Uhhh...ok...So our loss to FSU MEANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING....
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Go home Nole.
"Does the selection committee see a small margin of separation between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Penn State? We do not," Hocutt said. "At this point in time, Michigan at three, Clemson at four, Washington at five, there is a small separation between those teams there."
Translation: Ohio State is considerably better than Penn State in the committee's eyes right now. That's very good news for the Buckeyes.
Why? Because it now seems possible that Ohio State could be the Big Ten's representative in the playoff even if Penn State wins the conference.
We are one step closer & I will have to remember this gem if Clemson doesn't sheet the bed tonight.
Dude, the committee doesn't even know if they want Washington in as the LAC-12 Champ. They are going to be the 4 if anything
They are 100% in after that win. You are smoking something if you don't believe that. It wouldn't shock me if they move Washington to the # 2 or # 3 seed but I havent looked closely at their good wins compared to others but winning their conference should be a slight boost in how they possibly look at them.
Do you think they want Bama and Clemson in Georgia and OSU and Washington in Arizona. They would have to put Clemson # 4 to get that however so that probably doesn't happen.
I think they want OSU and Clemson to play eachother in the hopes of getting a rematch story line against Bama.
Either Bama looks for revenge against OSU defeating them in the semi-final in 2014 or or Clemson looks to win a rematch of last years championship after a close loss last season.
Washington doesn't have a great storyline for it.
Either Bama looks for revenge against OSU defeating them in the semi-final in 2014 or or Clemson looks to win a rematch of last years championship after a close loss last season.
Washington doesn't have a great storyline for it.
Well if Wisconsin beats Penn St. that takes one headache out of the committee's decision making since OSU beat them head to head and has one less loss. It looks like the only drama may be where the current 2,3 and 4 are seeded tomorrow unless VT gets going.
They just pasted the #8 team in the country to win the PAC-12 while OSU sat on the couch and Clemson looks terrible against VT. It would be a total joke if they're not #2 tomorrow.
They'll get in, but let's be real about Colorado. They played three teams with talent and got waxed three times. Beating a few teams ranked in the low twenties didn't warrant their ranking.
It doesn't matter what you or I think about CU. The committee has the only opinion that matters and Colorado was #8.
The committee ranked teams going into these games for ratings. This is a business.
They are talking like Washington will be lucky to still be included because of the revenue for money match ups... if they let penn state in to play bama, well just read the two teams names i just typed playing each other... If petersen wasn't their coach and they didn't win by so much Friday they would probably be in trouble, and that's hilarious lol. This is all about money and since the NFL has failed, they really want to have the best product this way.
I think the 4 teams remain the same. Penn State's head to head loss and extra loss will be used to say why they left them out and let OSU in.
My guess now is Bama will be # 1, Clemson # 2, OSU # 3 and Washington# 4. You never know but I just don't see them putting Penn State in over Washington and I think they will have OSU #3 with the argument they have the best wins and only 1 loss despite losing to Penn State and not winning the conference and I think they would rather not have OSU # 4 just in front of Penn State due to their justification issues. Slim chance they even keep them # 2 for that same reason.
My guess now is Bama will be # 1, Clemson # 2, OSU # 3 and Washington# 4. You never know but I just don't see them putting Penn State in over Washington and I think they will have OSU #3 with the argument they have the best wins and only 1 loss despite losing to Penn State and not winning the conference and I think they would rather not have OSU # 4 just in front of Penn State due to their justification issues. Slim chance they even keep them # 2 for that same reason.
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I agree that if they put OSU in they will have them at #3 so there's a buffer between them and PSU to make it look like it really wasn't that close in their eyes.
Ok, will you go away now? No PSU and Washington stayed at 4. Now, shhhhhhhhh. Read between the lines
They are doing a great job deflecting attention from OSU over PSU by asking about Washington over PSU.
Washington played nine conference games too.
Beat Stanford, Colorado, WA State, and were dominant in winning nearly all their games, and lost one game to arguably the hottest team in the country right now.
PSU over OSU was more merited.
Alabama and PSU in Atlanta
Washington and Clemson in Tempe
Just my opinion.
Washington played nine conference games too.
Beat Stanford, Colorado, WA State, and were dominant in winning nearly all their games, and lost one game to arguably the hottest team in the country right now.
PSU over OSU was more merited.
Alabama and PSU in Atlanta
Washington and Clemson in Tempe
Just my opinion.
4 criteria:
Conf title
SOS (especially OOC)
Quality wins
Bad losses
OSU wins 3 of 4. OSU was never a consideration to get left out.
Yeah and the beneficiary of it seems to be Clemson. Not sure what people have seen from them that makes them the unquestioned #2. Have they honestly been more impressive than UW?
At least Bama will have to play spread offenses in back to back games. Washington and Clemson/OSU are the types of teams Saban struggles with. Certainly a tougher draw for Bama this year than last where they got Michigan State who you knew they were going to trounce.
Penn State would have got it without the early loss probably but 2 losses was too much to overcome.
Havent watched Washington but I think Bama defense matches up with OSU because they have to be able to run well usually. You have to pass a lot to beat Bama probably.
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