College Football Week 12 Game Thread

dcmissle

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Don’t confuse fatigue with the Riley/Hurts sploogefest with hatred. There is probably no path to a top 4 finish for OU. If they somehow make it, they probably get dismantled by Ohio State or Clemson. LSU? Who knows with its putrid defense. That game probably gets settled in the 50s.
 

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OU is the primary beneficiary of the absolute suckitude of the Big XII for the last few years. They have been in close calls with power 5 name schools that actually suck and gotten credit for it without really having to play more than one or two really good teams in conference. Beating TCU? Beating Baylor? Super impressive!

Gooners haven’t played anyone and would be destroyed by any CFP team.
 

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OU is the primary beneficiary of the absolute suckitude of the Big XII for the last few years. They have been in close calls with power 5 name schools that actually suck and gotten credit for it without really having to play more than one or two really good teams in conference. Beating TCU? Beating Baylor? Super impressive!

Gooners haven’t played anyone and would be destroyed by any CFP team.
but Clemson is the beneficiary of the absolute suckitude of the ACC the last few years, and yet they've won 2 of the last 3 national titles. Clemson. They beat an awful North Carolina team by one point, and their only decent win is against Texas A&M, and they will likely be favored in their first playoff game. culture

Right now it looks like
LSU is in unless they lose twice (I guess slight chance Pac 10 winner jumps them if they get beat bad in sec title game)
Clemson is in if they don't lose
OSU is in if they win out
Georgia in if they win out, and out if they lose sec title.
Oregon/Utah winner (in as long as they win out)
Bama unfair as it may be The injury means out ( barring a whole lot of shocking upsets)

Oklahoma. I think their only chance involves either some craziness in the Big Ten ( is Penn st beats OSU and loses to a 2 loss western team in the Bbig ten title game), or maybe Oregon loses to oregon st and then beats Utah

and if Oklahoma got in I'd expect them to score some ,but lose a 37-17 type game. I do think they are a decent bit worse than recent years
 

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Don’t confuse fatigue with the Riley/Hurts sploogefest with hatred. There is probably no path to a top 4 finish for OU. If they somehow make it, they probably get dismantled by Ohio State or Clemson. LSU? Who knows with its putrid defense. That game probably gets settled in the 50s.
OU is the primary beneficiary of the absolute suckitude of the Big XII for the last few years. They have been in close calls with power 5 name schools that actually suck and gotten credit for it without really having to play more than one or two really good teams in conference. Beating TCU? Beating Baylor? Super impressive!

Gooners haven’t played anyone and would be destroyed by any CFP team.
but Clemson is the beneficiary of the absolute suckitude of the ACC the last few years, and yet they've won 2 of the last 3 national titles. Clemson. They beat an awful North Carolina team by one point, and their only decent win is against Texas A&M, and they will likely be favored in their first playoff game. culture

Right now it looks like
LSU is in unless they lose twice (I guess slight chance Pac 10 winner jumps them if they get beat bad in sec title game)
Clemson is in if they don't lose
OSU is in if they win out
Georgia in if they win out, and out if they lose sec title.
Oregon/Utah winner (in as long as they win out)
Bama unfair as it may be The injury means out ( barring a whole lot of shocking upsets)

Oklahoma. I think their only chance involves either some craziness in the Big Ten ( is Penn st beats OSU and loses to a 2 loss western team in the Bbig ten title game), or maybe Oregon loses to oregon st and then beats Utah

and if Oklahoma got in I'd expect them to score some ,but lose a 37-17 type game. I do think they are a decent bit worse than recent years
You're all right. OU is probably not going to make the playoff. But, it sure was a fun comeback.
 

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If LSU beats TAMU, Alabama is probably not getting in as that would be their fifth best win to match their best win. (at the time. Alabama still has Auburn which LSU of course also beat)

If Clemson wins out they're in. If not, then no and no alternate ACC

If OSU win out, they're in. If not, then no without help, but PSU and Minny have a slight edge to get in if 1 loss and win conference game. (Minny must beat Wiscy)

Utah and Oregon control their own destiny for 4th spot (maybe 3rd if Clemson falters) but have to beat the other not someone else I think.

Georgia is next team but they have to beat LSU in Atlanta.

Oklahoma needs a lot of chaos but it's possible. It gets interesting if their competition is a 1 loss Minny team that beat PSU twice. I think Minny and or OSU gets in then.

Oklahoma needs 3 or 4 of the 5: Clemson to lose, Alabama to lose to Auburn, Georgia to lose, Oregon and Utah to each lose, and OSU to lose twice or PSU and Minny to each lose (and win out themselves ).
 

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On second thought, seeing Baylor lose is fun too.
Yep. I am not a big "hate watcher" but watching Penn State and Baylor lose in back-to-back weeks was satisfying. Two programs that deserved the death penalty for their severe problems with institutional control.
 

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For you kids who have only seen the highlights, Bo Jackson was the most electrifying athlete of my lifetime. The dude was a beast and unstoppable in real life as well as on Tecmo Bowl. And one freak play ended all that. I hope this isn't the case with a kid like Tua whose career hasn't even begun yet.
I absolutely agree...except his inability to ignore Trump's siren call to join the USFL.