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I know what you're thinking. With Penn State on a bye, what's the point of a college football thread when virtually all of America will be raking leaves and just waiting for the Nittany Lions return to the gridiron? Let it not be said that I am uncaring of the very small minority of folks who follow the smaller schools like Wake Forest, Eastern Michigan, or Alabama.
In all seriousness, this really is a **** week in College. There are only 2 matchups of ranked teams and only 1 of them that anybody cares about.
8 Georgia vs 6 Florida 3:30 CBS - neutral site at Jacksonville
They used to call this the world's largest outdoor cocktail party but a bunch of ******* complained so now it's called something else.
This game will pretty much determine who plays in the SEC champ game from the East. The loser will have 2 losses and likely be out of playoff contention unless they can beat Bama or LSU in the SEC Champ game.
15 SMU and 24 Memphis 7:30 ABC
I told you there was only 1 ranked game anybody cares about.
9 Utah at Washington 4:00 FOX
Was is unranked but tough at home
7 Oregon at USC 8:00 FOX
USC has 3 losses and is unranked.
This is probably Oregon's and Utah's last hurdle before a showdown for the Pac 12 Champ. Even if they lose, they will still likely play in the PAC Champ but it would be loss #2 and likely end their Playoff hopes.
If you are a Big Ten or SEC fan, you should be rooting for USC and Washington. If you want a 2nd team from your conference in the playoff, it means 2 conferences have to be shut out.
The Big 12 may be done. Baylor is unbeaten still and is their only hope for a playoff, I believe. Oklahoma has zero big wins with Texas now unranked, and only Baylor of note left to play. In order for Oklahoma to win the Big 12, they would have to beat undefeated Baylor, who will likely be top 1o at that point. The problem is, they'd then have to beat Baylor again in the Big12 Champ and that would pretty much negate beating Baylor as a big win.
Big 12 needs to root for Baylor.
Shout out to Baylor HC Matt Ruhle. Native of State College PA and former PSU player, he won at Temple and then took over a Baylor program in shambles. He had to totally rebuild them and he has. Damn impressive for a guy with no recruiting ties in Texas to be winning there.
If Baylor beats Oklahoma, Ruhle will be getting some big job offers. Dallas Cowboys?
With the Big 12 now likely eliminated. That leaves the Pac 12 as a second conference needing to be left out. If Oregon and Utah meet as top 10 teams in the Pac Champ then it's a done deal that the winner is in the playoff. They each have 1 loss. If one of them loses and game, and then beat the other in the Pac Champ, then I think a 2 loss Pac 12 champ gets left out in favor of a second SEC team or possibly the Ohio State/ Penn State loser.
In all seriousness, this really is a **** week in College. There are only 2 matchups of ranked teams and only 1 of them that anybody cares about.
8 Georgia vs 6 Florida 3:30 CBS - neutral site at Jacksonville
They used to call this the world's largest outdoor cocktail party but a bunch of ******* complained so now it's called something else.
This game will pretty much determine who plays in the SEC champ game from the East. The loser will have 2 losses and likely be out of playoff contention unless they can beat Bama or LSU in the SEC Champ game.
15 SMU and 24 Memphis 7:30 ABC
I told you there was only 1 ranked game anybody cares about.
9 Utah at Washington 4:00 FOX
Was is unranked but tough at home
7 Oregon at USC 8:00 FOX
USC has 3 losses and is unranked.
This is probably Oregon's and Utah's last hurdle before a showdown for the Pac 12 Champ. Even if they lose, they will still likely play in the PAC Champ but it would be loss #2 and likely end their Playoff hopes.
If you are a Big Ten or SEC fan, you should be rooting for USC and Washington. If you want a 2nd team from your conference in the playoff, it means 2 conferences have to be shut out.
The Big 12 may be done. Baylor is unbeaten still and is their only hope for a playoff, I believe. Oklahoma has zero big wins with Texas now unranked, and only Baylor of note left to play. In order for Oklahoma to win the Big 12, they would have to beat undefeated Baylor, who will likely be top 1o at that point. The problem is, they'd then have to beat Baylor again in the Big12 Champ and that would pretty much negate beating Baylor as a big win.
Big 12 needs to root for Baylor.
Shout out to Baylor HC Matt Ruhle. Native of State College PA and former PSU player, he won at Temple and then took over a Baylor program in shambles. He had to totally rebuild them and he has. Damn impressive for a guy with no recruiting ties in Texas to be winning there.
If Baylor beats Oklahoma, Ruhle will be getting some big job offers. Dallas Cowboys?
With the Big 12 now likely eliminated. That leaves the Pac 12 as a second conference needing to be left out. If Oregon and Utah meet as top 10 teams in the Pac Champ then it's a done deal that the winner is in the playoff. They each have 1 loss. If one of them loses and game, and then beat the other in the Pac Champ, then I think a 2 loss Pac 12 champ gets left out in favor of a second SEC team or possibly the Ohio State/ Penn State loser.
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