Reading some information regarding two loss SEC schools and IU if we lose to OSU. All saying two loss SEC gets in instead of us. Entitlement abounds. Go Hoosiers! Beat OSU and end this BS.
The ESPN playoff lobby is off and running on SEC two loss schools - get ready to get _____.
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ESPN will push this agenda hard,they have been an SEC homer for years.
I think if we get by a point or 30 points,they will start with the see,they played one good team all year and lost.
Get ready because it’s coming,just win the damn game and avoid all the BS.
I think if we get by a point or 30 points,they will start with the see,they played one good team all year and lost.
Get ready because it’s coming,just win the damn game and avoid all the BS.
I've been warning of this for a while now. So many people here can't see the reality of it and think the ESPN computers are the decision makers. Unfortunately, it is a group of people that are heavily influenced by the powers that be.
I agree. I’ve mentioned it as well and people just love to disagree. Need Texas to win out and we get in. If Texas loses we are out due to the amount of 2 loss SEC teams
Kirby Smart has already started whining. I hope the committee doesn't cede to this bullshit.
Georgia's Kirby Smart calls out CFP selection committee after win over Tennessee
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart delivered a direct message to the College Football Playoff selection committee on Saturday after a win over Tennessee.
ESPN has the ESPN broadcast rights, you figure it out.
There are two weeks of the regular season remaining and so much can happen in that time. Tenn could lose to Vandy, Penn State could lose at Minn., and IU could be OSU. When it all plays out I think IU will be in the playoff and yes, there will be some SEC teams whining about it.
They'll go 4 B1G and 4 SEC, and settle it on the field.
That's the common sense approach
Do away with the stupid champ games and just do 24 and play it out.
Kirby also conveniently leaves out that his Ole Miss loss was by 3 scores. That’s one eye test.
They beat a 4-win Kentucky team by 1 point. That’s another eye test.
They only beat the last ranked 2-8 Mississippi State in Athens by a margin of 10 and gave up 306 yards passing. That’s another eye test.
If he’s interested in eye tests, don’t lose more than 1 game and blow out the weaker teams.
They beat a 4-win Kentucky team by 1 point. That’s another eye test.
They only beat the last ranked 2-8 Mississippi State in Athens by a margin of 10 and gave up 306 yards passing. That’s another eye test.
If he’s interested in eye tests, don’t lose more than 1 game and blow out the weaker teams.
Notre Dame has one and will only have one decent win and will have the worst loss of all teams.. but they will still get in.
It’s a big club and we ain’t in it. - George Carlin
Sagarin ratings, if you remember him in USA Today newspaper for many years. He has IU 12 this week and 6 SEC teams in the top 11. Oregon is 7th.
I found his data to be very accurate in my gambling days.
Scroll down for the football rankings.
I found his data to be very accurate in my gambling days.
Scroll down for the football rankings.
Playing devil’s advocate, if role’s were reversed and IU had played in SEC and had Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama or Ole Miss’s schedule, what would we be saying? Our weak schedule is a legit argument. Good news is we have the ability to silence everyone this weekend!
Ole Miss played and beat 2 really good teams
They started out the season with Furman, Middle Tennessee State, Wake Forest and Georgia Southern. Hardly muderer’s row. They lost to a 4-win Kentucky at home. They lost to a mediocre LSU team. They finish the season against Florida and winless in the conference Mississippi State.
My argument would be that you lost to 2 teams you never should have lost to and shouldn’t have to be pleading your case.
I think at the end of the day, they put in 4 Big Ten teams and 4 SEC teams. They aren’t going to take all of these 2-loss SEC teams.
I'm tired of reading/hearing all the talk of IU's potential record if they had played an SEC schedule this year. Seriously, watching those teams beat up on each other proves one thing abundantly clear: they all have faults in their games. Bama is far short of usual, GA's offense struggles away from Athens, and Tenn fans are the worst of the bunch (calling out IU as a fake contender) when their offense is the worst of the 2 loss SEC teams. I'm not saying IU would be undefeated and likely would have tripped up a game or maybe even two. However, there is anything but evidence the SEC is their usual conference full of powerhouse teams. Ole Miss may be the closest in terms of the eye test with their ability to ring up big numbers on offense but then they go out and lay an egg against a 3-6 team. IU is a complete TEAM on O and D; something I don't think any SEC team can claim this season. Hopefully, the CFP's confirm the SEC is not who THEY think they are this season.
Still just a guessing game...but I'd guess a big chunk of our CFP chances ride on how we "look" on Saturday. If we look like we belong on the field with OSU, even if we lose, I think there's too much chaos that would need to happen for IU to be left out. If we get thumped, and its obvious watching the game that we aren't at OSU's level, then I think that opens up the door for many teams to jump over us...namely the 2, maybe even 3 loss SEC teams.
When the plans for the new 12 team playoffs were still on the drawing board it was claimed that the strength of schedule would be an important consideration. SOS is a moving target. Especially now with the transfer portal we don’t know how good a team is until the season is over. To think that Indiana went from 17th in the conference to fifth in the country in 10 weeks…..
What doesn’t make any sense is giving conference champions an automatic bye as if all of the conferences are of equal strength.
What doesn’t make any sense is giving conference champions an automatic bye as if all of the conferences are of equal strength.
USC could throw a monkey wrench into the Notre Dame - Playoff BS. And yes, I realize USC is a head scratcher with all of their NFL talent but they're a very dangerous team
this^..........it's very simple
win Saturday and we're in
play Saturday like we have all year long and make them earn it.....we're in
if we get blown out (won't happen) then we don't deserve to be in
beat o$u and put those f____s on suicide watch
The SEC wants to claim that the teams at the top of the league are beating each other up. But the bigger issue is that those teams (almost across the board) keep dick tripping in games they should have easily won if they were as good as the claimed. If the SEC were as good as they claimed, A&M/Ole Miss would be undefeated (instead of 2 losses each), and Bama/Tenn would have one loss each. Those extra 6 losses are rightfully dragging down the perception of the top of the SEC
On the surface Georgia could look like a victim of top SEC teams beating up on each other with losses only to top 10 teams and 2 very solid wins. However, one of those came in one of the ugliest games of the year at Texas where there were a combined 5 first half TOs and Georgia had one drive the of more than drive of more than 35 yards. Their resume outside those 2 big wins is actually very mediocre
Based on eye test alone, Georgia isn't even a top 15 (maybe not even top 20) team that seemingly lucked into 2 very good wins.
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Know I’m in the minority but I’m totally fine being 11-1 and playing in the Citrus Bowl 1/1. We’re not deep enough to win a Natty and the new standard has already been set.
The middle of the SEC could go 8-1 or 7-2 (South Carolina for example) in the BT. We just don’t face a gauntlet like they do week in and out. Our middle teams really need to step up. Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa being down really hurt the conference.
Throw in Washington and Michigan sucking as upper tier teams. I mean I get it.
The middle of the SEC could go 8-1 or 7-2 (South Carolina for example) in the BT. We just don’t face a gauntlet like they do week in and out. Our middle teams really need to step up. Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa being down really hurt the conference.
Throw in Washington and Michigan sucking as upper tier teams. I mean I get it.
In many ways, its a bigger game for OSU than it is for us.
A couple of those ways.
1. IU can lose this game and still get in to the playoff, OSU likely can't.
2. I think Ryan Day loses his job if he loses to IU.
3. Our excitement for beating OSU could only be outdone by their embarrassment by losing to IU in the shoe.
Please, please...pretty please let it happen!!!
I don't know...after watching most/all of the teams in recent weeks. I think with the right path, this team could win 3-4 games in a row if they play well. There aren't any teams that would "scare" me anyways, at this point. Maybe Saturday's game will change that POV, but I kinda doubt it will, win or lose.
No. SEC has a broadcast arrangement with Disney/ESPN
The PAC 12 added teams really need to raise their games. Oregon is obviously good this year, but for the Big 10 to have a legitimate argument against the SEC, USC, UW, and UCLA need to be top tier teams. They have the potential and recruiting base. Iowa and Wisky will always be somewhat limited.
Yeah, I’m tired of IU having to carry this conference.
4. cig called them out last fall........the target on our back is large
Hey we thought we were limited. Clearly it’s coaching. Iowa could be a giant with their fanbase and commitment to football. But their coach is extremely mid.
Wisconsin just made a bad hire that set them back. Jury is still out on Fickell but going away from UW football to the Air Raid was certainly a choice.
This is my worry. Michigan played like they were very angry over it. I have no doubt Ohio State will too.
Nobody scares me in 1 game. But winning 3 just seems impossible. Michigan really exposed a couple weaknesses and nearly everyone we’d play has that talent up front and on the backend.
I agree they can be solid programs. I just think a USC has a much higher upside. That could be a NC program.
I said this as well. Kirby is going to plead his case. Bottom line: he lost by 3 scores at Ole Miss. He clung on to a whopping 1 point victory at UK. He beat the worst team in the conference (Mississippi State) at home by 10 points, gave up 31 points and 306 yards passing.
If the SEC had their way, 12 teams in the CFP would be the 1-12 teams in the SEC. Nobody else.
There are so many other things riding on this game, I kinda doubt that Cig's speech 8-9 months ago, will mean much.
If they beat IU, I have no doubt they'll reference it. Their fans certainly will. But in terms of actually having an impact on the game...IU being a legitimate threat, the playoffs being on the line, Ryan Day's job being on the line...these will all have OSU more ready to play than Cig's bball game speech will.
