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Miami needs to get the #3 Seed or better, here’s why

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Yes we have a long way to go, and have to win a lot of tough games, but looking ahead, The 2 and 3 seed would probably be a home game for Miami in the semifinals

So we’re rooting for BYU to lose a game is our path to the 3 seed (Kansas, Arizona State, Houston)

The Orange Bowl (Jan. 9) and Cotton Bowl (Jan. 10) are hosting the playoff semifinal games with the national championship game also at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 20.

"The No. 1 team, the committee won't ask them where they want to play, they will put the semifinal that geographically is closest to them in the bracket," Stokan said. "To give an example, because Oregon's No. 1 and they are closer to the Cotton Bowl than the Orange Bowl, Oregon would be placed in the bracket where they would play into if they win into the Cotton Bowl semifinal. And once the brackets are set, they won't change. And if there's a rematch, so be it. If they're in the same bracket and they end up winning, then that's who they're going to play. They're not going to change the bracket once it's set."

With this, if top contenders Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Indiana or BYU earn the No. 1-seed, they would be in the Cotton Bowl bracket based on their campuses being geographical closer to the Cotton Bowl than the Orange Bowl. But if Penn State or Tennessee is the No. 1-seed, they would be in the Orange Bowl bracket. This could create a scenario where if Miami is the 3-seed as they were projected in last week's initial playoff rankings as the ACC representative, they could play in the Orange Bowl for a semifinal game if one of those aforementioned five schools would be in the Cotton Bowl bracket since the 1-seed and 4-seeds would be in the same bracket.
 
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Potentially not having a path for a Semifinal home game is another massive consequence for losing to GT, many that claimed it didn’t change a thing with that loss.
 
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CANESCANES said:
Yes we have a long way to go, and have to win a lot of tough games, but looking ahead, The 2 and 3 seed would probably be a home game for Miami in the semifinals

So we’re rooting for BYU to lose a game is our path to the 3 seed (Kansas, Arizona State, Houston)

The Orange Bowl (Jan. 9) and Cotton Bowl (Jan. 10) are hosting the playoff semifinal games with the national championship game also at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 20.

"The No. 1 team, the committee won't ask them where they want to play, they will put the semifinal that geographically is closest to them in the bracket," Stokan said. "To give an example, because Oregon's No. 1 and they are closer to the Cotton Bowl than the Orange Bowl, Oregon would be placed in the bracket where they would play into if they win into the Cotton Bowl semifinal. And once the brackets are set, they won't change. And if there's a rematch, so be it. If they're in the same bracket and they end up winning, then that's who they're going to play. They're not going to change the bracket once it's set."

With this, if top contenders Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Indiana or BYU earn the No. 1-seed, they would be in the Cotton Bowl bracket based on their campuses being geographical closer to the Cotton Bowl than the Orange Bowl. But if Penn State or Tennessee is the No. 1-seed, they would be in the Orange Bowl bracket. This could create a scenario where if Miami is the 3-seed as they were projected in last week's initial playoff rankings as the ACC representative, they could play in the Orange Bowl for a semifinal game if one of those aforementioned five schools would be in the Cotton Bowl bracket since the 1-seed and 4-seeds would be in the same bracket.
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The semifinals are not played at home stadiums
 
scrantoncane said:
BYU is losing this weekend
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They’ve got a tough last 3 games.

Home vs Kansas, they’re only a 3 point favorite.

At Arizona State, who is 7-2

Home vs Houston, who is playing a lot better. They beat Utah and a ranked Kansas State the last 2 weeks.

Then maybe Colorado in the Big 12 championship game?

If they finish 13-0, they deserve the #3 seed.
 
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Only chance we move up to #3 (or even #2) is if:
BYU loses
An SEC currently ranked behind us, like UGA, wins the SEC in a few more close games.
We win convincingly the next 3 games, especially against SMU. We can't win 45-42.

Need to win 40-10 type games..show that our defense has learned and grown and is entering the end of the season playing it's best (very unlikely).
 
Can we all just stop putting cart before the horse. Our defense is so bad we can lose to anyone. Let’s take off the orange and green glasses and just play a game at a time.

I would love for us to grab a high seed too but at this point with this defense I’ll be happy we make the playoffs. It’s a very flawed team but **** exciting to watch w Cam. As long as Cam doesn’t Clemson us.
 
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I remember going to the Orange Bowl against Nebraska in 1994. The Frank Costa, Warren Sapp, Ray Lewis team. There were 70,000 people wearing red and white inside the Orange Bowl Stadium, telling us to touch the corn. I’d pump the brakes a tad before we go calling the Orange Bowl a home game.
 
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