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re: LSU will have to whip UGA to be #1 seed.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:50 am to CatsGoneWild
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:50 am to CatsGoneWild
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We will have 3
Remind me how many they have? This isn't to be confused with me saying they aren't a great team but they don't have one top 10 win. They are playing great football to be sure but their best win is over, at the time, 13th ranked or so Wisconsin and Cincinnati.
This post was edited on 11/19/19 at 10:54 am
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Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:52 am to la_birdman
Doesn't matter. The committee will say the have a stronger SOS and #1 offense/defense
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:53 am to buckRogers
Same reason you want #1 seed in March madness. You want the easiest path. Having to play both of OSU Clemson will be tougher than just one. The 4th team in will be perceived as very flawed, whoever they are.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:54 am to CatsGoneWild
Take a long walk off a short pier with your idiotic "analysis".
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:54 am to CatsGoneWild
nah
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:54 am to buckRogers
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I'm thinking that whether you have to beat OSU/Clemson in the first round or the second doesn't really matter unless you're placing an inherent value on making it to the championship game over losing in the first round (as opposed to the "win it all or bust" mentality)
Not correct.
If we assume there is a 50% chance of LSU beating Clemson or OSU (and we could argue whether that percentage is higher or lower, I'm just giving an example), but that LSU has a 70% chance of beating Oregon...
70% * 50% = 35% chance of national title if we have the 1 seed and skip OSU/Clemson in the semifinal
50% * 50% = 25% chance of national title if we have the 2 seed and play Clemson in the first round.
Its a clearly easier path. And while yes, I'm not scared of playing Clemson in the first round, why would we not rather have the easier path? And importantly, why would we wish the easier path for anyone other than us?
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:55 am to CatsGoneWild
If they cannot beat UGA what's the point?
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:55 am to Team Vote
Exactly. If we have one bad game, we would be out vs those two. We could have a down game and beat Oregon. I want in the title game as easy as possible
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:55 am to CatsGoneWild
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Doesn't matter
It absolutely does matter. If it didn't matter, wouldn't they be #1 right now?
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The committee will say the have a stronger SOS
Because their best wins are against Wisconsin and Cincinnati?
Ok And they're going to have wins (in your little scenario) against teams ranked below 10th. While we have 4 wins over top 10 teams. You tell me who has the better SOS.
This post was edited on 11/19/19 at 10:57 am
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:56 am to CatsGoneWild
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With OSU having 3 ranked teams in a row
So that will give them a total of 5, of which only 1, maybe 2 will be top 10 at game time, and 1 of which was Michigan State who has a losing record. LSU will also have played 5 (or maybe even 6 if A&M beats Georgia), 5 of which were top 10 at game time.
Even if you're correct in predicting OSU wins their next 3 games, which I honestly don't think they do, Penn State will finish lower than Florida, Michigan will finish lower than Auburn, Wisconsin x2 or Minn will finish lower than Georgia, Michigan State will finish lower than Texas, and they will all finish lower than Alabama.
I don't want to hear crap about OSU jumping to #1 because they beat Penn State this weekend, which is no given by the way.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:57 am to CatsGoneWild
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You would rather play Clem over Oregon or Bama
Yes.
First, we already played and whipped Bama AT THEIR PLACE.
Second, Clemson's fan base is the most annoying on the planet, outside of Bama. I am sick to death of their crap. I want to win for the sheer pleasure of shutting them the hell up.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:58 am to la_birdman
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because their best wins are against Wisconsin and Cincinnati? Ok
You haven't been paying attention have ya? LSU had wins over Aub, UF and Texas and the committee said OSU had a better SOS
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:58 am to EasterEgg
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So that will give them a total of 5, of which only 1, maybe 2 will be top 10 at game time, and 1 of which was Michigan State who has a losing record. LSU will also have played 5 (or maybe even 6 if A&M beats Georgia), 5 of which were top 10 at game time.
Exactly.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:58 am to buckRogers
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I mean does that really matter? If it's OSU/Clemson you'd like to avoid, you'd assumedly have to play one of them the very next week anyway.
Playing only one of them after they've beat each other up is better than playing both of them (particularly playing the first one after weeks of rest and then the second one after they've played a relatively weak first-round playoff opponent).
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:59 am to CatsGoneWild
Does it really matter?
Posted on 11/19/19 at 10:59 am to la_birdman
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The committee will say the have a stronger SOS
Shocking but true.... because of NWST
reasoning is willingly being ignored if you try to convince me they have a tougher schedule.
This post was edited on 11/19/19 at 11:01 am
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:00 am to CatsGoneWild
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You haven't been paying attention have ya?
I'm pretty sure I have been because I was at every one of those games with the exception of the Texas one.
We beat a #9 ranked Texas
A #7 Florida
A #9 Auburn
A #3 Alabama
Show me where tOSU has something similar to that.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:01 am to la_birdman
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Show me where tOSU has something similar to that
I didn't say they did. The committee did.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:03 am to studentsect
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Playing only one of them after they've beat each other up is better than playing both of them (particularly playing the first one after weeks of rest and then the second one after they've played a relatively weak first-round playoff opponent).
This all assumes that we're totally confident that OSU/Clemson are head and shoulders above whoever's in that 4 spot. Guess we'll know more about OSU over the next couple weeks but Clemson is still a total black box. Honestly there's more proven cause for concern with Oregon that Clemson and OSU at this moment.
Posted on 11/19/19 at 11:04 am to CatsGoneWild
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With OSU having 3 ranked teams in a row, we will have to blow the doors off of UGA.
Uh huh. How many ranked wins will that give them over the season compared to us?
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