2021 College Football Season/Playoff Thread

[bob2the2nd]

Agressiveness cost Auburn the game.

You have the ball 1st and 10 on the Alabama ~45 with 2:06 left. Bama has 2 timeouts. 3 kneel downs with QB stall takes the game down to 1:05-1:15 left or so. With a punt on 4th down.

Auburn runner goes out of bounds on 2nd down short of the first. Ultimately leading to only 20 seconds being taken off the clock when Auburn punted at 1:47. Alabama who has struggled on offense all game scores with 25 seconds left..


Absolutely the correct decision to try to win the game but more likely cost Auburn the win

 

[CBBI]

So with 1 week to go...

SEC Championship Game: Georgia v. Alabama
-Georgia is in the playoff win or lose.
-Alabama is in with a win (knocking out one of Cincinnati or Oklahoma State, IMO it would be Cincy) and out with a loss

Big Ten Championship Game: Michigan v. Iowa
-Michigan is in with a win, out with a loss

Big 12 Championship Game: Oklahoma State v. Baylor
-Oklahoma State is in with a win, out with a loss

American Athletic Conference Championship Game: Cincinnati v. Houston
-Cincinnati is in with a win and an Alabama loss

If one of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame is in.

If things get real weird and two of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame and most likely 2 loss Alabama are in provided they don't get absolutely destroyed by Georgia.

 

[col63onel]

So with 1 week to go...

SEC Championship Game: Georgia v. Alabama
-Georgia is in the playoff win or lose.
-Alabama is in with a win (knocking out one of Cincinnati or Oklahoma State, IMO it would be Cincy) and out with a loss

Big Ten Championship Game: Michigan v. Iowa
-Michigan is in with a win, out with a loss

Big 12 Championship Game: Oklahoma State v. Baylor
-Oklahoma State is in with a win, out with a loss

American Athletic Conference Championship Game: Cincinnati v. Houston
-Cincinnati is in with a win and an Alabama loss

If one of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame is in.

If things get real weird and two of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame and most likely 2 loss Alabama are in provided they don't get absolutely destroyed by Georgia.

I think Cincy is win and they get the 3 seed

Unless maybe Bama wins but I think georgi is the 4 seed in that case

 

[bob2the2nd]

So with 1 week to go...

SEC Championship Game: Georgia v. Alabama
-Georgia is in the playoff win or lose.
-Alabama is in with a win (knocking out one of Cincinnati or Oklahoma State, IMO it would be Cincy) and out with a loss

Big Ten Championship Game: Michigan v. Iowa
-Michigan is in with a win, out with a loss

Big 12 Championship Game: Oklahoma State v. Baylor
-Oklahoma State is in with a win, out with a loss

American Athletic Conference Championship Game: Cincinnati v. Houston
-Cincinnati is in with a win and an Alabama loss

If one of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame is in.

If things get real weird and two of Michigan/Oklahoma State/Cincinnati lose, Notre Dame and most likely 2 loss Alabama are in provided they don't get absolutely destroyed by Georgia.

If Alabama loses there is no world they get in. They should have lost last night and were lucky to survive. If Georgia wasn't such a strong team I would doubt beating them would be enough to get bama in, alas Georgia is the team to beat.


That said I expect that 2 of the 4 favorites for the playoffs get knocked off. My guess right now is ok state and Michigan. But the only one I would find really surprising is Georgia

 

[I'mWithDan]

That said I expect that 2 of the 4 favorites for the playoffs get knocked off. My guess right now is ok state and Michigan.

What has anyone seen from Iowa that leads them to believe they won’t get blown out by Michigan?

 

[Huber.]

Georgia
Alabama
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Notre Dame
Michigan

 

[CBBI]

If Alabama loses there is no world they get in. They should have lost last night and were lucky to survive. If Georgia wasn't such a strong team I would doubt beating them would be enough to get bama in, alas Georgia is the team to beat.


That said I expect that 2 of the 4 favorites for the playoffs get knocked off. My guess right now is ok state and Michigan. But the only one I would find really surprising is Georgia

There's a slim path for a 2-loss Alabama to get in.

Would require them to A. barely lose to Georgia and then B. have all three of Michigan, Cincy and Oklahoma State lose.

If Michigan, Oklahoma State and Cincinnati all lose, only Georgia and Notre Dame would be for sure locked in at that point

Then the committee would have to pick a pair of 2 loss teams out of this group...

Alabama (SEC title game loser), Michigan (BIg 10 title game loser), Oklahoma State (Big 12 title game loser), Baylor (Big 12 champ), Iowa (Big 10 champ), Oregon (Pac-12 champ), Ole Miss, Ohio State

I could see Alabama getting one of those spots.

 

[Stark]

Week 6 Top-10:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Cincinnati
4. Michigan
5. Alabama
6. Notre Dame
7. Oklahoma State
8. Baylor
9. Ole Miss
10. Oklahoma

Out: Oregon, Michigan St.
In: Ole Miss, Oklahoma

Week 7 Top-10:

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Cincinnati
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma State
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Baylor
9. Ole Miss
10. Michigan State

Out: Oklahoma
In: Michigan State

 

[ticon12389]

Looks like Lincoln Riley to USC is a done deal

 

[Ohio]

Woah! Holy shit.

Paging @bob2the2nd

 

[Rich]

Wow.

That one...doesn't make sense to me at all.


I mean if you were to rank jobs, at this point, isn't Oklahoma CLEARLY above USC?

I can already imagine there's a couple of B10 coaches wishing they hadn't just inked new deals with that job open.

I would not be surprised to see Big Game Bob pull a Bill Snyder and head back after the handpicked replace bolts. He still wants to coach. He took that XFL job.

 

[Ohio]

Wow.

That one...doesn't make sense to me at all.


I mean if you were to rank jobs, at this point, isn't Oklahoma CLEARLY above USC?

I can already imagine there's a couple of B10 coaches wishing they hadn't just inked new deals with that job open.

I'm sure USC is giving him a notable raise. Additionally, the Pac 12 is even worse than the Big 12 is, so he should have no trouble dominating that conference even more than he's dominated the Big 12. Plus, Oklahoma is going to the SEC in a few years.

 

[TheLand1287]

What has anyone seen from Iowa that leads them to believe they won’t get blown out by Michigan?

Can’t say I’ve watched much of any of Iowa since the Penn State and Purdue games. They’re painfully boring. But I don’t think they’re very good. I could see Michigan having somewhat of an emotional hangover after everything they put into The Game. Seen it happen a lot in college football with 18-22 year old kids struggling to get up for a big game following one the week before. That said maybe they start slow but I do think they prevail. Iowa winning wouldn’t be the most surprising thing ever though.

 

[Rich]

I'm sure USC is giving him a notable raise. Additionally, the Pac 12 is even worse than the Big 12 is, so he should have no trouble dominating that conference even more than he's dominated the Big 12. Plus, Oklahoma is going to the SEC in a few years.

It honestly feels like Riley is just trying to avoid the SEC lol.

The LSU job is better as well.

ANd I guess it'd seem hard for me to believe the Oklahoma boosters would just match w/e USC was wanting to give him.

So strange.

 

[Chris]

USC is a top job. No doubt about it. Massive brand, fertile recruiting grounds, just ripe for the right coach to turn them around.

Not sure there’s a huge difference between those two jobs though other than the obvious of avoiding the SEC.