Miami is not very good. They too dont have a win over a ranked opponent... just like clemson. There is no way to justify the acc getting two teams in. No way.
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I don’t think you can consider acc one of the top 5 conferences if cu beats smu.
Edit, scratch that, acc would still be one of the top 5.
IDK but I'd hate to think every time we beat them I have to hope they win their conference. LOL
I'd accept another chance to beat their asses again if that's what it takes for us to get in.
The question really comes down to which 4th SEC team gets in? We probably pass Ole Miss but I don't know that we did enough to pass Bama-as much as they are loved by the committee.
Idk, I think we’re ahead of bama, they lost to vandy and ou. Of course, ole miss lost to Kentucky
I sure hope so. I agree. Just hope the committee does. If Clemson won the ACC (yeah it sucks), would that help our resume in the end?
Well we did just beat the team that the committee thought was good enough to move above Bama last week. Kinda depends on how much stock the committee puts in their own decisions I guess
Trust me I agree. My perfect scenario is us in, Bama and Clemson out.
Recipts we have. We need the goal posts to stay still.
That head to head factor is hard to overcome.
I keep thinking if the roles were reversed. We'd insist that head to head was the first tie breaker.
While it's a fair argument, I think we pass ole miss who whipped us head to head. If that happens, it proves head to head is not always the final tipping point.
That would be true. I'm just not sure, removing the emotional attachment, that i would agree with it though.
It's an old trick, but the "if we were the other team" idea is valid. We'd be pissed if a team we beat jumps us.
It would be nice if the committee even listed some of their decision making processes. Tell us up front that head to head or SOS matters first, etc. But that's a pipe dream.
During the LSU/OU game, they showed the "teams on the edge". They showed us, Miami, smu and Bama. We had a better SOS than Miami and smu, of course. But we had the same record and worse SOS than bama. And they had a top win of Georgia, where our highest rank win was clemson.
That and the head to head leaves us with "momentum" as our selling point. They didn't list Ole Miss stats.
Yep, probably will come down to us and Bama. Miami has no quality win outside maybe UF, who turned it around at season's end but is still a 7 win team. Ole Miss beating Miss State by 12 isn't moving the needle.
Fwiw, Orvlosky was on the ABC halftime show during the UT/A&M game lobbying for us. He mentioned we were the hottest team in the country multiple times and felt like us getting in or not was a major playoff headline after this weekend.
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These guys are saying what I was alluding to. If Clemson wins the ACC title game, SMU falls out and it builds our resume and we potentially pass Bama in final rankings.
It is over now, but had A&M been able to beat Texas and then GA. we would have been in. But A&M just lost.
We would have beaten both the ACC and SEC Champions. There would be no way the committee could not let us in.
Just beating the ACC champion and winning 6 in a row with 4 of them ranked is freaky good resume, but may not be enough to get us in.
The cheating refs at the LSU game still beating us up.
We would have beaten both the ACC and SEC Champions. There would be no way the committee could not let us in.
Just beating the ACC champion and winning 6 in a row with 4 of them ranked is freaky good resume, but may not be enough to get us in.
The cheating refs at the LSU game still beating us up.
It will be a travesty if Clemson gets in and we don't.
Right now, Clemson is 9-3 and 0-2 against ranked opponents.
We're 9-3 and 4-3 against ranked opponents.
The only ranked opponents Clemson has played are SEC teams. The ACC is a joke.
Right now, Clemson is 9-3 and 0-2 against ranked opponents.
We're 9-3 and 4-3 against ranked opponents.
The only ranked opponents Clemson has played are SEC teams. The ACC is a joke.
... and next year the acc will start the season with six teams ranked and we will hear this is not gonna be your typical acc conference this year and that this year will be the exception. And then they will go on to finish the year with three teams left in the rankings and of those three probably one will truly have the resume to be there. Wash, rinse and repeat. Year after year. Obviously it's good to have connections.
Yep, I think they only beat maybe one or two teams with actual winning records-not even top 40 teams.
I don't think they beat SMU.
I will laugh when a newcomer comes in and wins that conference.
I will laugh when a newcomer comes in and wins that conference.
That's probably the most disappointing thing to me that has come out of the new playoff system... SOS seemingly taking a back seat to inclusion.
Well, when does it come in? When records are equal? Or within one game?
To be honest, if SOS weighs more than record, we can just have a B10 and SEC playoff and ignore the rest.
Which is what might end up happening in the end anyway.
I'm beginning to think it wont come in until we go to and stick with computer rankings from start to finish.
Some of the BCS rankings, while they still had some issues, seemed a lot better than a bunch of opinions with agendas behind them.
Agree. I’m thinking the committee is kinda sick of seeing Alabama as a contender for the Natty and may leave them out of consideration for that reason alone.
