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2021 College Football Season/Playoff Thread
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Well, we're back to the familiar feeling of having OSU save our football season. GREAT!
Games of great import for this week. There are no ranked vs ranked games this week, but a bunch of intriguing games.
Nerdwestern @ #6 TSUN, 12:00, FOX: NW is probably bad, losing to a bad Duke team by 7 and to Nebraska by about a billion. And Michigan is undefeated, ranked in the top 10 and at home. So this should be blowout. However, 2 of Michigan's last 3 games have been wins over Rutgers and Nebraska by a combined 10. Michigan also is @ Sparty next week and this series is fraught with games where a big underdog NW keeps the game close. So this one screams trap game that Michigan wins by a small margin.
#16 Wake Forest @ Army, 12:00, CBSSN:I am glad Army is good. Anecdotally, for most of my fandom, it felt like Air Force and Navy were always fighting for the CIC trophy, with Army an afterthought. But they've had a good 5 year stretch, and are currently 4-2, coming off a 6 point loss @ Wisky. Wake Forest is 6-0, and until they lose, are technically in the CFP hunt. Their ACC positioning is also fascinating, but I'll get to that later.
Wisconsin @ #25 Purdue, 3:00, BTN: The rest of the B1G sometimes loves ruining OSU's CFP standing by having the wrong teams win. Wisconsin has done us a solid so far by losing to PSU and Michigan, so that both can stay in the top 10. However, that is only step 1. Next task is losing here and next week vs Iowa, so we can face a ranked Purdue team in a couple weeks (Purdue does face Sparty before then), and eventually a top 10 Iowa team in the title game. Wisconsin running the table and winning the B1G West would be bad. If Purdue loses, we should all hold @Lee responsible.
Clemson @ #23 Pitt, 3:30, ESPN: Clemson is the lower ranked team, the underdog, and desperately needs this game to keep the ACC title hopes alive. Wake Forest leads the Atlantic Division (formerly known as the "Clemson Division") at 4-0. NC State (who plays Miami) is at 2-0, with win over Clemson. If Clemson loses, they essentially fall 3 games behind NC State. While they'd be only 2 behind Wake and still play them, Wake only has 4 more conference games left. Clemson basically has to win out and have NC State find 2 losses somewhere. Glorious, isn't it!
Pitt, meanwhile sits at 2-0 in the Coastal (formerly "non-Clemson Division). The closest competitors are 1-1 VPI, who they beat, 2-2 Georgia Tech, who they beat, and 3-2 UVA, who they play at home. If they win this game, they have a great shot to win the division, even if they stumble elsewhere. Pitt won @ Tennessee, and won the other games by 44, 70, 31 and 21. Somehow, they lost to Western Michigan, or else we might be discussing Pitt's CFP hopes. They are probably a favorite in the rest of their regular season games.
LSU @ #12 Ole Miss, 3:30, CBS: The SEC West is still wide open, and will feel that way unless Alabama turns back into Alabama. Ole Miss still has to play Auburn and TAMU and they Bama lose again. LSU faces Bama next week, so they can still cause some chaos. Does LSU rally around Coach O?
#8 Okie St @ Iowa St, 3:30, FOX: A top 10 vs unraked game, and the unranked team is favored by 7. Okie State is 6-0 without a win by bigger than 11. ISU lost to Baylor and Iowa by a combined 12. ISU probably needs this to stay in the Big 12 race, with a loss to Baylor already. Okie St's next toughest games between this and Bedlam are TCU and TTU.
#10 Oregon @ UCLA, 3:30, ABC: Another game where an unranked team is actually favored over a top 10 team. Oregon is a shell of the team that demoted Kerry Coombs, losing to 3-4 Stanford 2 weeks ago and beat 1-5 Cal last week by 7. UCLA beat Hawaii by 34 in the opener. After beating LSU, they suffered a 3 pt loss to Fresno in a let down game. Fresno then lost to Hawaii, being one of the biggest rebuffs of the transitive property in college football. UCLA is coming off 2 road wins, and would be ranked top 20 if they had played a cream puff after LSU instead of a solid MWC team. This does point to a UCLA win, which would be great for OSU.
USC @ #13 ND, 7:30, NBC: Only here because Cincy probably needs ND to win out to have a CFP shot. USC is a mess, but they always have talent. ND still plays Stanford and 3 ACC teams, so they easily could drop another game or 2.
Games of great import for this week. There are no ranked vs ranked games this week, but a bunch of intriguing games.
Nerdwestern @ #6 TSUN, 12:00, FOX: NW is probably bad, losing to a bad Duke team by 7 and to Nebraska by about a billion. And Michigan is undefeated, ranked in the top 10 and at home. So this should be blowout. However, 2 of Michigan's last 3 games have been wins over Rutgers and Nebraska by a combined 10. Michigan also is @ Sparty next week and this series is fraught with games where a big underdog NW keeps the game close. So this one screams trap game that Michigan wins by a small margin.
#16 Wake Forest @ Army, 12:00, CBSSN:I am glad Army is good. Anecdotally, for most of my fandom, it felt like Air Force and Navy were always fighting for the CIC trophy, with Army an afterthought. But they've had a good 5 year stretch, and are currently 4-2, coming off a 6 point loss @ Wisky. Wake Forest is 6-0, and until they lose, are technically in the CFP hunt. Their ACC positioning is also fascinating, but I'll get to that later.
Wisconsin @ #25 Purdue, 3:00, BTN: The rest of the B1G sometimes loves ruining OSU's CFP standing by having the wrong teams win. Wisconsin has done us a solid so far by losing to PSU and Michigan, so that both can stay in the top 10. However, that is only step 1. Next task is losing here and next week vs Iowa, so we can face a ranked Purdue team in a couple weeks (Purdue does face Sparty before then), and eventually a top 10 Iowa team in the title game. Wisconsin running the table and winning the B1G West would be bad. If Purdue loses, we should all hold @Lee responsible.
Clemson @ #23 Pitt, 3:30, ESPN: Clemson is the lower ranked team, the underdog, and desperately needs this game to keep the ACC title hopes alive. Wake Forest leads the Atlantic Division (formerly known as the "Clemson Division") at 4-0. NC State (who plays Miami) is at 2-0, with win over Clemson. If Clemson loses, they essentially fall 3 games behind NC State. While they'd be only 2 behind Wake and still play them, Wake only has 4 more conference games left. Clemson basically has to win out and have NC State find 2 losses somewhere. Glorious, isn't it!
Pitt, meanwhile sits at 2-0 in the Coastal (formerly "non-Clemson Division). The closest competitors are 1-1 VPI, who they beat, 2-2 Georgia Tech, who they beat, and 3-2 UVA, who they play at home. If they win this game, they have a great shot to win the division, even if they stumble elsewhere. Pitt won @ Tennessee, and won the other games by 44, 70, 31 and 21. Somehow, they lost to Western Michigan, or else we might be discussing Pitt's CFP hopes. They are probably a favorite in the rest of their regular season games.
LSU @ #12 Ole Miss, 3:30, CBS: The SEC West is still wide open, and will feel that way unless Alabama turns back into Alabama. Ole Miss still has to play Auburn and TAMU and they Bama lose again. LSU faces Bama next week, so they can still cause some chaos. Does LSU rally around Coach O?
#8 Okie St @ Iowa St, 3:30, FOX: A top 10 vs unraked game, and the unranked team is favored by 7. Okie State is 6-0 without a win by bigger than 11. ISU lost to Baylor and Iowa by a combined 12. ISU probably needs this to stay in the Big 12 race, with a loss to Baylor already. Okie St's next toughest games between this and Bedlam are TCU and TTU.
#10 Oregon @ UCLA, 3:30, ABC: Another game where an unranked team is actually favored over a top 10 team. Oregon is a shell of the team that demoted Kerry Coombs, losing to 3-4 Stanford 2 weeks ago and beat 1-5 Cal last week by 7. UCLA beat Hawaii by 34 in the opener. After beating LSU, they suffered a 3 pt loss to Fresno in a let down game. Fresno then lost to Hawaii, being one of the biggest rebuffs of the transitive property in college football. UCLA is coming off 2 road wins, and would be ranked top 20 if they had played a cream puff after LSU instead of a solid MWC team. This does point to a UCLA win, which would be great for OSU.
USC @ #13 ND, 7:30, NBC: Only here because Cincy probably needs ND to win out to have a CFP shot. USC is a mess, but they always have talent. ND still plays Stanford and 3 ACC teams, so they easily could drop another game or 2.
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Dont blame me, i dont play for Purdue. I really dont think we are good enough to be ranked, but Wisconsin is a home game so hopefully you will win.
Also be careful what you ask for, Purdue has a history of being the Spoilermakers especially against OSU. This is not me bragging or talking trash, OSU is a far better team and I think Day is a good coach, but I think we all remember Purdue winning against OSU over the last couple of decades when we have no business doing so.
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A ranked Purdue vs Ohio State. For some reason Purdue always plays OSU tough and no one else. Maybe we got that out of the way vs Iowa. This isnt me saying we are better, its me saying we play you guys tough.
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If OSU wins out they will make the playoffs. Purdue being ranked or not wont matter much at all.
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I was told Caleb Williams is an instant Heisman contender.
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That's every Oklahoma QB by default
Hell, Rattler was supposed to be the #1 overall pick