna involve some Donnie Darko shit.
I am happy with Pitt's ranking.
Not happy to see 4 Big Ten and 4 SEC teams in. We kind of knew it would go this way, but the message is sent now. The CFP will annually be 4 Big Ten, 4 SEC, 1 ACC, 1 Big 12, 1 G5 and then Notre Dame if it's at least 10-2, else maybe Big 12 or ACC get a 2nd team. I know they are talking about actually making 4 Big Ten, 4 SEC formally part of the next deal. But they don't need to. They can just contractually leave it more 'open' like now to pretend there is some semblance of a level playing field, and just pick the 4&4 every year.
For now, I am still interested in a lot of this because Pitt has a good team and somewhat of a shot. But as the years go by and the ACC and Big 12 are basically relegated to G5 status as one-bid leagues, I will likely lose interest altogether in college football.
Not happy to see 4 Big Ten and 4 SEC teams in. We kind of knew it would go this way, but the message is sent now. The CFP will annually be 4 Big Ten, 4 SEC, 1 ACC, 1 Big 12, 1 G5 and then Notre Dame if it's at least 10-2, else maybe Big 12 or ACC get a 2nd team. I know they are talking about actually making 4 Big Ten, 4 SEC formally part of the next deal. But they don't need to. They can just contractually leave it more 'open' like now to pretend there is some semblance of a level playing field, and just pick the 4&4 every year.
For now, I am still interested in a lot of this because Pitt has a good team and somewhat of a shot. But as the years go by and the ACC and Big 12 are basically relegated to G5 status as one-bid leagues, I will likely lose interest altogether in college football.
A 12-1 SMU team leaving a 12-1 Miami team in its wake would get two ACC teams in.
But yeah - it's a weird year. Like Notre Dame doesn't, and hasn't in some time, played anyone that is a legit threat to give them a second loss. Same for Alabama; they play at LSU, but LSU sucks.
I didn't even think of the potential "bid stealers" component to this, but you can see how that could happen in a conference like the Big 12 if BYU wins out in the regular season and loses in the championship game.
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If we get to the BCS, can we stop Maurice Clarett? I'm afraid it could get ugly.
