College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

If bammer beats Georgia you could still make a case that they're the best one loss team out there.

 

We need a 12 team playoff why? So Ole Miss can get trucked? Ohio, Penn State, Alabama had their chances.

 

because they wouldn't agree on an eight-team model of the power 5 champions, the best G5 and the next best two at larges.

And Alabama still has a chance. If they beat Georgia, they are certainly in the discussion. And years like this are why expansion is coming.

Could the 4 undefeateds make it nice and tidy? Sure.

And on Saturday night there is a possibility of

12-0 Michigan
11-1 Georgia, Alabama, Washington, Oregon, Florida State, Ohio State, Texas

Go ahead and pick the next three -- when Georgia loses to Alabama but Alabama lost to Texas and Washington and Oregon split with each other and tell me any of the four left out couldn't win the whole thing (Florida State is probably the only one.)

 

Hey! Iowa has a chance to make the Wolverines 12-1.

I should post the Dumb and Dumber meme, but I'm saying there's still a chance.

 

Eh, you don't want to spoil Georgia 56, Michigan 13 do you?

 

What are they going to do now that it's a Power 4?

 

The Pac-12 did extremely well out of conference this year - eight teams went 3-0, with wins of Utah over Florida and Baylor, Oregon over T-Tech, Washington over Michigan State, Wazzu beat Wisconsin, Cal lost narrowly to Auburn and Arizona lost to Mississipi State in OT. And of course Colorado thumping TCU and Nebraska. And Notre Dame beat SC and Stanford. The Pac-12 showed a strength across the board, from top to bottom. AND they played nine conference games. The Committee should really factor in how many conference games a team plays into things - it might get the SEC to finally get rid of Walkover Weekend.

 

Cupcake Saturday will feel like a fond memory soon enough. Alabama’s last Iron Bowl tuneup in 2024 is a trip to Norman.

 

The Committee already factors in something even more important: Can you beat an SEC team in a semifinal game more than 8% of the time?

 

I have no problem with the idea that if Oregon beats an undefeated Washington that is sufficient to rank it in the top 4. But to already have them at No. 5 when they have one win over a CFP-ranked team (No. 20 Oregon State) beggars belief.

 

And that's the thing. By most accounts, it's been a strong year for the Pac-12. It's been a weak year for the SEC. And yet . . .

CFP-ranked teams from Pac-12: Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Oregon State.
CFP-ranked teams from SEC: Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee.

 

Six teams then.

For me it's not whether a team could win, it's whether they should compete. Make it six and punish losing a conference championship. How many people are going to care if the championship ends up a replay of the SEC championship?