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Dante Moore is playing his best ball yet, making Oregon a dangerous squad in the College Football Playoff Oregon quarterback Dante Moore playing his best ball of the season. His last three games have been superb. That makes the Ducks a dangerous squad when next month's College Football Playoff begins.

Shocking AP and Coaches Poll results boost Oregon toward great playoff spotAutzen ZooShocking AP and Coaches Poll results boost Oregon toward...Though the College Football Playoff Committee will do what committees do and muck things up, Oregon climbed to their highest ranking of the year,

Have to agree with Charles... Hopefully it would allow Oregon to resurrect a couple of currently unavailable players from injured reserve status. If not, #5-6 is probably OBD best option. It could potentially give an opportunity for the reserves to shine.

If we could move up eventually to a number three seed, then I would take the bye. I just don’t want to face Ohio State until the finals…

How about the team that lost its head coach, and apparently also its O-coordinator today? Ole Miss. A&M lost to Texas, which was the only team A&M faced in the upper tier of the final SEC standings. Didn't get much publicity, but A&M's conference schedule was comparable to the ease of Indiana's last season.

Agreed. A project like Michigan State would be a four or five year turnaround, but the patience factor is so extreme, and the expectations of a miracle…are crazy.

I would want a playoff game at Autzen, the players & fans deserve it, imo. I think it helps a team get tuned up more and better prepared for the quarter finals.

This is my problem with unbalanced schedules. Texas played 5 playoff caliber teams, including the bubble. ATM played two and lost to the team that played 5. The playoff committee continues to value wins and losses over body of work, schedule, and last season performance. Based on what I have seen the last few weeks, there is no question in my mind that Texas is a better team than ATM right now.

In my mind if you if you cannot finish better than tied for 5th in your own conference, why would you expect to play for a national championship? It is simple, win more games. Their overall record is merely 7th in their own league. No amount of self promotion should work.

So many of these coach firings are hilarious. He's only been at MSU for 2 seasons, what kind of changes were they expecting in such a short timeline? It's freaking M...S...U... 🤦‍♂️

Depends. If you're the 5th or 6th seed then I'd take the playoff game. You still get around 3 weeks of rest and your first opponent is either a G6 representative or the lowest P4 team that qualifies.

We seem to get dinged up in practices as much as games. That's a tough call for me.

I'll go with a bye into the quarters. One more week to get healthy, one less chance of a loss, less chance of injury (in theory!), rely upon last year's lessons in regard to a long layoff.

Minimum of 3 (yes 1 due to no CShip game next week), maybe 4 if chaos ahead of them and they sneak into the #4 slot. Which would mean the BIG would have 3 of the top 4 as I do not see the loser of osu vs Indy falling out of top 4.

It seemed like several throws were off target behind the receiver; however, there were several on the mark that were dropped

Michigan State plans to fire coach Jonathan Smith, sources say - ESPN

He's down the Lane to Red Stick. Ole Miss to hire DC Pete Golding to replace Lame.

I'm sorry; I don't want to be #4. Love the idea of being #5. Tune-up game with a healthy receiving corps, then go to work.

Good post, but I think that Texas not being ranked in the top 10 is about to sway Sankey and others to Tony P's PO format. SIWhy Beating Texas A&M Won’t Help Texas’s Chances at Colle...The selection committee has shown that losses matter more than big wins this season, and the Longhorns’ three defeats loom large against other bubble teams.%

Some of his throws were crazy accurate, and his passing percentage is hurt by at least four drops by the receivers. (20-29)

Whew, That last scenario is huge. I would hope everyone would agree Georgia put to rest any notion Florida State deserved to be in that last four team playoff (and to be frank, Georgia made a case THEY should have been there). Florida State could barely win their Conference, and they were a shadow of who they were before the injury. As far as Texas and Miami: As much as I hate to admit it, Texas has a case. They beat A&M, Oklahoma and Vandy. Two of those three are definitely in. They lost to Bama-also in. And they played horribly against Ohio State, with both teams a shadow of what they would become, and only lost by a TD. Miami lost two games they should have handily won. They beat ND early, and I believe we all can agree they would have a much tougher out against Notre Dame now. BYU is going to have a lot to say about Texas' chances. However, this is a situation where schedule does matter. Texas was all over the map when you look at how they performed all year. But they played FIVE playoff caliber teams. None of them lost more than two games. They defeated A&M, who was undefeated. I believe Indiana, Georgia and Alabama were the only other teams to take down an undefeated playoff bound team. And this isn't in defense of the SEC. A&M proved you can run through your conference unscathed if you face the middle of the pack. Texas proved it is really difficult to go unscathed against a field of playoff caliber teams. Georgia, Ole Miss, OBD and Bama are examples of how tough it is to handle even one playoff bound team when they are playoff bound themselves. And Texas faced two top 3 teams. Miami has no such argument. Much less, the talent they have nullifies any excuse at justifying their two losses. They have an NFL bound QB, and is far more talented than the rest of their conference. Texas is a tier below Bama and Georgia for certain. They defeated Oklahoma, which is at their level, and took down Vandy, who is also at or near Texas' level. Ironically, this goes against my "you are what your record says you are" argument. What changed my mind was when I looked at Texas compared to Michigan, whom I initially thought should go instead of Texas had they defeated Ohio State. But Michigan didn't face five playoff caliber teams. The Wolverines faced two that were potential playoff teams, and went 1-1(and we can we acknowledge Michigan looked shaky as well?). If BYU defeats Texas Tech, they are in. If they lose, that 11 slot should be slated for Texas if and only if Virginia loses. I can't justify rewarding Duke for winning a weak ACC, or giving Miami the nod for "being more talented". That is an insult to the "every week matters" mantra. Because it means you can lose several times and still make the playoffs. And you can get mulligans for losing to twice to teams you have no business losing to in the first place. I despise the SEC mantra that they have a tougher slate than the rest of college football. This year, Texas and A&M proved the SEC is ordinary UNLESS you play a schedule that actually verifies your mantra. Texas is the first team in a very long time that faced 4 playoff bound/caliber teams, three in their own conference. Texas is correct to say scheduling Ohio State was risking a loss they easily could have replaced with an easy victory. Take away the conference shield, and you still see Texas performed well despite looking awfully shaky all year. So as much as I hate to give an SEC team Kudos, Texas is a team I can honestly respect for scheduling and handling a very tough slate. They are the only team this year to play almost half their schedule against teams that lost less than 3 games all year. And they are the only team to face four teams guaranteed to make the playoffs.

If the CFP refects these polls its bittersweet. Love a 1st round home game but having one less game is nice also. Timelines not much different than the old days when you make a new years day bowl game.

Dante Moore has finally caught virtually everybody's attention. David Pollack says Dante never blinks and has a resting heart rate of 20. Someone else coined him "THE MOTOR CITY MAGICIAN!!!" Finally, he gets some noteworthy attention. I can't wait for next game.

Bizarre!!! While I do not want Oregon in the top 4, oddly enough, it would give them a full 4 weeks till next game. Last year felt like Oregon was a little full of themselves, this year they look like grizzled men in a harsh winter. The scars and bruises have weakened them a bit but taught them to endure such hardships and find ways to accomplish their goal. A la Ohio State last year. 4 weeks would give them a beautiful amount of time to heal up and get the game plan in order as well. Making it only a 3 game journey ain’t half bad either right? Quack!!

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