College football week 14 thread: ATLiens

[Della9250]

No surprise:

Heisman finalists: LSU QB Daniels, Oregon QB Nix, Washington QB Penix Jr., Ohio St. WR Harrison Jr.

 

[three_bags_full]

Brock Glenn didn't get an invite?

 

[DanOregon]

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.

 

[swingline]

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.

 

[MileHigh]

If Oregon screws around and loses to Liberty they'll be laughed at for years.

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.

 

[kickoff-time]

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.

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.

 

[Della9250]

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.

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

 

[MileHigh]

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.

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 heck 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?

 

[kickoff-time]

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

It's obviously not going to happen for reasons you stated, but Big Two could likely have a majority of at-large teams.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

With all the teams in the two conferences, cherry picked at that, they ought to get a bunch of at-large berths.

 

[DanOregon]

SI cover jinx strikes again.

Deion Sanders, fiancée Tracey Edmonds split after over 10 years together

 

[goalmouth]

SI cover jinx strikes again.

Deion Sanders, fiancée Tracey Edmonds split after over 10 years together

Supposedly Prime couldn't toe the line.