College Football 2024

The winner of Clemson/South Carolina will have an interesting case to make.

Can the Big 12 just be written out of the playoff this year?

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Originally Posted by Xville

I’m fine with the sec getting the benefit of the doubt. They are by far the best conference every single year and it’s hardly ever close. I fully expect one of them to win the playoff again.

The people talking about notre dames schedule is really weird. Its way better than a lot of the other teams that are going to be in the playoff

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Not only is it way better, but they are beating them more than handily, doubling the spread or more, when other teams are squeaking by or losing, sometimes embarrassingly. ND plays and beats more ranked and/or bowl eligible teams by a bunch. They are doing exactly what good teams are supposed to do....now....when it matters most.

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Originally Posted by X-band '01

Can the Big 12 just be written out of the playoff this year?

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If Army had beaten ND, sure. Someone fron the Big XII will probably still manage to finish in front of the Tulane/Army winner now.

The Cocks had a roller coaster season, but I fully expect them to be really competitive next year if no one buys their QB away to a more storied program.
Losing by 3 to LSU, and by 2 to Alabama cost them any consideration.
They also hammered A&M by 24, which should give someone pause to reflect on the rankings.

https://x.com/CitrusBowl/status/1860541820167487642

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Originally Posted by UCGRAD4X

Not only is it way better, but they are beating them more than handily, doubling the spread or more, when other teams are squeaking by or losing, sometimes embarrassingly. ND plays and beats more ranked and/or bowl eligible teams by a bunch. They are doing exactly what good teams are supposed to do....now....when it matters most.

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I realize there are a lot of Irish fans here, but c'mon.

A&M and UofL are their only solid wins....and by slim margins. Surely you are not referring to the 2 Military "ranked" teams as your examples of impressive blowouts? They have beaten no one of any significance AND embarrassed themselves vs NIU.

PSU has Illinois, several solid B10 wins and their only loss a -7 brawl vs OSU....not close.

USC will be significant.

Cool story from ESPN about the Texas band performance at A&M after the bonfire collapse in '99. I obviously remember the bonfire collapse, but I didn't remember this about the band.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...half-show-band

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Originally Posted by Xuperman

I realize there are a lot of Irish fans here, but c'mon.

A&M and UofL are their only solid wins....and by slim margins. Surely you are not referring to the 2 Military "ranked" teams as your examples of impressive blowouts? They have beaten no one of any significance AND embarrassed themselves vs NIU.

PSU has Illinois, several solid B10 wins and their only loss a -7 brawl vs OSU....not close.

USC will be significant.

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Please tell me of these solid b10 wins that Penn state has? Illinois? Come on man. A&m and Louisville would both be favored over them by a td or more. Saying they have solid b10 wins is like saying nd has solid acc wins because they beat Georgia tech and Virginia.

Nd has the worst loss of any playoff team no doubt about that, but comparing their schedule vs Penn state and iu is no contest. Nd by a mile. Louisville and A&M are better than any team Penn state or iu has beaten.

I don’t even like notre dame, just using some common sense and objectivity

How on earth is Notre Dame ranked ahead of Miami and SMU, though? They both won AT Louisville, and neither lost to Northern Illinois!