There's Alabama
followed by a gap and then Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson in a yet to be determined order.
Then there is a gap followed by Notre Dame and Penn State in a yet to be determined order.
Then there are a whole host of 1 and 2 loss teams which will be slugging it out for the title of the best non stellar but above average team in the nation. They all will be headed for bowls not involved in the CFP.
Then there are even more schools who will simply be vying for the unranked slots in the non CFP, non New Year's bowls.
(10-06-2018 10:38 PM)JRsec Wrote: [ -> ]There's Alabama
followed by a gap and then Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson in a yet to be determined order.
Then there is a gap followed by Notre Dame and Penn State in a yet to be determined order.
Then there are a whole host of 1 and 2 loss teams which will be slugging it out for the title of the best non stellar but above average team in the nation. They all will be headed for bowls not involved in the CFP.
Then there are even more schools who will simply be vying for the unranked slots in the non CFP, non New Year's bowls.
It's Alabama's world. The rest of us just live in it.
So who has Bama beaten to put them leaps and bounds in front of everyone else??
The top 4 are a lot closer than most people think.
(10-06-2018 11:55 PM)utpotts Wrote: [ -> ]So who has Bama beaten to put them leaps and bounds in front of everyone else??
The top 4 are a lot closer than most people think.
Alabama is really good but they haven’t played anyone of note yet. A&M looks okay but that’s it. I still think they’re #1 but the gap is a lot closer than most people think.
(10-06-2018 10:38 PM)JRsec Wrote: [ -> ]There's Alabama
followed by a gap and then Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson in a yet to be determined order.
Then there is a gap followed by Notre Dame and Penn State in a yet to be determined order.
Then there are a whole host of 1 and 2 loss teams which will be slugging it out for the title of the best non stellar but above average team in the nation. They all will be headed for bowls not involved in the CFP.
Then there are even more schools who will simply be vying for the unranked slots in the non CFP, non New Year's bowls.
Congrats to Miss St. It looks they put a beat down on Auburn.
I hope the the little brother comments end from those who have no say.
(10-07-2018 01:22 AM)P5PACSEC Wrote: [ -> ] (10-06-2018 10:38 PM)JRsec Wrote: [ -> ]There's Alabama
followed by a gap and then Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson in a yet to be determined order.
Then there is a gap followed by Notre Dame and Penn State in a yet to be determined order.
Then there are a whole host of 1 and 2 loss teams which will be slugging it out for the title of the best non stellar but above average team in the nation. They all will be headed for bowls not involved in the CFP.
Then there are even more schools who will simply be vying for the unranked slots in the non CFP, non New Year's bowls.
Congrats to Miss St. It looks they put a beat down on Auburn.
I hope the the little brother comments end from those who have no say.
Auburn's offense is woeful this year. Nobody on this board or any board, unless they are University President in one of the P5 conferences, has a say. Well maybe a Network CEO but I doubt they post much on fan sites.
But as for what they want they've made it known.
The SEC wants state flagship schools with national branding that add to the bottom line. Meet that and the little brother talk goes away. Heck, just add to the bottom line and it has a good chance of not mattering.
Right now to get into the SEC your school would have to add enough value to cover 42 million dollars worth of your own revenue and 16 million more to give the conference office and the other schools all a 1 million dollar bump. There are only two Big 12 schools that can do that, Texas and Oklahoma. But they add enough value that if they bring another state school with them it still would profit the SEC.
None of the other 8 including Kansas add enough value to meet that very rigid criteria.
Now if we could borrow Tech's offense and you could borrow our defense together we might have something besides two very average teams.
(10-07-2018 12:16 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-06-2018 11:55 PM)utpotts Wrote: [ -> ]So who has Bama beaten to put them leaps and bounds in front of everyone else??
The top 4 are a lot closer than most people think.
Alabama is really good but they haven’t played anyone of note yet. A&M looks okay but that’s it. I still think they’re #1 but the gap is a lot closer than most people think.
Look, I'm retired with grown grandchildren (just no greatgrandchildren yet) and I knew Bear Bryant. I've watched 5 decades plus of college football. And I'm telling you as much as I loathe the Tide, this is the best, and the deepest, Alabama football team that I've seen in my lifetime.
So far this year Alabama has had every game in hand by halftime. They've started playing the bench 3 deep in the 3rd quarter of every game. They have a national championship game experienced QB on the bench and they have in his place on the field the most talented passer I've seen at Alabama since Namath and the most mobile QB I've ever seen at Alabama. And his passing accuracy is phenomenal.
So toss in an all American defense that sees little action in the 2nd halves of their games and understand that it goes 2 deep at every position before the talent level drops off and toss in a decent kicker and a good punter and they have practically no weaknesses to exploit.
It actually reminds me quite a bit of the Nebraska teams that had Rimington at center. They are a monster that hasn't had to get out of 2nd gear this year.
Clemson has depth issues on offense. Ohio State isn't as diverse offensively. And Georgia lacks experience. But all three of those teams would be competing quite well for a championship in most years. They all have weaknesses.
The weakest part of Alabama this year is their place kicker and he's still much better than average.
But we'll see. All things have to be won on the field. And I've watched at least 2 games for each of the next three I mentioned and there is a visible difference.
I'm just waiting to see how they look against L.S.U.'s Defense. But I don't expect the game to be close because of the lack of depth for L.S.U. and L.S.U.'s offensive deficiencies.
Ohio State is beatable, but the Big Ten sucks and has nobody left to stand up to them. Franklin choked again and let the Buckeyes get one by. Penn State probably is decent, but if enough happens and somehow that’s a top 4 or 5 team by the end of all of this, it’s a pretty lousy crop this year.
I just hate it when you might have one slot tied up like OSU has, and really for what? The conference overall is just bad.
(10-06-2018 10:38 PM)JRsec Wrote: [ -> ]There's Alabama
followed by a gap and then Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson in a yet to be determined order.
Then there is a gap followed by Notre Dame and Penn State in a yet to be determined order.
Then there are a whole host of 1 and 2 loss teams which will be slugging it out for the title of the best non stellar but above average team in the nation. They all will be headed for bowls not involved in the CFP.
Then there are even more schools who will simply be vying for the unranked slots in the non CFP, non New Year's bowls.
While I agree with you, there's a lot of football to be played and I expect to find one team not in those 6 in the playoffs. Upsets happen.
(10-07-2018 12:16 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-06-2018 11:55 PM)utpotts Wrote: [ -> ]So who has Bama beaten to put them leaps and bounds in front of everyone else??
The top 4 are a lot closer than most people think.
Alabama is really good but they haven’t played anyone of note yet. A&M looks okay but that’s it. I still think they’re #1 but the gap is a lot closer than most people think.
All of the rest have had off weeks where they didn't look very good.
My playoff top four, as of now:
1) Alabama
2) Georgia
3) Clemson
4) Notre Dame
My NY6 today:
CFP
Orange - #1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
Cotton - #2 Ohio St vs #3 Clemson
NY6
Rose - Washington vs Penn St
Sugar - Georgia vs Texas
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs Central Florida
Peach - West Virginia vs North Carolina St
here's the list of all G5 teams with fewer than 2 losses
AAC- Cincy 0, UCF 0, USF 0, Houston 1
CUSA- UAB 1, North Texas 1
MAC- Buffalo 1
MWC- Utah St 1, Hawaii 1, Fresno 1, San Diego St 1
SBC- Troy 1, Ga Southern 1, App St 1
Boise with the big loss yesterday probably has taken them 100% out of the G5 slot.
Looking at the AAC- it's almost certainly their spot. Cincy, UCF, and USF play each other all in the last 3 weeks of the season. Even if they all beat each other whoever wins the tiebreaker and goes on to the AAC title game would be a huge favorite. If Houston has 1 loss- the AAC title game would be 100% for the G5 slot.
(10-07-2018 11:22 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ]My NY6 today:
CFP
Orange - #1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
Cotton - #2 Ohio St vs #3 Clemson
NY6
Rose - Washington vs Penn St
Sugar - Georgia vs Texas
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs Central Florida
Peach - West Virginia vs North Carolina St
I don't think Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 team. So they wouldn't get the Sugar slot. That would probably be either Oklahoma or West Virginia.
Also, very tough to see NC State in the top 12 end of the season, thus they won't get in. It's not like other years where if Clemson makes the playoff, the Orange automatically gets an ACC team as a replacement. I'd probably put either Wisconsin/Michigan in for them.
(10-07-2018 12:03 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 11:22 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ]My NY6 today:
CFP
Orange - #1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
Cotton - #2 Ohio St vs #3 Clemson
NY6
Rose - Washington vs Penn St
Sugar - Georgia vs Texas
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs Central Florida
Peach - West Virginia vs North Carolina St
I don't think Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 team. So they wouldn't get the Sugar slot. That would probably be either Oklahoma or West Virginia.
Also, very tough to see NC State in the top 12 end of the season, thus they won't get in. It's not like other years where if Clemson makes the playoff, the Orange automatically gets an ACC team as a replacement. I'd probably put either Wisconsin/Michigan in for them.
XII title is up for grabs. North Carolina St has a chance if they only lose to Clemson. I see Michigan and Wisconsin with multiple losses each.
(10-07-2018 12:09 PM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 12:03 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 11:22 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ]My NY6 today:
CFP
Orange - #1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
Cotton - #2 Ohio St vs #3 Clemson
NY6
Rose - Washington vs Penn St
Sugar - Georgia vs Texas
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs Central Florida
Peach - West Virginia vs North Carolina St
I don't think Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 team. So they wouldn't get the Sugar slot. That would probably be either Oklahoma or West Virginia.
Also, very tough to see NC State in the top 12 end of the season, thus they won't get in. It's not like other years where if Clemson makes the playoff, the Orange automatically gets an ACC team as a replacement. I'd probably put either Wisconsin/Michigan in for them.
XII title is up for grabs. North Carolina St has a chance if they only lose to Clemson. I see Michigan and Wisconsin with multiple losses each.
yeah and Texas does host West Virginia....
thinking- if Texas does beat WVU- the loser of hte WVU/Oklahoma probably would be out of the NY6 situation quite frankly.
(10-07-2018 12:21 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 12:09 PM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 12:03 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-07-2018 11:22 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: [ -> ]My NY6 today:
CFP
Orange - #1 Alabama vs #4 Notre Dame
Cotton - #2 Ohio St vs #3 Clemson
NY6
Rose - Washington vs Penn St
Sugar - Georgia vs Texas
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs Central Florida
Peach - West Virginia vs North Carolina St
I don't think Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 team. So they wouldn't get the Sugar slot. That would probably be either Oklahoma or West Virginia.
Also, very tough to see NC State in the top 12 end of the season, thus they won't get in. It's not like other years where if Clemson makes the playoff, the Orange automatically gets an ACC team as a replacement. I'd probably put either Wisconsin/Michigan in for them.
XII title is up for grabs. North Carolina St has a chance if they only lose to Clemson. I see Michigan and Wisconsin with multiple losses each.
yeah and Texas does host West Virginia....
thinking- if Texas does beat WVU- the loser of hte WVU/Oklahoma probably would be out of the NY6 situation quite frankly.
Very likely. I’m just not convinced there’s a good #12 for the NY6
I'd go one further and say there's barely a good #11, either. I wouldn't put it past Penn State to lay an egg somewhere along the rest of the season, and not against Michigan. The Big XII has parity...fun for a conference war, but terrible for these bowls if a few of them are coming out of the season banged up; the runner-ups sporting two or three losses.
I'd say Florida is probably going to finish 10-2 and will get into the top 10. So I would probably say they'll get in there pretty easily. Only ranked team they have left is Georgia.
Anybody else think this has been an unusually boring football season thus far?
OU was badly overranked. But, I can’t hold it against the polls. Who the hell else looked top 10?