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Cxllege Fxxtball 2016 Week Thirteen: Whx gets the best lxss?
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Hippopuncher12
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I will agree the officiating was awful I did see some missed stuff on both sides but that no call in OT was pretty bad.
Frozenprince
Banned
That missed armbar PI was way worse than the spot.
Grown man throwing temper tantrums on the field during the game that cost his team is now throwing more temper tantrums after the game. Being passionate is one thing but being a man-child is another.
SMH didn't your parents ever teach you not to drink from strangers' flasks? I thought that was lesson number one in Ohio.
MugiwaraCole
Member
Yep.
People are really calling for teams that clearly aren't one of the best teams in the country to have a shot at a title just so we can watch them get carried off the field. This is stupid.
Best officiated game of the year.
Lol, ESPN showing Peppers punching a fan and Harbaugh whining about an evenly called game. Beautiful.
Mac the KNife
Member
Can we get Michigan v. Western Michigan, please?
Hippopuncher12
Member
Yeah it was bad a no call at the beginning of the game also I even tweeted it like damn I felt bad for UM on that one. The spot though I thought was fine rewatching it a million times it was way too close to overturn. They should have measured but not sure what the rule is about it.
My mom said if my lips don't touch the flask then it's fine
GoldenEye 007
Member
Well I'll be a MSU fan for now to put that to rest. Although these FGs aren't helping their cause.
Future Foundation
Member
Even if you weren't wrong about that - it's College Football. That's not saying much. That wasn't really "evenly called". Especially after a really shit non-call.
I don't blame the refs often, but this game was utter horse shit
Frozenprince
Banned
On what planet was that Michigan team we just watched not one of the best in the country?
MugiwaraCole
Member
Ohio State was the 4th ranked team in the country, not the 5th or anything under. Seriously, that's a horrible point to bring up lmao
MugiwaraCole
Member
The planet where they lost to Ohio State and a middling Iowa.
Edit: Double post, sorry 😓
Frozenprince
Banned
Rankings don't mean shit though, it's pretty painfully obvious to see what teams are the best teams just by watching.
OSU, Michigan, Bammers and Washington are the best teams.
Iowa isn't middling, Kirk Ferentz has literally made his job entirely around being good enough to beat a ranked team or two every year.
serenewarfare
Banned
I just can't forgive the fact that they'll sit at home next week while every other top team has to play a tough opponent. They should not get in over any of the conference champions, especially not their own. It's not the committee's fault that tOSU blew the one game that keeps them out of the conference title game.
Frozenprince
Banned
If we're gonna out importance onto winning the conference, then keeping out the team that does win it if OSU doesn't even go to the game is kinda ridiculous. Tbh.
sf2fanatic
Member
So how muddy is the USC game? I don't care to watch.
MugiwaraCole
Member
You're drunk if you think a 1 loss ACC champion Clemson is out instead of Michigan.
We play football games for a reason. Michigan lost today. That happened. It was their second loss of the season and there are enough 1 loss teams with shots at conference titles to exclude them from the discussion. They're out. Quit being weird about it.
Velcro Fly
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So is beating a maybe 3 loss Wisconsin in a nothing to gain and everything to lose scenario that important? They just got lucky. They didn't rig this on purpose. And State Penn could easily still lose too. Being punished for something not of their own making is foolish when their resume says they are good enough to be in.
Putting a 2 loss Wisconsin in over them when they beat Wisconsin in the regular season is laughable too.
Just eliminate divisions and have one table and the top two play at the end of the season.
Putting a 2 loss Wisconsin in over them when they beat Wisconsin in the regular season is laughable too.
Just eliminate divisions and have one table and the top two play at the end of the season.
Hippopuncher12
Member
While if Penn St wins the Big10 I agree they lost to them they shouldn't go ahead. In the case of Wisconsin they should they beat them and play in a much tougher division. Other conferences as long as it's Bama and Clemson then yes. If OU wins the B12 again no they lost to them and that one wasn't close so it comes down to Pac 12. Washington? Yeah keep OSU out anyone else? Hell no.
GoldenEye 007
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Not sure if this was talked about, but...
Pitt 76
Syracuse 61
I did not accidentally post this in the football thread. This was very intentional.
Pitt 76
Syracuse 61
I did not accidentally post this in the football thread. This was very intentional.
I'm an OSU fan and honestly, if things break in a way that we don't make it in, I will understand it. I think they deserve to be in, but if PSU wins the conference and takes the last spot over us, I dont think we have too much to be mad about.
Right now, I'm just happy that Michigan has to keep holding that L for another year.
was about to say, murder would become legal in the state of Indiana
Hippopuncher12
Member
Nebraska was eliminated in embarrassing fashion yesterday. Wiscy is going to the CCG regardless.
serenewarfare
Banned
It absolutely, 100% is. Every other team in the top four (Bama, Clemson, and Washington) has to go out next week and play relatively tough opponents. They have to risk fluke upsets. They have to risk injuries. They have to earn it.
Ohio State should not be rewarded for sitting out of a potentially tough game.
GoldenEye 007
Member
UL aways chokes on the big stage.
Fragamemnon
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it's like 90s pac-10 scoring there. 81 points in the second half HOW.
Velcro Fly
Member
The problem again is the polls.
There is no way around it.
You have 5 power conferences and 4 spots.
Tie the committees hands and make them take the 4 best conference champions.
We probably have LSU winning another title on the heels of the 9-6 win over Alabama that one year instead of the 21-0 whipping Alabama put on them in the title game.
We're essentially saying that we no longer want the 4 best teams regardless of scenario, we only want conference champions.
There is no way around it.
You have 5 power conferences and 4 spots.
Tie the committees hands and make them take the 4 best conference champions.
We probably have LSU winning another title on the heels of the 9-6 win over Alabama that one year instead of the 21-0 whipping Alabama put on them in the title game.
We're essentially saying that we no longer want the 4 best teams regardless of scenario, we only want conference champions.
Already Torn
Banned
Penn State better lose
For all the hate the BCS got it generally had the teo best teams. There are exceptions and the Comittee should use something similar outside of gut feel.
Mac the KNife
Member
They won't. MSU is down to their last and worst QB.
Already Torn
Banned
I know, because everything this year is terrible
serenewarfare
Banned
We can't make conference championship games meaningless. Then what's the point of playing them?
Shouldn't there be inherent value in playing in a conf game? You hang banners for winning those.
GoldenEye 007
Member
I think the issue was mainly that sometimes that there were more than two teams that could make a case for the post season. Then the BCS had questionable methodology with the computers and crap. Just feels weird that computers dictate who is good or not.
Not that the CFP committee is much better because they do not appear to keep a consistent set of metrics to judge teams on.
Bottom line it is very tough to balance this many teams with so few spots without adding a bunch of weeks to the season.
MugiwaraCole
Member
I think it's time to do away with divisions. Just make teams play (9) conference games on a rotating schedule that allows every player to visit every other conference team's stadiums. Have the two best teams play each other at the end for the conference title.
Or eliminate the conference title game, switch to an 8 team playoff, and name conference titles based off records. In the event of ties between two teams that haven't played, name co-champions and put them both in. There might be years that multiple conferences have co-champs, which would mean there aren't enough spots, but thems the breaks. Use strength of schedule and eye test to determine the spots and move on. The system will never be perfect (unless we make the Power 5 the Power 4).
Or eliminate the conference title game, switch to an 8 team playoff, and name conference titles based off records. In the event of ties between two teams that haven't played, name co-champions and put them both in. There might be years that multiple conferences have co-champs, which would mean there aren't enough spots, but thems the breaks. Use strength of schedule and eye test to determine the spots and move on. The system will never be perfect (unless we make the Power 5 the Power 4).
Deferring to rankings decided by humans in an office room instead of actual games on the field?
😂😂
bucknuticus
Member
Luckily Michigan is a young team who can come in and compete again next year......wait what's that?
Well.... you tried
Well.... you tried
This reminds me of the end of 2006 when everyone thought clearly OSU and Michigan were the best two teams in the country. Of course OSU got blown out by UF in the MNC and Michigan got blown out by USC in the Rose Bowl. Stop relying so heavily on the 'eyes test.'
reelbigtink
Member
Seriously, isn't their entire two deep gone next year?
Already Torn
Banned
Penn State beat one good team and they're ranked #7 so let's not pretend wins actually matter