bucknuticus
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Clay Travis also saying PSU vs OSU so im feeling even more confident its not
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College Football 2016 Championship Week: Of Meaningless Titles
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Clay Travis also saying PSU vs OSU so im feeling even more confident its not
Purple Cheeto
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I said this last week and got shot down. But I agree.
perfectchaos007
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The best part about this debate is no one is talking about the team that went undefeated in teh Big 12. Fuck Oklahoma. Fuck the Big 12
Mac the KNife
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Yeahbuhwhat?
B1G is not the best conference. It's not even 2nd best. Listen to the podcast this week and you'll find out why.
Not to get political, but saying PSU aren't the B1G champs is like saying Trump didn't win the election because he didn't win the popular vote.
Yeah this isn't the Big 12. They aren't going to screw over the PAC12. The debate is OSU and PSU. OSU fans have their hands over their ears yelling "lalalalala I can't hear you" but their spot is in peril
metalslimer
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At worst they will drop Ohio State to 4 to "punish" them for not playing a conference championship
I don't see Clemson not making the playoffs
bucknuticus
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Hippopuncher12
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Nah 3rd if the top 4 stays what it is. Clemson should jump them Washington should not. However if they somehow put Penn St and OSU in then yes drop OSU to 4 and PSU to 3.
Bama and Clemson are in who knows about the other 2. It is a committee that has in the past dropped teams for no reason other than that conference didn't have a championship game. I would guess Washington is in since these people answer to the conferences and schools and then it is an OSU vs PSU debate.
Jerm411
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Won a weak conf., no signature win, and a terrible home loss yet everyone acts like they're a lock...it's nuts to me.
I think we might drop to 3 which ultimately does nothing since 2 and 3 play. They want to set up a possible OSU vs Bama final.
bucknuticus
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Look, the biggest thing that SHOULD keep UDUB out of the playoffs.
They let Rutgers score on them
They let Rutgers score on them
if ou hadn't dropped an egg against houston they'd likely leapfrog both washington and penn state though, so i don't see your point.
I do think it's kinda trashy that okie state wasn't given a fair shake considering if they beat OU their big loss was due to a garbage crew blowing a call.
This morning there were four teams ranked in the top seven. Yes it is either feast or famine in the Big Ten (local Illinois fan here) but there is no doubt that conference is the best this year.
I'm saying they all knew the rules going into it. The rules say PSU are the B1G champs. There's no debates or ifs, ans, or buts about it. Whether PSU deserve a playoff spot is another matter. I'm already on record as saying OSU are a lock, fwiw.
Azwethinkweiz
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You're right. Let's put the team who finished third in their division, only had 4 road games and lost two of them, and didn't even play this week. Also, the B1G's bottom 4 probably wouldn't even have a winning record in the FCS.
Yes, I know I'm biased. But thinking Michigan should be in is fucking bananas.
bucknuticus
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But thats the things, we literally dont know the rules! The committee has said time and time again that conf titles are only used if they feel teams are "equal" and last sunday they said there was a "large gap" between OSU and PSU
Officerrob
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If Penn State gets in at #4, does Alabama beat them by 40 or 50?
I would hope by 70 and then Saban hits Franklin with a shiv during the handshake
ErnieMcCracken
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We know the rules for determining the B1G champion though. And those rules say that's PSU. So any debate about that is dumb and useless and a waste of time.
But yes, who knows what the committee will do. I think it's Bama, OSU, Clemson, Washington in that order. But who knows.
Purple Cheeto
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This I will agree with. The committee is making shit up every week and no one here has any more insight than anyone else into what matters.
FloydtheFathead
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Yup.. Michigan helped screw the pooch just as bad.
Fuck you Ez.. Fuck you wisconsin. You had one job and you drunken louts let them off the damn hook.
As much as it takes for the healing to begin for all of us..
It's top heavy and bottom heavy. And it's not the top conference in the country according to S&P+.
bucknuticus
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I think the rankings stay exactly as they were this week
TheSchwab_7
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Clemson and Penn State lost to Pitt. Not a bad loss because of that.
Michigan crushed Penn who beat Ohio State who beat Michigan who lost to Iowa who got crushed by Penn
The math is there friends
Michigan crushed Penn who beat Ohio State who beat Michigan who lost to Iowa who got crushed by Penn
The math is there friends
Mac the KNife
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We're in uncharted territory here. Penn State's extra loss could arguably be mitigated by the extra win in a conference championship game. The conference team ahead of them in the rankings sat at home today eating cold pizza and they hold a W against that team.
I love that this is super-messy for the committee and their opaque process.
LegalEagleMike
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lol why is sportscenter talking to a guy at Michigan. That ship has sailed.
that pitt loss still hurts
Purple Cheeto
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In other news ESPN apparently gets to pick the matchup for some bowls so they swapped Miss State with Houston in the Vegas bowl.
TCU probably thought that too
You don't punish a team for letting a Purdue-castoff throw for damn near 300 yards? Buckeye, please. Browning probably still has an erection thinking about that possible match up.
bucknuticus
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lock of the century for bama to repeat
TCU shouldnt have played a shit OOC and they wouldnt have had to worry about it
TheSchwab_7
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Yeah I honestly have no clue how they'll pick, but it'll be Alabama, Ohio State, Wash, Clemson
MugiwaraCole
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Watching everyone clamor over who's gonna finish behind Alabama is extremely entertaining.
I think the fact that they showed last year they can hang with the best in the playoffs is the reason for this. I'm not sure anyone has any confidence that Washington is going to give Alabama a game; Clemson is a different story.
My thoughts as well, as much as I'd love for us to go.
perfectchaos007
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Alright I guess I'll go ahead and post my prediction. first % is how confident I am they are in that spot, the second % is how I feel their chances are of being somewhere in the final 4.
1. Alabama (100%) (100%)
2. Clemson (50%) (100%)
3. Ohio State (50%) (80%)
4. Washington (40%) (70%)
5. Penn State (50%) (50%)
6. Oklahoma (75%) (0%)
1. Alabama (100%) (100%)
2. Clemson (50%) (100%)
3. Ohio State (50%) (80%)
4. Washington (40%) (70%)
5. Penn State (50%) (50%)
6. Oklahoma (75%) (0%)
jstevenson
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Penn State beat 2 and 6 in the last few weeks and now has the title of conference champ of the toughest confern CE and the head to head win over Ohio State. Sorry Buckeyes
GodfatherX
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Team fuck the college playoff committee?
This is my main gripe, they do whatever they want without ever having to defend their bullshit, aka michigan losing to an unranked team but not moving. It's completely subjective and influenced by bias, and if you look at the members it definitely has a big ten and sec bias. Rice is the only person on the committee that I halfway trust, and that's with me being very anti bush administration
Claude Dallas
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Congratulations to Penn State for winning a conference title so quickly after helping an old man rape little kids. In America, anything is possible as long as your fans travel.
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