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re: Early 2025 picks for the College Football Playoff *Invitational

Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:29 pm to
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

Invitational


I like the way that sounds.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:29 pm to
I know
Posted by MacMan10
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:31 pm to
1-12) Not LSU
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:36 pm to
quote:

Invitational


quote:

I like the way that sounds.


Sounds elite. Like something for only the best of the best.

Actually makes sense that people such Errerrewere would lash out in jealousy over an invitational as he is in this thread.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38318 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:38 pm to
quote:

Actually makes sense that people such Errerrewere would lash out in jealousy over an invitational as he is in this thread.


I'm laughing that you think you deserve it, when the AP and even the coaches think you don't.

All of America is laughing at your delusion.
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
9523 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:42 pm to
Bama, Oregon, Utah, FSU - conference champs
Boise State, LSU, UGA, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Penn State, Oklahoma State

Michigan is in if Harbaw returns and replaces Okie Light
Posted by Herman Frisco
Bon Secour
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:42 pm to
Tell the board this, will a 3 loss LSU team make the 12 next year?
Posted by bamasgot13
Birmingham
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:46 pm to
This coming from the fanbase of the only 2 loss team to be invited to the bcs championship, yet they whine about “backing in”.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38318 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:48 pm to
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This coming from the fanbase of the only 2 loss team to be invited to the bcs championship, yet they whine about “backing in


Exactly what nerve did I hit?
Posted by muncy
Member since Sep 2018
405 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:53 pm to
You’re really beat up over this, maybe take a break
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38318 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:07 pm to
Not at all. But telling me that doesn't take the spotlight off of Bama's upcoming *Invitational Championship.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 11:25 pm
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:23 pm to
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SEC champ
Big10 champ
Acc champ
Big12 champ
On a serious note, Oregon State.

Lost in the post-Fla State exclusion fallout, the Pac announced that they will continue as a conference next year, with Oregon State and Washington State as members.

Apparently NCAA rules allow them to be this way for 2 yrs before they have to add teams, or dissolve.

Both schools have reached a deal (sorta like Notre Dame with the ACC) where they each play 6 Mountain West teams apiece, but those games don't count as Mountain West games. I assume that is to fill out their schedules; then each gets their usual 3 OOC games, plus each other, plus 2 more games (I suspect a game against the instate rival, and 1 more like Stanford or Cal), where it is mutually beneficial to cut down travel for both schools..

This would be like if the SEC collapsed, but Ole Miss and Miss State remained "SEC" and cut a deal with the Sunbelt to fill up the rest of the schedule... with the Egg Bowl being the entire conference schedule.

Of significant note, while Washington State went 5-7, Oregon State went 8-4 and finished 19th in the Playoff poll. Yep, ahead of Liberty and SMU.

So basically, both teams should roll through most of their OOC schedule (3 cupcakes, + 6 MWC games), to where at least one should have 8 wins out of that group. 1 game winner-take-all game for the conference title, which I give the edge to Oregon State as of now.
Any ranking at all would put them safely in the Top 6 Conference winners, and an automatic playoff berth; which should help recruiting vs those teams that left for the Big 10, and now have to deal with fighting Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State for playoff spots.

It's a small window, 2 yrs as I said, but Oregon State could play it into becoming a perennial playoff team. Build back the Pac with beatable teams, and you maintain that spot.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:24 pm to
quote:

Errerrerrwere


You are taking this well.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
8215 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:25 pm to
He isn’t too smart. And he is mad. Give him some room.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38318 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:28 pm to
quote:

He isn’t too smart. And he is mad. Give him some room


Glad to know you think about me when I'm gone.

By all means... continue.
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:48 pm to
Bama will be there, count on it.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
8215 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:56 pm to
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Good luck the rest of the way in the inaugural Invitational this year, bud.


Alabama will win it. Just like the first SEC championship game. And the last SEC championship game. And the most in between.

But you have Joe Borrow. That is really cool.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38318 posts
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:58 pm to
Hold my pocket
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
8215 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 12:21 am to
I thought you were leaving. You said you were leaving. Yet here you are. Did you get lost? Did the tether come loose from your backpack?
Posted by Bamadog75
Alabama
Member since Mar 2017
1280 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 5:19 am to
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