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College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Nov 27, 2023.

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  1. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    No surprise:

    Heisman finalists: LSU QB Daniels, Oregon QB Nix, Washington QB Penix Jr., Ohio St. WR Harrison Jr.
     
    Della9250, Dec 4, 2023
    #817
  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Brock Glenn didn't get an invite?
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 4, 2023
    #818
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Between recruiting high school kids, hiring to fill openings on a coaching staff, (maybe sniffing around for a new gig for yourself) and the portal - I imagine bowl prep for all but the CFP is an afterthought for coaches in terms of priorities. And it will only get worse next year when 12 programs will be dealing with it.
    Oh yeah - and the student-athletes have finals to deal with this time of year. Don't forget Christmas with the family! haha.
     
    DanOregon, Dec 4, 2023
    #819
  4. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    In the SEC, Drink was named coach of the year. Cody Schrader and Luther Burden III are first-team offensive members.

    And the Cotton Bowl line went from Mizzou +7.5 to +2.5 after Ohio State's QB said he's entering the portal. I'm looking forward to this game, sadly at home.
     
    swingline, Dec 4, 2023
    #820
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    USC losing to Fresno State in the Freedom Bowl still comes up. Oklahoma losing to Boise in the Fiesta. But Liberty beating Oregon would top all of that.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 4, 2023
    #821
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  6. kickoff-time

    kickoff-time Well-Known Member

    What's interesting Moddy is if these same 12 were in next year, you would have 5 from the Big Ten, 5 from the SEC and Liberty playing at Florida State in the first round. Guarantee of 7 of 8 teams from the Big Two in the quarterfinals.
     
    kickoff-time, Dec 4, 2023
    #822
  7. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    You can't assume that though with the Pac-12's demise because of the new schedules: Washington's schedule will have Michigan, Iowa, USC, Penn State and Oregon; Michigan's has Texas, Washington, Oregon USC and Ohio State; Ohio State has Oregon, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan.

    They are all going to knock themselves around.

    Someone is going to win the Big 12 title and get one of the spots.

    A Notre Dame team that has two or fewer losses, and maybe even three, is going to be a factor -- next year they play A&M, Louisivlle, Notre Dame and USC
     
    Della9250, Dec 4, 2023
    #823
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    First, I'm not Moddy. There's only one Moddy and it's not me.

    Second, actually, not quite. This is how it would look this year, going by this year's final rankings, but would likely be tweaked to avoid conference matchups. Top six conference champions get bids then six wild cards.

    12. Liberty at 5. Florida State
    11. Mississippi at 6. Georgia
    10. Penn State at 7. Ohio State
    9. Missouri at 8. Oregon

    Orange: Missouri-Oregon vs. 1. Michigan
    Fiesta: Penn State-Ohio State vs. 2. Washington
    Cotton: Mississippi-Georgia vs. 3. Texas
    Peach: Liberty-Florida State vs. 4. Alabama

    Rose: Orange vs. Peach
    Sugar: Fiesta vs. Cotton

    If we had next year's conference alignments and these rankings, which of course we wouldn't because you have two 13-0 teams from the same conference, but for the hell of it, let's play the game. Note: The top four conference champions get the byes, not the top four teams and five conferences get in with seven wild cards (pending rubber-stamp approval):

    1. Michigan
    2. Texas
    3. Florida State
    4. Arizona

    12. Liberty* at 5. Washington
    11. Mississippi at 6. Alabama
    10 Penn State at 7. Georgia
    9 Oregon at 8. Ohio State

    Orange: Oregon-Ohio State vs. 1. Michigan
    Cotton: Penn State-Georgia vs. 2. Texas
    Peach: Mississippi-Alabama vs. 3. Florida State
    Fiesta: Oregon-Ohio State vs. 4. Arizona

    Rose: Orange vs. Fiesta
    Sugar: Cotton vs. Peach

    * I don't know how this is going to play out with the Pac-2. NCAA says you can be a conference with at least two teams for two years, so would Oregon State get the nod here?
     
    MileHigh, Dec 4, 2023
    #824
  9. kickoff-time

    kickoff-time Well-Known Member

    It's obviously not going to happen for reasons you stated, but Big Two could likely have a majority of at-large teams.
     
    kickoff-time, Dec 4, 2023
    #825
  10. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    With all the teams in the two conferences, cherry picked at that, they ought to get a bunch of at-large berths.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Dec 4, 2023
    #826
  11. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    DanOregon, Dec 4, 2023
    #827
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  12. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    goalmouth, Dec 4, 2023
    #828
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