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Post by aufan on Nov 13, 2020 20:16:15 GMT
They were in 2006, going in to their regular season matchup. Voters thought they were, but they certainly weren't, as history shows.
I think we are safe if between 0 and 1 teams from the Big 10 are invited this year, leaning toward the 0.
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Post by EvilVodka on Nov 13, 2020 20:32:09 GMT
The point wasn't that tOSU and Indiana were the top two teams; only that we can't know. There is no way to know the four "best" teams this season. We can lower the chance of getting it wrong by making it conference champions only. very logical reasoning!
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Post by bluehen on Nov 16, 2020 14:02:57 GMT
With all the erratic scheduling and deviation in sample sizes I think this so called 'playoff' will be even less of a genuine playoff than usual. It will be strictly a TV revenue draw 'Invitational' bowl event.
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Post by tigercpa on Nov 16, 2020 14:05:07 GMT
With all the erratic scheduling and deviation in sample sizes I think this so called 'playoff' will be even less of a genuine playoff than usual. It will be strictly a TV revenue draw 'Invitational' bowl event. Lack of sample size and OOC games also severely limits calculating relative SOS for this year as well.
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Post by doc on Nov 16, 2020 14:12:54 GMT
They were in 2006, going in to their regular season matchup. Voters thought they were, but they certainly weren't, as history shows.
I think we are safe if between 0 and 1 teams from the Big 10 are invited this year, leaning toward the 0.
The current players were 4-8 years old back in 2006 - that has no bearing on today. OSU has won the last 2 meetings vs SEC teams (but again, none of the players from those games are around today), Clemson has been the thorn in the side. They're 102-10 since the 2012 season and 3 of the losses are to Clemson. 2 of the games ended on final drive interceptions that could have won the games.
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Post by Bevo on Nov 16, 2020 16:41:30 GMT
With all the erratic scheduling and deviation in sample sizes I think this so called 'playoff' will be even less of a genuine playoff than usual. It will be strictly a TV revenue draw 'Invitational' bowl event. Lack of sample size and OOC games also severely limits calculating relative SOS for this year as well. Luckily, we still have old reliable "EYE test"!
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Post by EvilVodka on Nov 16, 2020 16:47:45 GMT
With all the erratic scheduling and deviation in sample sizes I think this so called 'playoff' will be even less of a genuine playoff than usual. It will be strictly a TV revenue draw 'Invitational' bowl event. while that is true (yes you are right), I do think you have 4 very clear cut contenders at this point with Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Notre Dame. Florida might be a solid #5
Could Cincinnati or BYU compete with these teams? maybe, but doubtful. The top of college football is very strong, and you have to have a solid team to compete
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Post by bluehen on Nov 16, 2020 21:33:29 GMT
We can still only guess about the non hyped teams ability to compete with the big brand names. That's why I favor an inclusive championship like the 3 championship divisions of NCAA football have. Who can compete with who gets proven by head to head on field competition.
Playing is light years more fair and accurate than guessing, don't you think ?
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