DancingPanther
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- Jun 19, 2018
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They may be closely ranked today, but OSU is two tiers above PSU as a program.
A non playoff berth or 1 and done in the tournament should be a death knell for Franklin. The f***ing loser should have been replaced by now but it is what it is.
Yesterday was a bit of a disaster for the Big 12.
My family was losing it today. Think just about every PSU fan I know is ready for Baldy to hit the road.
I get it completely. What I worry about is not just who would replace him, but who would make that decision...
Yeah, Clemson in in trouble. Provided Miami and SMU win out, there's no likely path for them to get in. They'll be a two-loss team that did not play in their conference championship game. A&M still has a viable path to Atlanta. It'll come down to that last game against Texas.The at large picture took a bit of a hit yesterday as well. A&M & Clemson’s playoff hopes are on life support now.
Yeah, Clemson in in trouble. Provided Miami and SMU win out, there's no likely path for them to get in. They'll be a two-loss team that did not play in their conference championship game. A&M still has a viable path to Atlanta. It'll come down to that last game against Texas.
Despite moving to 12 teams, it really only feels like three teams are safely in the picture right now, Oregon, Miami and Penn State (weirdly enough). The SEC schools are going to continue to play each other (Texas/Texas A&M, Georgia/Tennessee and LSU/Alabama), so there's still some losses coming for the top schools there. The Big 12 is trending towards one team. I don't think a one loss BYU team gets in, so they need to run the table and win the conference to safely make it. Notre Dame is in if they run the table. The committee is not going to let that ratings machine miss. It'll get interesting if they lose again, because they have clearly the worst loss among the playoff contenders.
If I had to take a guess at the playoff breakdown while looking ahead at schedules, I'd go with 3 SEC teams, 4 B1G teams, Notre Dame, 1 G5, 2 ACC teams and 1 Big 12 team.
There's always the chance they go with Clemson on name value alone, but I think we might be at the point where the only way 2 ACC teams get in is undefeated Miami losing to SMU/Clemson in the title game.