Oso planning to go pro
BYU got screwed in the CFP rankings tonight.
The rankings are crap for a number of reasons. But BYU isn’t good enough to be in the spots that matter.
If by the top 4, I agree. But they easily should be above Iowa State, Oklahoma, Miami, Indiana, and Georgia.Their schedule has been a bit soft but they’ve demolished anyone and everyone with ease. If not for the cancellations, they would have murdered Michigan St and Minneosta easily. Their PAC-12 games would have been beat downs too. Would love to see them play UW, but I can’t argue with why they turned it down
The team I struggle with relative to BYU is Cincinnati. They have not played or beaten a single ranked team so far, and according to various sites I visited, their SOS is in the same general range as BYU's (always in the 60s for both - UC is a few spots higher in some; a few spots lower in others). So how does UC get to #7 (ahead of UGa, OU and ISU), while BYU is only #14?
BYU should have taken the game v. Washington. Like it or not, the perception of a weak schedule, then ducking a P5 match up isn't great for them. Not that it would get them in the top 4, but a decisive win there and they would move up in people's minds.This is a bad year to be a Group of 5 conference member (or an independent like BYU). The SOS figures are insanely difficult to figure out due to the lack of non conference games, and the Committee is going to lean to the P5.
The likely ND-Clemson ACC title game will serve as an elimination game for the playoffs.If Clemson wins, they are obviously in. If Clemson loses, they will be out.If ND wins, they are obviously in. If ND loses (and that's their only loss), they probably will be out but maybe they could still sneak in depending on what else happens.
A 1 loss ND will be in the playoff. Especially if that loss is Clemson
Depends. What if Florida wins out including v Alabama in the SEC title game? Both a one loss Florida and Alabama get in over ND. The team that can’t slip up is Ohio State.
Northwestern is really the team that can screw everything up. If they run the table and beat OSU, do they get leapfrogged by some of the one win teams?
Do you believe in tooth fairies and Santa Claus too? How about the Easter Bunny?If bettors were serious, they would make tOSU about -30 against Northwestern, assuming they play each other. Northwestern is to the college football playoffs what a Dutch boy’s finger in a dike is to a tsunami.
No. Wins over tOSU and Wisconsin-Madison will keep that from happening.
-30? Ohio State couldn't even beat Penn State or Rutgers by 30. Indiana had the ball with a chance to tie down the stretch. I'd expect Ohio State would be about a two touchdown favorite against Northwestern. And I wouldn't touch it on either side.
Vanderbilt has a women's soccer player practicing with the football team at placekicker, due to Covid-related absences on special teams. If she gets in the game Saturday against Mizzou, she would be the first female to see playing action in a P5 game.https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30386218/vanderbilt-soccer-sarah-fuller-option-kick-football-team-coach-saysI'd love to see her get a shot, and a couple of FGs or PATs.