***Official College Football Playoff Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[Joe T]

1. I wanted to start this thread before Timscochet or any of his aliai could get to it.

2. I never thought I would see the day when we would have a college football playoff even if it is just 4 teams.

3. Placeholder to complain about which team(s) was left out.

4. Where are all those people now that previously claimed the lame argument, "every game in the college season is like a playoff"?

I'm not sure how it took so long to do something that makes so much sense, but I'm glad the people at the NCAA and all the big conferences finally came to their senses. This is going to be an unforgettable season leading to the first College Football Playoff in history.

Here are my preseason picks for the playoff:

South Carolina

LSU

Ohio State

Oklahoma

 

[timschochet]

Alabama

Oklahoma

Florida State

....and UCLA

 

[gump]

CFP Semi-finals = January 1st (NOLA and Pasadena)

CFP Final = January 12th (Dallas)

Will be really interesting to me to see what the attendance does from the semi's to the final.

The BCS Champ has not been near as Corporate in the stands as the Super Bowl. That will be changing, for the Final at least.

 

[sbonomo]

I have four tickets if anyone is interested.....

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

 

[Tom Servo]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

SEC!! SEC!! SEC!! SEC!!

 

[Joe T]

Odds to win the SEC championship:

NCAA Football 2014-2015 Season - Odds to win the SEC Championship
Alabama 7/5
Auburn 5/1
South Carolina 5/1
Georgia 6/1
LSU 13/2
Florida 12/1
Ole Miss 14/1
Texas A&M 25/1
Mississippi State 40/1
Missouri 40/1
Tennessee 50/1
Arkansas 100/1
Kentucky 200/1
Vanderbilt 200/1

Things that stand out.

The Alabama bet is terrible. Alabama has 2 SEC titles in the last 5 years. Alabama also has 2 SEC titles since 2000. LSU has 4 since 2000, Auburn 3, and Florida 3.

Ole Miss is a horrible bet. How are they getting better odds than A&M? Ole Miss' last SEC title was 50 years ago.

A&M and Missouri are not horrible bets.

25/1 and 40/1. Yes please. It probably won't happen, but in the SEC anything can happen as last year proved. I can't find the odds on Missouri and Auburn last year, but I'm guessing they were pretty good.

 

[Tom Servo]

Odds to win the SEC championship:

The Alabama bet is terrible. Alabama has 2 SEC titles in the last 5 years. Alabama also has 2 SEC titles since 2000. LSU has 4 since 2000, Auburn 3, and Florida 3.

 

[FDAS]

Odds to win the SEC championship:

The Alabama bet is terrible. Alabama has 2 SEC titles in the last 5 years. Alabama also has 2 SEC titles since 2000. LSU has 4 since 2000, Auburn 3, and Florida 3.

Zero SEC titles between 2000 & 2008.

 

[Premier]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

 

[Tom Servo]

Odds to win the SEC championship:

The Alabama bet is terrible. Alabama has 2 SEC titles in the last 5 years. Alabama also has 2 SEC titles since 2000. LSU has 4 since 2000, Auburn 3, and Florida 3.

Zero SEC titles between 2000 & 2008.

gotcha

 

[FDAS]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

You make me miss Drew Weatherford

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

 

[Premier]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

You make me miss Drew Weatherford

Jeff Bowden isn't walking through that door.

 

[gump]

2014 College Football Playoff Rankings Week 10

RK TEAM W-L PTS PREV

1 Mississippi State 7-0 - NR

2 Florida State 7-0 - NR

3 Auburn 6-1 - NR

4 Ole Miss 7-1 - NR

5 Oregon 7-1 - NR

6 Alabama 7-1 - NR

7 TCU 6-1 - NR

8 Michigan State 7-1 - NR

9 Kansas State 6-1 - NR

10 Notre Dame 6-1 - NR

11 Georgia 6-1 - NR

12 Arizona 6-1 - NR

13 Baylor 6-1 - NR

14 Arizona State 6-1 - NR

15 Nebraska 7-1 - NR

16 Ohio State 6-1 - NR

17 Utah 6-1 - NR

18 Oklahoma 5-2 - NR

19 LSU 7-2 - NR

20 West Virginia 6-2 - NR

21 Clemson 6-2 - NR

22 UCLA 6-2 - NR

23 East Carolina 6-1 - NR

24 Duke 6-1 - NR

25 Louisville 6-2 - NR

 

[Premier]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

Still can't believe Miss St is #1

 

[gump]

1. Mississippi State 8-0

2 Florida State 8-0

3 Auburn 7-1

4 Oregon 8-1

5 Alabama 7-1

6 TCU 7-1

7 Kansas State 7-1

8 Michigan State 7-1

9 Arizona State 7-1

10 Notre Dame 7-1

11 Ole Miss 7-2

12 Baylor 7-1

13 Nebraska 8-1

14 Ohio State 7-1

15 Oklahoma 6-2

16 LSU 7-2

17 Utah 6-2

18 UCLA 7-2

19 Arizona 6-2

20 Georgia 6-2

21 Clemson 6-2

22 Duke 7-1

23 West Virginia 6-3

24 Georgia Tech 7-2

25 Wisconsin 6-2

 

[Tom Servo]

Here are my preseason picks for the playoff:

South Carolina ==> unranked

LSU ==> 16th

Ohio State ==> 14th

Oklahoma ==> 15th

 

[Joe T]

SEC with 10 teams in the top 30 preseason rankings.

zero teams at number one though.

Good point.

 

[Joe T]

I have four tickets if anyone is interested.....

I'm interested.