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ESPN is going to battle hard for Texas to get a playoff spot. I would guess A&M drops behind all of the other one-loss teams. How far will be determined by how Oregon does against Washington.

It ain't over until... OK, it's over. With a few minutes left, the Cigs are smoking Poor Doo 56-3. One half of the conference champ game is set. Going to have to spend some cash if you want to watch the B1G title game in Indianapolis, a one-hour drive north of fraternity row. For this short a trip, no more than one six-pack per Hoosier required 🤪.

TAM loses. What will this do to our seeding??

That would be fun.... But I don't think that would ever really happen. There is a still a massive talent gap between the top and the bottom. Especially when it comes to the end of a season. I mean in the 2022 Rosebowl Utah went up against Ohio State which had some of their biggest players sit out for the draft... And lost. Yes they lost their star QB but I don't think that would have made a difference in terms of the final result... Maybe the score board would have looked nicer but OSU would have gotten the win regardless.

Ducks 45-21 2 2 300

I think the champion would typically be the team playing the best in December, with a little luck, and a little depth. Wouldn't it be fun to see a team like Utah inexplicably knock off a team like Georgia from time to time and make little Cinderella run?

The champion would be the team lucky enough to avoid injuries through a 16-game season.

This game is like watching paint dry.

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QB back in, but TAM losing 3-0, but in the red zone.

Get that thing taped up. Freshman backup is in.

This is not good. TAM QB is down and maybe out.

My tea leafs indicate it is between those two almost for sure. Important to remember there are also other suitors for both of them, including PSU and either Ole Miss or LSU depending on how Lane breaks. Fisch being distracted at the very least 😂

My review is we have another year where we improve enough to have 12+ losses and be a bubble team that might win in the round of 64. Salty? Yep. But lobbing it into Ewing just doesn’t work anymore imo.

Outstanding!

Anything to mitigate the beauty contest that still exists. If there was a “perfect” way to get to 8, it would probably be enough, but there isn’t.

Shot selection, shooting, turnovers, transitions, fouls, teamwork all went wrong. The team should get better, but I was giving them more credit than they have earned. My green-yellow glasses sometimes blur my vision.

OBD 41-25 1 2 305

As noted by friend Solar, Dawg does not bite Man, but does sting Yellowjackets. UGA 16 -Tech 9. My guess is that Kirby knows the Smart approach is for Bama to play A&M in the SEC champ game.

After three years, guests and Fisch smell.

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Let's get there already. All the crap there used to be about how there are only really 4 teams capable of winning it all each year, and yet now that the playoff size has grown, so has the field of contenders. Look at Texas Tech. Would they be investing like this with a 4 team playoff? Heck no. Poor risk-reward. But if that money can get them in the playoffs every other year it pays off. If you expand the playoff field you'll expand the number of contenders, and levels the competition at the top. A field of 24 covers every ranked team minus one, which has been the threshold of relevance for a very long time. If you are relevant enough to be ranked, then you are relevant enough to play in the playoffs.

What a screw up by the GT head coach. Wasted a time out challenging a spot that was off by inches, leave his offense 13 seconds left instead of almost a minute, but his players still fighting giving them a chance with a hail Mary. 16-6 final Georgia wins. Georgia offense couldn't move the ball. I think their OL is a weakness this year, and QB Stockton is mid.

Scuttlebutt has it that the B1G and the SEC are seriously considering a 24-team playoff and are working with ESPN, the ACC, and the B12 to see if the CFB calendar could be changed to make this happen in 2027. I am not here as an advocate, only as an informant. But I do note that if the NCAA had managed the 'Division 1' postseason years ago, the playoff field would have had a 24-team field. Four teams from the ACC, B1G, B12, and the SEC would be in the field. Two teams from the G6 would be included, along with six at-large teams. Using the PO committee's latest ranking, this would be the PO field. The top eight seeds would host a second-round playoff game. 1. Ohio State vs. 17 USC at 16 Texas. 2. Indiana vs. 18 UVA at 15 Michigan. 3. Texas A&M vs. 19 Tennessee at 14 Vanderbilt 4. Georgia vs. 20 ASU at 13 Utah 5. Texas Tech vs. 21 SMU at 12 Miami 6. OREGON vs. 22. Pitt at 11. BYU 7. Ole Miss vs. 23 Tulane at 10 Alabama 8. Oklahoma vs. 24 JMU at 9 Notre Dame. Other than for 'The Good of the Game', I see no reason why any conference, and Notre Dame, would not favor this format. Put the Dawgs Down in Seattle!