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College Football Week 10 -the Bye Week

Omar10213245 said:
since when has ESPN ever made a decision on whether or not to do Gameday in a particular location, based on which network has the game?
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i believe they used to limit locations to games on ESPN/ABC but changed it a few years ago. It doesn't make business sense to promote a game on a different network.
 
Urban Meyer coached at Notre Dame for a bit. maybe ND loses patience with Kelly and tries for an upgrade. I'm sure Urb would be fine with playing ND, USC and FSU against each other for a big contract.

Cali may start paying guys so that could be attractive for him. Will ND allow him to recruit suspected murderers? Could be a deal breaker.
 
tapeANaspirin2it said:
Urban Meyer coached at Notre Dame for a bit. Maybe ND loses patience with Kelly and tries for an upgrade. I'm sure Urb would be fine with playing ND, USC and FSU against each other for a big contract.

Cali may start paying guys so that could be attractive for him. Will ND allow him to recruit suspected murderers? Could be a deal breaker.
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I am an Urban Meyer fan but Notre Dame is not the best fit for him, The academic entry would eliminate more than a few players and no JUCO transfers. I am also a realistic Notre Dame fan, a unicorn if you will. Because of academic requirements and no JUCO transfers, I accept the fact that they can't hang with Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State. That's alright. If we win 9-10 games a year go to a bowl we can be competitive in, I am good with that. If we catch fire and make the playoffs it's gravy.
 
didn't bother starting a new thread but first playoff ranking about to be announced. I think PSu will be in over Clemson cuz Clemson has no good wins yet
 
College Football Playoff Rankings, Nov. 5

1 Ohio State (8-0)
2 LSU (8-0)
3 Alabama (8-0)
4 Penn State (8-0)
5 Clemson (9-0)
6 Georgia (7-1)
7 Oregon (8-1)
8 Utah (8-1)
9 Oklahoma (7-1)
10 Florida (7-2)
11 Auburn (7-2)
12 Baylor (8-0)
13 Wisconsin (6-2)
14 Michigan (7-2)
15 Notre Dame (6-2)
16 Kansas State (6-2)
17 Minnesota (8-0)
18 Iowa (6-2)
19 Wake Forest (7-1)
20 Cincinnati (7-1)
21 Memphis (8-1)
22 Boise State (7-1)
23 Oklahoma State (6-3)
24 Navy (7-1)
25 SMU (8-1)
 
The rankings make sense. Unlike the polls which are supposed to be a ranking that looks ahead as well as behind, the playoff polls is supposed to only ranked based on what has actually happened so far coupled with various metrics on efficiencies

With that in mind, Penn State should actually be 3 over Bama since PSU has wins over 18 Iowa and 14 Michigan. Penn State is currently #2 overall in strength of record. Bama only has 1 win over a power 5 team with a winning record, Tex A&M..

Of course with Bama playing LSU this week, that doesn't mean much.

The Pac 12 should be happy. With Oregon and Utah both top ten, it means the winner of their matchup will get a bump and should be a near lock for a playoff spot

Oklahoma and the Big 12 are the big losers. They are already behind the Pac 12 as the conference on the outs. It also appears that the Bama/LSU and Penn State/Ohio State losers will also be ranked ahead of them and have a better shot at a playoff as a 1 loss team.


Interesting comments by the ESPN crew. They are thinking that this is a must win for Bama. Bama's schedule is so weak this year that if they lose this game, and then do not play in the SEC champ, that they will not have the resume to get in as a second SEC team. I'll believe that when i see it.

Clemson doesn't have to worry. They win and they're in. But this ranking shows that they are out if they slip up and lose a game. I doubt that will happen though.


LSU along with the Penn State/Ohio State loser have the best chance to make it as a 1 loss, second team from a conference. Provided their loss is a close game.
 
Penn State cannot lose. Even to Ohio State. No way they get in with a loss of any kind.
 
I’d say it’s doubtful because we know they will shoe horn in a second SEC team over a second Big Ten team.

if you assume LSU beats Bama and Ohio State beats Penn State. Both games very close. Then Penn State would have the much better resume than Bama. That would mean Penn State likely ends the year with wins over 3 of the playoff ranked teams and Bama would have 0 wins. Possibly 1 if TX A&M sneaks back in the rankings.

by every metric they claim to use, in that scenario, Penn State would have the best resume of any 1 loss team.

but as I said, the I’ll believe Bama getting snubbed when I see it. It’s probably moot anyway. I have a feeling they beat LSU if Tua is healthy.
 
Well, PSU needs to win this week against an unbeaten Minnesota team. I know Minnesota hasn't played anyone but they are still one of the remaining unbeaten teams and in the top 20. And, if the beat OSU, they will still have to win the Big Ten championship. That will be 3 more tests for them.
 
i think Penn State will lose to Ohio State. They just have too many inexperienced starters. Athletically, PSU can play with any team, but experience matters when you get against the big boys and I don’t think PSU is there yet. I’d love to see them somehow get in the playoff even if it means them getting beat badly because that experience could lead to something big next year.
 
Right now-TODAY-I would rank the top 5 thusly.....

1. LSU
2. Ohio State
3. Penn State
4. Alabama
5. Clemson

LSU is #1, no two ways about it. You could make arguments for the rest I guess. I think Penn State has had a marginally tougher schedule than OSU, but OSU has blown out everyone they have faced. Alabama and Clemson have played really nobody of note. Like Tape, I think it is all going to change because I think Alabama wins at home against LSU. As much as I am praying for LSU to win that game, I think Alabama wins a good one. Not sure what we will see out of Penn State this week since no one knows how good Minnesota really is. Yeah, they're undefeated, but man that schedule has been sooooffffff. And aside from Clemson, the ACC pretty much sucks. Wake Forest looks pretty good I guess.

So I think it will all changBut that's where I would put it now.
 
Another real cluster scenario is if Alabama beats LSU and then loses to Auburn in the Iron Bowl...
 
This is why you need an 8 team playoff. Bama will play LSU, Auburn and probably Georgia in the SEC Championship game. That's 3 teams in the top 11. OSU nor Penn St. will play 3 higher ranked teams. So all the bitching about Bama's schedule should end if they win the SEC. None of those big 10 team play a more difficult schedule.
 
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