Yes I was saying it in the sense that all 3 pull off the upsets. ND is -4 this weekend and 66/33 per predictor. VA is 51%/49% per predictor. Those two could happen. GT would help to get them bowl eligible as they also have Georgia left and will likely need an upset in one of those two games to make it to 6-6. Pitt needs to have played as many bowl teams as it can. A lot of head-to heads left in the coastal, so any external wins will help the whole conference.
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Yes I was saying it in the sense that all 3 pull off the upsets. ND is -4 this weekend and 66/33 per predictor. VA is 51%/49% per predictor. Those two could happen. GT would help to get them bowl eligible as they also have Georgia left and will likely need an upset in one of those two games to make it to 6-6. Pitt needs to have played as many bowl teams as it can. A lot of head-to heads left in the coastal, so any external wins will help the whole conference.
Nice post from the original poster.....the most entertaining thing in this thread for me is how many Pitt fans want to avoid playing Wake Forest....Wake Forest!! I know they have a good record and a great offensive attack....but that is one ACCCG opponent where we can say we straight up have more raw talent. NC State or Clemson have much more raw talent and that is what always seems to give Pitt problems (i.e. why we lose to Miami all the time even when we are having better seasons than them). I know we just beat Clemson, but doesn't anyone really want to play them again instead of Wake Forest??
All you had to say is "They are Notre Dame". That gets them extra credit points.
Head to head game on the schedule dictates that you can't have Clemson win out and also have Wake Forest finish the regular season 12-0. You can have one or the other, but you can't have both.
Correct. But we want Clemson to win as much as possible between now and end of the season. So for this week, it is ok to root for both teams.
I don't think there are many fans who care who is in the ACC Championship game at this point. We just need to take care of business to get there.
That said, I would not want to play Clemson again. I think their offense eventually figures it out a little bit. And even an average offense would be effective paired with their defense.
Most of this doesn't make sense but I think you're trying to say strength of schedule would benefit ND over Pitt but Cincy would ultimately get the spot, somehow.
You're correct about the value of the strength of schedule. Has always been one of the bigger factors in the rankings. But the CFP has only excluded a one loss or fewer P5 conference champ for ND and that was when they were undefeated. The other times P5 conference champs were excluded was when all of the P5 conference champs have one or fewer losses. If Pitt and ND both finish with one loss, it is very possible strength of schedule would tip the scales to ND but it's also probably why Cincy won't be part of the conversation. Difficult to use it for one school and not another.
This is where an undefeated Wake would help and the ACC title game.
Maybe assume #5 Wake (12-0), #6 ND (11-1), #7 Pitt (11-1). If Pitt were to beat Wake would the committee really slot idle ND ahead of Pitt? Maybe, but chances are Pitt would leap ND in that scenario.
I would add if you want to see Pickett get an NYC invite a big root against today is Kenneth Walker III. He’s sitting a little behind Pickett right now around 16-1, but if he somehow goes off today against that Michigan defense and MSU wins he is going to be the new big name in the Heisman race and probably leapfrog Pickett and maybe even Stroud.
I don’t see it happening, and certainly hope it doesn’t.
I don’t see it happening, and certainly hope it doesn’t.
I need both of those scores to hold. Was very happy to get -3 with a (somewhat) surging Wisconsin team against Iowa.
20-0 Wisconsin over iowa
2 Cincy 14-12 over 1-5 Tulane at halftime. Another dud by these bearcats.
2 Cincy 14-12 over 1-5 Tulane at halftime. Another dud by these bearcats.
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