GeotechDuck

I think it is very likely and almost a done deal that the 5 seed is going to get some combination of the BIG-12 winner and Mountain West winner in the first and second rounds. The benefit of being the 5 seed is that you potentially have the easiest path to the semifinals, even though you have to play an extra game. You are going to have to beat the best eventually anyways to win the whole thing, so I sure hope Oregon wins on Saturday. But if for some reason they don’t, it’s probably not the end of the world. I think that last SEC team will end up as the 11 seed, but we shall see. I would also love to beat Alabama. My niece is in school there right now. 😎

They probably still have osu2 No. 1 in their rankings.

There is one stat that truly outlines how big of an upgrade Lanning was from Cristobal. Cristobal lost to 4 unranked conference opponents in three years at Oregon. Lanning lost to 0 unranked conference opponents in three years at Oregon.

Yeah. Thinking South Carolina probably did enough to get the last spot, but we will see on Tuesday.

I think the interesting story line this week is who is going to be ranked 11 and be the last at-large team in the field prior to CCG week. The three candidates that I see are Miami, Alabama, and South Carolina. Miami - Can Miami really be in the field with 2 losses to unranked teams (should have been at least 4) and no ranked wins. If they are, something is seriously wrong with the process. Alabama - Will Alabama get the nod based on past history? They are in slightly better position than Miami, even with the additional loss. South Carolina - Took 3 early losses, but have been on an absolute roll since about the middle of October. In that time they have racked up 3 wins against teams in the CFP Top 25. IMO, South Carolina is the team that deserves this last spot. Question - If Clemson wins the ACC Championship is SMU safely in? IMO, they should be.

He was WIDE OPEN on that second series. If Gabriel sees him, he’s probably still running.

Need to put another score on them before half.

Wow. Miami continues to be a team that is very undisciplined. That was a huge penalty that probably held them to 3 on that drive. And just like that, they essentially lose the game on a stupid penalty. We are so lucky Mario left and we ended up with Dan.

Agree with this. You are still in the playoffs, so I don’t see them firing Day right now. However, a first round exit in the playoff might do it. He better win a couple games.

Wow. GT leaving points on the table on multiple possessions, but still up 10-0.

I agree too. In no case should a team that made it to the conference championship be penalized for losing that game ( in terms of not getting in). If you are in before the game, you should be in after, regardless of the result.

Did a much better job on the glass today, which was good to see.

I’ll go a step further and say that Georgia should be No. 3. I would bet Georgia against ND, Miami, and Penn State. And we know how they faired against Texas.

Agree. I think the biggest issue right now is rebounding. If they can get that fixed, they will be hard to beat. Shooting will come around as they play more together.

ASU was picked to finish dead last in the Big-12. If they beat AZ, give that man his award.

If Oregon wins the CCG, do you think tOSU will stay at 5? Might give the committee a good excuse to drop them one spot to a 6.

Someone needs to remind Paul that the SEC is 2-5 against OOC Power 4 teams with winning records. That sounds closer to a bunch of Indianas than total dominance. As an Oregon fan, the only SEC team I am worried about is Georgia.

Uh oh. Let’s hope he doesn’t go into full “River Boat” Dan mode for this game against Washington. 🤣

IMO, this is the issue with the current situation. In my opinion, A&M is not the second best team in the SEC. They are probably the 5th best, with the second easiest schedule in the conference (behind Texas).

Plus it overlaps with the Oregon vs Creighton hoop game

Right now, it looks to me that three teams are separating themselves from the rest of the pack. Those teams are Oregon, tOSU, and Georgia. Texas could be in that group too, but we won’t know until the playoff because of their trash schedule. Hopefully those 4 teams all don’t end up on one side of the bracket. However, I am not holding my breath.

I vote for Georgia too. With that schedule, losing to a couple good teams in understandable.

I stopped reading the article once I saw that the so called Texas SOS is ahead of every team in the BIG, despite losing to the only ranked team they have played by multiple scores and only beating one team with a winning record. Classic case of garbage in / garbage out, IMO.

Thank you very much for the help! I was trying not to get too many spaces in there, but sometimes it backfires on me. I like it. The decorations give it some flare.

Here are my opinions on this. Georgia is very under-valued. They are being penalized for playing an extremely difficult schedule. They are the only team that has 3 wins against the Top 25, including 2 against the Top10. Both of their losses are against the Top10 as well. They are the only team in consideration that has played 5 ranked teams. Texas, Indiana, and ND are all currently over-valued. Here is how I would rank them now: 1) Oregon - Three Top 25 wins, no losses 2) tOSU - One Top 5 win and a loss to the No. 1 team 3) Georgia - Three Top 25 wins, including two vs the Top10. Two good losses to Top 10 teams. 4) Penn State - One Top 5 win and one close loss to the No. 2 team 5) Tennessee - One Top 10 win; one Top 10 loss; one suspect loss 6) Alabama - Two Top 25 wins, including a Top 10 win; one Top 10 loss; one suspect loss 7) Ole Miss - Two Top 25 wins; one loss outside Top 25; one horrible loss 😎 Indiana - Undefeated, but no Top 25 wins. 9) Texas - Only one win against a team with a winning record; Lost to the only ranked team they played. 9) Notre Dame - One Top 25 win against a team that has no Top 25 wins; one horrible loss 10) Boise St. - Two Top 25 wins and lost to No. 1 by three. SOS is outside the Top 60. 11) BYU - One Top 25 win; Beat SMU head to head. Poor SOS. 12) SMU - No ranked wins, but a better loss than Miami (who also lost two other times and get bailed out by the refs). Here is my playoff prediction: 1) Oregon; wins the BIG CCG 2) Alabama; wins out + Missouri wins 1 of 2 to get into the CCG. Beats Texas or A&M in the CCG. 3) SMU; wins out + beats Miami in the CCG. 4) Boise State; wins out and finishes higher than the Big-12 champion 5) ND; wins out. Slotted here above tOSU to avoid the UO vs tOSU hat trick 6) tOSU; runner up in BIG. Drops a spot due to the CCG loss for seeding purposes. 7) Penn State; wins out but misses CCG. 😎 Georgia; wins out, but misses CCG. SOS gets them seeded above other SEC teams. 9) Texas; beats A&M but loses to Bama, but that is enough to keep them in the field. 10) Ole Miss - Wins out and is enough to stay in the field. 11) Tennessee - with UTEP and Vandy left, they win out. 12) Colorado - wins the Big-12 and secures the 12 seed. First teams out - Indiana, Miami, then BYU.