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[luvdacanes]

I hope they don’t make it in and we get them in the Pop Tart bowl. I would like to see our old good player succeed right before the nfl draft

 

[Hold My Beer]

There is no scenario where SMU is making this year's CFPO.

I could be wrong.

You could be, but I don't think you are.

Clemson with 3 losses won't be ahead of 3-loss Bama in the final CFP rankings imo.

And if Clemson isn't ahead of Bama, then two-loss SMU (with no Top 25 wins) won't be either.

Also don't see Clemson jumping ahead of ASU (for the last first-round bye) as the Sun Devils obliterated Iowa State in the Big XII title game

Last Week/This week
1. Oregon/Oregon (first-round bye)
2. Texas/ND
3. PSU/UGA (first-round bye)
4. ND/Texas
5. UGA/OSU
6. OSU/PSU
7. Tenn/Tenn
8. SMU/Ind
9. Indiana/Boise (first-round bye)
10. Boise/Bama
11. Bama/ASU (first-round bye)
12. Canes/Clemson
13. Ole Miss/SMU
14. S.Carolina/Canes
15. ASU/Ole Miss
16. Iowa St/S.Carolina
17. Clemson ...

 

[BOLTY]

Unless it’s a squib kick or a trick play or whatever, isn’t the kicker always trying to kick it out of the end zone on a kickoff?

I don’t think you deliberately kick it short of the end zone in the hope that you can tackle him inside the 25 yard line for the field position advantage.

 

[Squid Bumciorek]

I hate that ****** Dabo

I hate him too but credit where it’s due. I think UM has the better team but he is a much better coach, especially in big games.

 

[GOCANES05]

They should still get in.

We’re officially out.

It was an act of mercy not making playoffs, now we should opt out for lack of player interest at all and go home.

I highly recommend

 

[caneforever]

You could be, but I don't think you are.

Clemson with 3 losses won't be ahead of 3-loss Bama in the final CFP rankings imo.

And if Clemson isn't ahead of Bama, then two-loss SMU (with no Top 25 wins) won't be either.

Also don't see Clemson jumping ahead of ASU (for the last first-round bye) as the Sun Devils obliterated Iowa State in the Big XII title game

Last Week/This week
1. Oregon/Oregon (first-round bye)
2. Texas/ND
3. PSU/UGA (first-round bye)
4. ND/Texas
5. UGA/OSU
6. OSU/PSU
7. Tenn/Tenn
8. SMU/Ind
9. Indiana/Boise (first-round bye)
10. Boise/Bama
11. Bama/ASU (first-round bye)
12. Canes/Clemson
13. Ole Miss/SMU
14. S.Carolina/Canes
15. ASU/Ole Miss
16. Iowa St/S.Carolina
17. Clemson ...

Alabama is going to get in ahead of SMU and Clemson does not get a bye. Who has SMU beaten? Their resume looks a lot like ours.

 

[skydogcane6]

Agreed. It’s down to us, Bama and SMU for the last spot. My guess is SMU.

Us and Bama couldn’t make it to our own conference championship games. It should be SMU. Simple as that. People overthinking this ****

 

[Hoyacane1620]

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Boise State
4. Arizona State
5. Texas
6. Penn State
7. Notre Dame
8. Ohio State
9. Tennessee
10. Indiana
11. Clemson
12. SMU

This seems reasonable and likely to me...

 

[Empirical Cane]

An analyst made a great point on Twitter. If the committee punishes a team that loses their conference champ game and rewards one that didn’t play in theirs, the whole conference championship game concept crumbles. Why would teams and conference want to play a championship game if it can hurt you.

Why would teams want to go undefeated and still miss the playoffs like FSU last year?

I believe the committee and SEC/B1G want this to happen to ACC again just as more messaging to everyone on "who really runs **** round here..."

 

[Peruche]

IF Bama’s in SMU is ****ed off.

If SMU is in Bama’s ****ed off.

Make it even Playoff Committee.

Put UM in and make them both ****ed off.

Signed,

Peruche

 

[canesbaby]

Us and Bama couldn’t make it to our own conference championship games. It should be SMU. Simple as that. People overthinking this ****

If it’s not SMU, there would probably never be another conference championship game.

 

[SSCanes]

Dabo the weasel gives a shout out to Fran Brown.

Never hated another human more than Lance Guidry in my life when that happened!

 

[Category81]

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Boise State
4. Arizona State
5. Texas
6. Penn State
7. Notre Dame
8. Ohio State
9. Tennessee
10. Indiana
11. Clemson
12. SMU

This seems reasonable and likely to me...

The fact that Indiana is in with that joke of a schedule is criminal

 

[PSU Cane]

Warde Manuel said teams not playing this weekend won't be able to surpass other teams that are playing this weekend.....so if he stands true to that, there's no possible way Bama could jump SMU when SMU was ahead of Bama going into it.

 

[skydogcane6]

Warde Manuel said teams not playing this weekend won't be able to surpass other teams that are playing this weekend.....so if he stands true to that, there's no possible way Bama could jump SMU when SMU was ahead of Bama going into it.

Clemson in. Bama out

 

[PSU Cane]

The fact that Indiana is in with that joke of a schedule is criminal

It was such a bad schedule, especially considering how the B1G is viewed by so many. 1 win against a team with a winning record....and that's 7-5 Michigan. Most teams had 4-5 wins with a few 6-6 teams in there.

 

[passitback]

Casuals and die hards are turned off by the subjectivity of CFB's ranking / playoff selection process.

The expectations with "a playoff," and NIL, is that college will be professionally (<------ key word) run.

CFB players are paid professionals. Amateur status is dead. Therefore, a transparent and objective selection process for the post season is the minimal expectation. Long gone are the days where CFB players are considered to be "student athletes," "kids on scholarship," etc. That's American History. Done. Finito.

IMHO, The more things stay the same with the powers that be in the NCAA (subjectivity/bias, etc.), the more it will turn people off.

 

[hasena75]

Man, imagine being the 11 seed in the CFP rankings and then watching Clemson beat SMU and kick us out. That might have even been more painful that being seeded 12th like we were

 

[Empirical Cane]

"You could be..."

 

[Hoyacane1620]

1 Oregon
2 Georgia
3 Boise St
4 Arizona St
5 Notre Dame
6 Ohio St
7 Texas
8 Tennessee
9 Penn St
10 Indiana
11 Clemson
12 SMU

This is Booger McFarland's seeding thoughts