Week 12 Other Games Thread

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Sparlimb said:
Okie St is DEAD. I'm calling it even though they could still score 40 more in this game...
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Baylor has 607 yards of offense with 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Georgia - Georgia Southern going to OT.
 

Mississippi St took the lead on Arkansas. I'm going to go back and watch that one, like 5 minutes left.
 

Just in time to see Arkansas score a td and take the lead back.
 

7 TD passes by the Arkansas QB. That's crazy talk.
 

I turn back and Mississippi St just scored again. 51-50 right now with 3:05 left.
 


Razorbacks inside 20 yard line with 1:20 left...
 

Mississippi St blocks the game winning field goal attempt and Bert is going to lose another heartbreaker...

Sorry Delta...
 


No disrespect to Arkansas fans, but Bert is so much fun to cheer against...
 



Notre Dame shouldn't be anywhere near the CFP's Top 6.
 


Did you see the lawsuits on FanDuel and DraftKings? Those two sites are already dead, they just don't know it yet...
 

Sparlimb said:
They've pretty much already punched their ticket. All they need to do is beat Stanford. Fear the Tree!
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Looks like Bama, Notre Dame/Iowa/MSU, Clemson, and Oklahoma. The Big 10 needs to hope for a Stanford win over ND.
 



Sparlimb said:
They've pretty much already punched their ticket. All they need to do is beat Stanford. Fear the Tree!
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So they still have an opportunity to make the case that they might be as good as Northwestern (even though they probably are not).

Having ND ranked ahead of OSU, MSU, Michigan, and Oklahoma is laughable. It makes the CFP look like a sham in just its second year. All of those teams would easily pound ND.
 

mnsportsgeek said:
Looks like Bama, Notre Dame/Iowa/MSU, Clemson, and Oklahoma. The Big 10 needs to hope for a Stanford win over ND.
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Looks like it. Iowa is the one who doesn't need help. If they win out, they are in for sure. Can't put a one loss over them. If Michigan St wins out, they likely get in over Notre Dame. Hopefully Stanford wins next weekend and makes it a moot point. And Bama loses to Florida and Clemson loses to UNC (and Oklahoma loses to Okie St). Then we can argue Iowa, Michigan St and Ohio St all belong in...
 

Goldmember said:
So they still have an opportunity to make the case that they might be as good as Northwestern (even though they probably are not).

Having ND ranked ahead of OSU, MSU, Michigan, and Oklahoma is laughable. It makes the CFP look like a sham in just its second year. All of those teams would easily pound ND.
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Totally agree. Who has Notre Dame, Clemson, or Alabama beaten? Seriously?
 

Goldmember said:
So they still have an opportunity to make the case that they might be as good as Northwestern (even though they probably are not).

Having ND ranked ahead of OSU, MSU, Michigan, and Oklahoma is laughable. It makes the CFP look like a sham in just its second year. All of those teams would easily pound ND.
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The committee will hopefully stick it to Notre Dame and the Big 12 until they play 13 games.


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Goldmember said:
So they still have an opportunity to make the case that they might be as good as Northwestern (even though they probably are not).

Having ND ranked ahead of OSU, MSU, Michigan, and Oklahoma is laughable. It makes the CFP look like a sham in just its second year. All of those teams would easily pound ND.
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Good strength of schedule, only loss was on the road against the #1 team in the country. I get that many people can't stand them but people act like they shouldn't even be in the top 25.

Every team you listed has their weaknesses. Ohio St. hasn't beaten a top 25 team. Michigan St. lost to a 5-win Nebraska team. Michigan has two losses. Oklahoma lost to a bad Texas team. I can see people making an argument that all those teams should be ahead of ND but I don't think it is outrageous to think ND should be ahead of those teams. Entering this week I would have probably had them at 6 or 7. If they beat Stanford next week they should have a good shot of getting in.
 

Best case scenario for us right now is MSU beats Iowa in the championship game and Iowa's loss drops them behind Ohio State in the rankings which knocks them out of the Rose Bowl and into the Peach bowl or something. Still a good bowl, but at least it's not the Rose Bowl.
 

mnsportsgeek said:
Best case scenario for us right now is MSU beats Iowa in the championship game and Iowa's loss drops them behind Ohio State in the rankings which knocks them out of the Rose Bowl and into the Peach bowl or something. Still a good bowl, but at least it's not the Rose Bowl.
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How about Nebraska beats them next week, then they lose in the BT Championship. I wouldn't be shocked if they lose to Nebraska.
 

mnsportsgeek said:
Best case scenario for us right now is MSU beats Iowa in the championship game and Iowa's loss drops them behind Ohio State in the rankings which knocks them out of the Rose Bowl and into the Peach bowl or something. Still a good bowl, but at least it's not the Rose Bowl.
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I'm hoping Iowa, Ohio St and Michigan St all make the CFP (with Michigan in the 4th spot), leaving a 5-7 Minnesota as the Rose Bowl Representative. I'm up for it...
 

GophersInIowa said:
How about Nebraska beats them next week, then they lose in the BT Championship. I wouldn't be shocked if they lose to Nebraska.
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Possibly, but I wouldn't hold my breath that Nebraska beats Iowa. Iowa is overrated, but they're not that overrated.
 


mnsportsgeek said:
Possibly, but I wouldn't hold my breath that Nebraska beats Iowa. Iowa is overrated, but they're not that overrated.
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Nebraska found a way to beat Michigan St. I know they got a little help but they still played good enough to be with the Spartans at the end.

Another awesome scenario is if Florida loses next week to Florida St. and then somehow beats Alabama in the SEC championship. Good chance the SEC gets shut out of the playoffs if that happens.
 




Playoff rankings favor Notre Dame, hurt Sooners ... and support one crazy conspiracy theory

Full story from a Tulsa paper (FWIW)

We’ve been saying the College Football Playoff rankings before Dec. 6 don’t matter. But after seeing Tuesday’s rankings, who can say for sure?

We all love conspiracy theories, and this one, which I first floated in my Ask Hoover blog last week, is a doozy:
The best way for the college football movers and shakers to gain real bargaining power over ESPN and other television networks is for the best of the Power 5 conferences to congeal into four, 16-team superconferences. The leagues and schools would hold all the cards in the board room and could name their own price for the rights to broadcast their games.

The best way to make that happen is to dissolve the weakest of the Power 5 conferences — the Big 12 — and absorb the best of the Big 12 into the others.

And the best way to accomplish that is to take measures to lessen the chances of the Big 12 getting a spot in the four-team playoff. That will frustrate the Big 12’s best teams and best programs into wanting to leave, and if an OU or a Texas wants to leave, the Big 12 is doomed and it’ll be every school for itself.

That might sound like a farfetched and convoluted George Lucas script. But is it? Look at this week’s rankings. If the fourth playoff spot comes down to a one-loss Notre Dame against a one-loss and Big 12 champ Oklahoma, the Irish will carry the day. Here's why:
 

Obligatory post about the TCU cheerleaders being called the "Showgirls."
 

Unregistered User said:
Playoff rankings favor Notre Dame, hurt Sooners ... and support one crazy conspiracy theory

Full story from a Tulsa paper (FWIW)

We’ve been saying the College Football Playoff rankings before Dec. 6 don’t matter. But after seeing Tuesday’s rankings, who can say for sure?

We all love conspiracy theories, and this one, which I first floated in my Ask Hoover blog last week, is a doozy:
The best way for the college football movers and shakers to gain real bargaining power over ESPN and other television networks is for the best of the Power 5 conferences to congeal into four, 16-team superconferences. The leagues and schools would hold all the cards in the board room and could name their own price for the rights to broadcast their games.

The best way to make that happen is to dissolve the weakest of the Power 5 conferences — the Big 12 — and absorb the best of the Big 12 into the others.

And the best way to accomplish that is to take measures to lessen the chances of the Big 12 getting a spot in the four-team playoff. That will frustrate the Big 12’s best teams and best programs into wanting to leave, and if an OU or a Texas wants to leave, the Big 12 is doomed and it’ll be every school for itself.

That might sound like a farfetched and convoluted George Lucas script. But is it? Look at this week’s rankings. If the fourth playoff spot comes down to a one-loss Notre Dame against a one-loss and Big 12 champ Oklahoma, the Irish will carry the day. Here's why:
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I think we've been saying the 4-16 team conferences with non-conference games against themselves (like the NFL) is something that will probably happen in the next 20 years. I think it will be fine for football but not good for basketball.
 

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