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I still don’t think Miami sneaks in BUT…there’s a chance. I think the playoff picture is pretty clear, actually.

One caveat here, Miami likely only has a chance if Clemson loses to SMU. That makes things pretty cut and dry. Assuming SMU wins, Clemson is definitely out, and I think 11 spots are locked. In no order

Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana from B1G
UGA, Texas, Tennessee from SEC
SMU from ACC
Notre Dame
Big 12 champ
G5 champ

That’s 11. There’s 1 more spot. It comes down to:

Miami
Alabama
South Carolina
Ole Miss

All those teams have 3 losses and the committee has been pretty consistent on looking at the loss column to determine all this. Also, putting Miami in makes a cleaner decision as far as them not having to choose between the SEC 3-loss schools. Likely, no. A chance, for sure.

And if you’re just gonna reply to say you don’t wanna see us get it cause we’ll get killed, you can save your data plan. I don’t give a ****.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I still don’t think Miami sneaks in BUT…there’s a chance. I think the playoff picture is pretty clear, actually.

One caveat here, Miami likely only has a chance if Clemson loses to SMU. That makes things pretty cut and dry. Assuming SMU wins, Clemson is definitely out, and I think 11 spots are locked. In no order

Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana from B1G
UGA, Texas, Tennessee from SEC
SMU from ACC
Notre Dame
Big 12 champ
G5 champ

That’s 11. There’s 1 more spot. It comes down to:

Miami
Alabama
South Carolina
Ole Miss

All those teams have 3 losses and the committee has been pretty consistent on looking at the loss column to determine all this. Also, putting Miami in makes a cleaner decision as far as them not having to choose between the SEC 3-loss schools. Likely, no. A chance, for sure.

And if you’re just gonna reply to say you don’t wanna see us get it cause we’ll get killed, you can save your data plan. I don’t give a ****.
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All those 3 loss SEC have beaten each other etc.

Cleaner choice is UM.
 
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I dot see them letting us in over a sec team. I personally think we deserve it more than some of the 3 loss sec teams. Losses should matter more than wins. I hope we somehow squeak in.

But for the people that don’t want us in the playoff, go cheer for 2 loss fsu or a G5 team. I can’t fathom not wanting to watch Cam Ward play another game or getting a chance. Comments in here are telling.
 
Cribby said:
We had multiple chances to lock this **** up and pooped the bed twice. Including a 21-0 lead at Syracuse. It’s over and it should be. Nobody thinks a team with an arena league team defense should be in the playoffs.
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Doesn’t really matter what we think, and I agree. It’s what the committee thinks. They’ve consistently had us higher than what this board thinks we’d be or should be.

We’ll know Tuesday night. If we’re 11th, we’re in with a SMU win. If we’re 12th, we’re out regardless.
 
You simply can’t be this bad of a team on one side of the ball and expect to hold off the SEC. In fact, for the long-term we are likely better off with that not happening because our program will be punished rankings-wise for years to come if it does (and we get whipped).
 
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Two weeks ago during our bye, Bama jumped us before they got dominated by Oklahoma and fell in the rankings. Our loss by 4 at a 9 win Syracuse team still seems to be less damaging than a 3 Td blowout to a 6 win OK team but ultimately the committee can do what they want. Still all hinges on SMU winning
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I still don’t think Miami sneaks in BUT…there’s a chance. I think the playoff picture is pretty clear, actually.

One caveat here, Miami likely only has a chance if Clemson loses to SMU. That makes things pretty cut and dry. Assuming SMU wins, Clemson is definitely out, and I think 11 spots are locked. In no order

Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana from B1G
UGA, Texas, Tennessee from SEC
SMU from ACC
Notre Dame
Big 12 champ
G5 champ

That’s 11. There’s 1 more spot. It comes down to:

Miami
Alabama
South Carolina
Ole Miss

All those teams have 3 losses and the committee has been pretty consistent on looking at the loss column to determine all this. Also, putting Miami in makes a cleaner decision as far as them not having to choose between the SEC 3-loss schools. Likely, no. A chance, for sure.

And if you’re just gonna reply to say you don’t wanna see us get it cause we’ll get killed, you can save your data plan. I don’t give a ****.
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Yes, this. But Clemson will beat SMU. All we had to do was win, but we blew a 21-0 lead that never felt it was 21-0 and the offense sputtered when needed to respond.

But yes, if SMU beats Clemson then a #5 Notre Dame vs #12 Miami matchup sounds fun, especially with next year ND coming to Miami for the first game of the season.

Overall, Ole Miss is out, their losses are very bad.

Then it’s Bama or South Carolina. If you value better losses than its USCe, but Bama beat them head to head, which matters I would imagine.

That convo could be avoided in general by placing the 2L team in there with the enticing matchup.
 
This week ranking we likely fall to 11 or 12, but probably 12 with South Carolina ahead of us…it’s what the AP will do too

2 losses by a combined 9 points to a 7-5 (should’ve been 8-4) GT and 9-3 Syracuse (who will be ranked).

Best win @ 8-4 Louisville, who will be ranked this week and 9-3 Duke, who in retrospect should’ve beaten Duke and boy would that have been nice right about now (given a likely Clemson win in ACCCG) and thus would have given SMU 3 losses

Or you simply didn’t need to blow a 21 point lead! Guidry made zero adjustments. It was awful.
 
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The ***** just beat ACCCG participant Clemson in their own building. Alabama beats Auburn. And they are SEC. Meanwhile Syracuse just scored again and our former heisman front runner QB can’t score in his final possession in our two losses. We’re not getting in.
 
Heather Dinich:

11. Miami Hurricanes (10-2)
Why they could be here: The Canes have lost two of their past three games and played themselves out of the ACC title game, but maybe not out of the CFP. The selection committee has had a lot of respect for the Canes, particularly offensively with the star power of quarterback Cam Ward. The committee will also note that both of Miami's losses were close -- something committee chair Manuel has already pointed out when talking about the Canes' loss to Georgia Tech. Much like Indiana, Miami's eye test in the room has outweighed its résumé, as the Canes don't have any wins against ranked opponents. What they do have is one fewer loss than the SEC teams ranked below.

Path to the playoff: If Miami is ranked no lower than No. 11 following Saturday's loss at Syracuse, there's a good chance the Canes are safe. They lost any possibility of a first-round bye, though, and are out of range to host a first-round home game.
 
Miami should not nor deserve to be in the Playoffs. The Defense was terrible after week 4 and Coach Cristobal didn't fo anything with this pathetic Defensive Coordinator and his play calling. The Defensive Coordinator did not make any adjustments and if I'm Cam Ward, I would blame the Defense for not helping him Win the Heisman! He won about 5 games with his late game heroics. Everyone will definitely see how bad the Offense is once Cam doesn't play in the Bowl Game and how worse the Defense will still be. If Defensive Coordinator is not Fired then Cristobal should be Fire too. It still should be considered because he didn't do anything to help make decisions with the Defense! I know this is long but I've been a Hurricanes fan since 1982.....
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I still don’t think Miami sneaks in BUT…there’s a chance. I think the playoff picture is pretty clear, actually.

One caveat here, Miami likely only has a chance if Clemson loses to SMU. That makes things pretty cut and dry. Assuming SMU wins, Clemson is definitely out, and I think 11 spots are locked. In no order

Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana from B1G
UGA, Texas, Tennessee from SEC
SMU from ACC
Notre Dame
Big 12 champ
G5 champ

That’s 11. There’s 1 more spot. It comes down to:

Miami
Alabama
South Carolina
Ole Miss

All those teams have 3 losses and the committee has been pretty consistent on looking at the loss column to determine all this. Also, putting Miami in makes a cleaner decision as far as them not having to choose between the SEC 3-loss schools. Likely, no. A chance, for sure.

And if you’re just gonna reply to say you don’t wanna see us get it cause we’ll get killed, you can save your data plan. I don’t give a ****.
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This. Clemson has to lose. I think Miami drops to 11 tuesday so technically still in for 1 more week
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I still don’t think Miami sneaks in BUT…there’s a chance. I think the playoff picture is pretty clear, actually.

One caveat here, Miami likely only has a chance if Clemson loses to SMU. That makes things pretty cut and dry. Assuming SMU wins, Clemson is definitely out, and I think 11 spots are locked. In no order

Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana from B1G
UGA, Texas, Tennessee from SEC
SMU from ACC
Notre Dame
Big 12 champ
G5 champ

That’s 11. There’s 1 more spot. It comes down to:

Miami
Alabama
South Carolina
Ole Miss

All those teams have 3 losses and the committee has been pretty consistent on looking at the loss column to determine all this. Also, putting Miami in makes a cleaner decision as far as them not having to choose between the SEC 3-loss schools. Likely, no. A chance, for sure.

And if you’re just gonna reply to say you don’t wanna see us get it cause we’ll get killed, you can save your data plan. I don’t give a ****.
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Unfortunately, it’s who you’ve beaten that matters.

South Carolina has Top 25 wins over A&M and Clemson. Their losses are to Ole Miss (top 15), Bama (top 15), and 8-4 LSU.

Alabama has a win over UGA (top 10), South Carolina (top 15) and top 25 A&M, but two bad losses.

Ole Miss has resounding wins over top 10 UGA, top 15 South Carolina, but three one-score losses.

Miami has no top 25 wins, and two bleh losses. Maybe Duke or Syracuse will be ranked now, regardless…resume isn’t comparable.
 
We don’t deserve to be in the playoffs but for the good of pushing this program forward, I’ll gladly take a gift of being talked about for 3-4 more weeks even with a first round loss!

But I won’t be upset if we don’t make it either because we fcked away our opportunity.
 
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