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re: Year by Year Decisions by the CFP Playoff Committee (updated)
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:50 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:50 am to WG_Dawg
I will say, if Clemson loses a game and wins their conference then they will enter into that 2 loss team category because of their schedule. But yea, for the most part the parameters have been made pretty clear.
I mean in 2016 they took Ohio State over the team that literally won Ohio State's conference and beat them head to head......and that team had 2 losses while Ohio State had 1.
I mean in 2016 they took Ohio State over the team that literally won Ohio State's conference and beat them head to head......and that team had 2 losses while Ohio State had 1.
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Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:57 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I will say, if Clemson loses a game and wins their conference then they will enter into that 2 loss team category because of their schedule
This is the unique nature of that scenario. I think their margin for error is next to zero because of the schedule. The committee may look at the schedule, and determine that there are 4 teams out there that would have been undefeated with that schedule, especially if it's Bama with one loss to the presumed #1 team they are looking at (or even LSU if they lose a close one to #1 Bama in Tuscaloosa).
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FTR, in that other thread's scenario, I imagine Oregon gets in over Clemson before a one loss non-champ SEC team. Keep forgetting that part of the hypothetical.
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 11:59 am
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:59 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I will say, if Clemson loses a game and wins their conference then they will enter into that 2 loss team category because of their schedule. But yea, for the most part the parameters have been made pretty clear.
If it's a choice between a one-loss Oregon PAC12 champ and a one-loss Clemson ACC champ (assume other P5 champs are undefeated), I'm thinking the Committee will take the PAC12 champ.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 12:01 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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I will say, if Clemson loses a game and wins their conference then they will enter into that 2 loss team category because of their schedule. But yea, for the most part the parameters have been made pretty clear.
I do think that would be an interesting scenario to watch. I think anyone with eyeballs can see clemson is just missing something this year and if bama and clemson played each other (wiht tua, I should say) bama would likely win. Probably easily. Bama would also have a 100x better loss, regardless of who Clemson's loss is to.
wiht that said..you are correct in that they seem to have a set of parameters and thus far have stuck by them every year. Throwing away the "eye test" or "best team" or subjective things like that...I jsut don't think the committee would leave out a 12-1 ACC champion in favor of an 11-1 non-conf champion.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 12:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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I mean in 2016 they took Ohio State over the team that literally won Ohio State's conference and beat them head to head......and that team had 2 losses while Ohio State had 1.
This happened because Ohio State beat OU non-conference while Penn State didn't play anyone. Conference play is only 75% of a Big Ten team's schedule, not the entire body of work.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:25 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I think Ohio State and Oklahoma are different this year... i dont know if either will lose... the rest of their conferences are pretty weak... Ohio state basically has two games.. Wisky and Penn State.. Idk if they lose either... Oklahoma literally has nobody... this year could be one of the first where Im not sure two SEC teams deserve to be in it... Bama is young and Clemson is not as good as they have been the past 3 years... hell i could see a dark horse getting in...
Bama could lose two games (LSU/Auburn)
Georgia could lose two (Florida coming
It could open the door for someone else to get in if Clemson slips up... (Which I think they will)
Who could that Dark horse be?
Bama could lose two games (LSU/Auburn)
Georgia could lose two (Florida coming
It could open the door for someone else to get in if Clemson slips up... (Which I think they will)
Who could that Dark horse be?
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