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2024 College Football Thread: Mid-tier SEC team stays undefeated in hypothetical matchup (9 Viewers)

I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
 
I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
Boise is favored by 4, so yeah, wouldn’t be some crazy upset. UNLV would be in the playoff, probably as a 12 seed, and Boise will be out.
 
Are we assuming SMU is in regardless of result this weekend? I have this sneaking feeling that they are going to get bumped if they lose, regardless of what the committee has said about conference championship games.
They'll be out. The SEC has ordered that they get 4 spots so the ACC can only have 1.
 
I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
Boise will go to the LA Bowl and play California. They aren't getting an at-large spot.
 
What's the point of conference championship games if the loser gets punished in favor of a team sitting at home? The ACC would be better off if they let Clemson and Miami play each other weekend and let SMU sit at home at 11-1.

If Penn State loses, they will probably drop behind Ohio State and maybe Tennessee.

If Georgia loses, they will drop behind Tennessee and probably Alabama.
 
I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
Boise is favored by 4, so yeah, wouldn’t be some crazy upset. UNLV would be in the playoff, probably as a 12 seed, and Boise will be out.
Oh man, Boise fans will lose their minds if this unfolds. Thinking they were also going to land the Heisman (and spending a bunch of $), that would be a brutal week, missing out on both.

Go Rebels!
 
What's the point of conference championship games if the loser gets punished in favor of a team sitting at home? The ACC would be better off if they let Clemson and Miami play each other weekend and let SMU sit at home at 11-1.

If Penn State loses, they will probably drop behind Ohio State and maybe Tennessee.

If Georgia loses, they will drop behind Tennessee and probably Alabama.
It's the biggest flaw of this postseason format for sure. What makes the most sense for me is a team shouldn't be punished for losing the conference championship when comparing them to teams in their own conference. It'd be dumb to ignore an entire game that happened when trying to make a subjective decision like the 5th at-large bid or whatever though, so I think you have to consider it in most circumstances.

But even that seems flawed - if Georgia lays an egg this weekend against Texas, I'd be fine with leaving them out for South Carolina or Ole Miss, so who the hell knows. The committee should avoid making definitive statements about any sort of criteria, and they really should stop publishing rankings period, just do it all at the end of the year when it's over, that way they don't have to justify anything week over week and they can just evaluate the entire body of work when the season is over.
 
What's the point of conference championship games if the loser gets punished in favor of a team sitting at home? The ACC would be better off if they let Clemson and Miami play each other weekend and let SMU sit at home at 11-1.

If Penn State loses, they will probably drop behind Ohio State and maybe Tennessee.

If Georgia loses, they will drop behind Tennessee and probably Alabama.
It's the biggest flaw of this postseason format for sure. What makes the most sense for me is a team shouldn't be punished for losing the conference championship when comparing them to teams in their own conference. It'd be dumb to ignore an entire game that happened when trying to make a subjective decision like the 5th at-large bid or whatever though, so I think you have to consider it in most circumstances.

But even that seems flawed - if Georgia lays an egg this weekend against Texas, I'd be fine with leaving them out for South Carolina or Ole Miss, so who the hell knows. The committee should avoid making definitive statements about any sort of criteria, and they really should stop publishing rankings period, just do it all at the end of the year when it's over, that way they don't have to justify anything week over week and they can just evaluate the entire body of work when the season is over.
Just saying, this is why its only a matter of time before official divisions and seeding NFL style.
 
What's the point of conference championship games if the loser gets punished in favor of a team sitting at home? The ACC would be better off if they let Clemson and Miami play each other weekend and let SMU sit at home at 11-1.

If Penn State loses, they will probably drop behind Ohio State and maybe Tennessee.

If Georgia loses, they will drop behind Tennessee and probably Alabama.
It's the biggest flaw of this postseason format for sure. What makes the most sense for me is a team shouldn't be punished for losing the conference championship when comparing them to teams in their own conference. It'd be dumb to ignore an entire game that happened when trying to make a subjective decision like the 5th at-large bid or whatever though, so I think you have to consider it in most circumstances.

But even that seems flawed - if Georgia lays an egg this weekend against Texas, I'd be fine with leaving them out for South Carolina or Ole Miss, so who the hell knows. The committee should avoid making definitive statements about any sort of criteria, and they really should stop publishing rankings period, just do it all at the end of the year when it's over, that way they don't have to justify anything week over week and they can just evaluate the entire body of work when the season is over.
Back to what is the point of championship games? They punish more than help at this point. Texas and UGA gain virtually nothing. Penn St and Oregon - i would argue the loser is better off than the winner assuming the loser is the 5 seed. SMU can only be hurt. Clemson is the only one with something to gain here.
 
Kinda feels like the best thing for the committee to do is abandon their rankings that start at beginning of Nov. Seems like they feel like they need to make the story make sense from then til now when all they really need to do is at the end of the season, look at the bodies of work and decide. Very similar to the NCAA MBB tourney.
 
I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
Boise is favored by 4, so yeah, wouldn’t be some crazy upset. UNLV would be in the playoff, probably as a 12 seed, and Boise will be out.
Oh man, Boise fans will lose their minds if this unfolds. Thinking they were also going to land the Heisman (and spending a bunch of $), that would be a brutal week, missing out on both.

Go Rebels!

Travis Hunter is as heavy a betting favorite at this point as any heisman candidate has ever been. If they're thinking Jeanty is going to win the heisman that's on them. He's a massive underdog.
 
I spend very little time following this ********. Whatever with the whole who might get in or not and who they might play, it's such a joke.

So not knowing ****, I'll ask here. What will happen when UNLV beats Boise State? Because that is a very real possibility. UNLV is better than most realize. Hell of a coaching job, btw.

I do expect Boise State to get some calls on the smurf turf. That is how it works with them (speaking of carrying flags) when playing "small-time" programs.
Boise is favored by 4, so yeah, wouldn’t be some crazy upset. UNLV would be in the playoff, probably as a 12 seed, and Boise will be out.
Oh man, Boise fans will lose their minds if this unfolds. Thinking they were also going to land the Heisman (and spending a bunch of $), that would be a brutal week, missing out on both.

Go Rebels!

Travis Hunter is as heavy a betting favorite at this point as any heisman candidate has ever been. If they're thinking Jeanty is going to win the heisman that's on them. He's a massive underdog.
Oh I know, been over for some time, but they had some campaign going with Jeanty as the Madden cover and other stuff and they've rode the poor guy like a mule trying to get there.

You gotta feel bad for Jeanty, all the tread they put on those tires. He was dinged up in Wyoming and you can see the toll this campaign took on him.

It's cost both sides a bunch of money.
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs instead of the Orange Bowl in Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
 
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Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
At least the committee's dislike of South Carolina is going to save me some money...
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
I bought refundable airline tickets to Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and to Atlanta. Will figure out tickets later.
 
What's the point of conference championship games if the loser gets punished in favor of a team sitting at home? The ACC would be better off if they let Clemson and Miami play each other weekend and let SMU sit at home at 11-1.

If Penn State loses, they will probably drop behind Ohio State and maybe Tennessee.

If Georgia loses, they will drop behind Tennessee and probably Alabama.
It's the biggest flaw of this postseason format for sure. What makes the most sense for me is a team shouldn't be punished for losing the conference championship when comparing them to teams in their own conference. It'd be dumb to ignore an entire game that happened when trying to make a subjective decision like the 5th at-large bid or whatever though, so I think you have to consider it in most circumstances.

But even that seems flawed - if Georgia lays an egg this weekend against Texas, I'd be fine with leaving them out for South Carolina or Ole Miss, so who the hell knows. The committee should avoid making definitive statements about any sort of criteria, and they really should stop publishing rankings period, just do it all at the end of the year when it's over, that way they don't have to justify anything week over week and they can just evaluate the entire body of work when the season is over.
Back to what is the point of championship games? They punish more than help at this point. Texas and UGA gain virtually nothing. Penn St and Oregon - i would argue the loser is better off than the winner assuming the loser is the 5 seed. SMU can only be hurt. Clemson is the only one with something to gain here.
I mean technically it’s just a money grab for the conference. Wouldn’t shock me if a few decide to get rid of them if this format sticks, which it probably won’t
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
I bought refundable airline tickets to Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and to Atlanta. Will figure out tickets later.

You've always been much smarter than me....

I might aim for Dallas since I have free lodging and flights to DFW aren't too bad. I imagine tickets to attend would be cheap too. You see the cost to get into the game on Sat? Tickets available for $12. Twelve dollars! :lmao:
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
I bought refundable airline tickets to Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and to Atlanta. Will figure out tickets later.

You've always been much smarter than me....

I might aim for Dallas since I have free lodging and flights to DFW aren't too bad. I imagine tickets to attend would be cheap too. You see the cost to get into the game on Sat? Tickets available for $12. Twelve dollars! :lmao:
Yeah I saw that crazy. I looked into flights to Indy and it was around $900 round trip so I decided to save for playoff game(s).
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
I bought refundable airline tickets to Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and to Atlanta. Will figure out tickets later.

You've always been much smarter than me....

I might aim for Dallas since I have free lodging and flights to DFW aren't too bad. I imagine tickets to attend would be cheap too. You see the cost to get into the game on Sat? Tickets available for $12. Twelve dollars! :lmao:
Yeah I saw that crazy. I looked into flights to Indy and it was around $900 round trip so I decided to save for playoff game(s).
Any FBG coming to Dallas are, as usual, welcome to hit me up. Wine or beer or cocktail probably in it for ya among the friendship.
 
As the conference outsider, the other option that they'll never entertain is just not playing the game. They could just say the regular season has been the determining factor and not play the game. They would avoid some of the confusion of what happens to winners/losers if so. If they plan to move teams up based on this weekend, it also makes sense to me to move teams down. Teams sitting at home just need to be penalized further relative to the loser, agreed, otherwise it really is crazy to keep these games and allow someone at home to sneak in.
 
At the end of the day, I continue to believe they'll have a more clear division/conference setup that will end up looking very similar to the NFL. And if you win your division, you're in. If you win the conference, you get the bye.
 
Feels like I need a 2nd and 3rd job if I want to try and watch any of the post-season games in person. Just not an affordable excursion and I can see old timers (and maybe even not so-old timers) longing for the days of old when you could count on going to the Rose Bowl if your Big10 team was in the running and scoop up plane fare, accommodations and tickets early on - or at least on the early side. Worst case scenario you get to escape the cold for a few days even if your team didn't make it. Worse places to be than Pasadena on Jan 1.

But now, let's say you're an Oregon fan and you want to support your team in person. Do you buy plane tickets to Indianapolis, which, by the way, is NOT going to be a direct flight from PDX or any of the surrounding areas? Have fun with that in December. Or do you save your monetary bullets for the Rose Bowl? And then, let's say fate smiles and the Ducks win that one, do you go to Dallas for the Semis, assuming that's where they'd go vs Miami? What if Oregon goes on to the national championship game in Atlanta? At least that's a direct flight from PDX, but my god, that's going to be a VERY expensive game ticket. Had lunch with our auditor yesterday who is a Michigan grad. He went to Houston last year and bought tickets the day of - $1,000 per ticket. My god.

I've been a huge proponent of post-season expansion for college football, but I'm starting to have second thoughts if we've really created the best case scenario for everybody.
I bought refundable airline tickets to Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and to Atlanta. Will figure out tickets later.

You've always been much smarter than me....

I might aim for Dallas since I have free lodging and flights to DFW aren't too bad. I imagine tickets to attend would be cheap too. You see the cost to get into the game on Sat? Tickets available for $12. Twelve dollars! :lmao:
Yeah I saw that crazy. I looked into flights to Indy and it was around $900 round trip so I decided to save for playoff game(s).
Going to see SMU play the CG would be like $2k just for the flights, and Charlotte is a hub. If they get a bye and a home game it's TBD where it would be, if they play in the first round at home somehow it will be on campus.
 
It’s a bummer Jeanty doesn’t play for a REAL team in a REAL conference. Cuz this would be a special season if that were the case. Bummer.


Dude continually sees 8 in the box and says, **** you, TD! Herman and it’s not even close, even if Mr. Snaps actually is gonna win.

Snaps ain’t a stat….
 
It’s a bummer Jeanty doesn’t play for a REAL team in a REAL conference. Cuz this would be a special season if that were the case. Bummer.


Dude continually sees 8 in the box and says, **** you, TD! Herman and it’s not even close, even if Mr. Snaps actually is gonna win.

Snaps ain’t a stat….
I think it's great he's at where he's at.
 
It’s a bummer Jeanty doesn’t play for a REAL team in a REAL conference. Cuz this would be a special season if that were the case. Bummer.


Dude continually sees 8 in the box and says, **** you, TD! Herman and it’s not even close, even if Mr. Snaps actually is gonna win.

Snaps ain’t a stat….

Dude, Boise State should have beat Oregon.

And they are getting a 1st round bye in the playoffs.

Boise State could very well win the 2024 championship.

Colorado is going where.....the PopTart Bowl?
 
And he's as good a person off the field it seems, with a great life story

Yeah, my business partner has a son who plays HS football and was invited to BSU for the Nevada game. He got to meet Jeanty and the guy could not have been nicer, more gracious.

He might be all of 5'9". Barry Sanders 2.0.
 
It’s a bummer Jeanty doesn’t play for a REAL team in a REAL conference. Cuz this would be a special season if that were the case. Bummer.


Dude continually sees 8 in the box and says, **** you, TD! Herman and it’s not even close, even if Mr. Snaps actually is gonna win.

Snaps ain’t a stat….

Dude, Boise State should have beat Oregon.

And they are getting a 1st round bye in the playoffs.

Boise State could very well win the 2024 championship.

Colorado is going where.....the PopTart Bowl?
I think you misunderstood, GM. I'm trolling Moe since he's the one who said Jeanty plays in a kiddie conference on a kiddie team. I've said since week 3 that Jeanty should be leading the Heisman race....
 
Dude is an absolute beast...200+ yards on the biggest stage in the biggest game.

Travis Hunter...can't wait to watch him this weekend.










Oh.
 

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