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The 2019 College Football Thread ! LSU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ! CLEMSON SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!

tagsfan said:
Too bad there's not a MBB version of Herm Edwards for Wake to hire. I hated to see Oregon lose any realistic shot at the playoff but Herm was always a favorite on The Worldwide Leader. Hard to root against his team.
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Wait till we play them in The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl !!
 
Ok, here's my CFB playoff prediction

1) SEC ends up showing that the only tier 1 teams are LSU and Alabama. Bama crushes Auburn to hope to get a second look from the committee. LSU crushes Ga in the championship to keep the number 1 spot. Ga goes away as they should. The SEC only had 2 really good teams. The rest was media hype on Ga, Fl, and Auburn.
2) Ohio St. underwhelms against Michigan and the Big 10 championship but gets in at number 3 as the committee finally recognizes their schedule was garbage. Upset possibility being Wisconsin slipping into the championship and knocking out OSU.
3) Big 12 is likely out anyway. Baylor isn't sexy enough to pick, but will find a way to avenge Oklahoma to win the Big 12 and knock them out for good.
4) The Pac 12 is out. Oregon will beat Utah in the Pac 12 championship to eliminate them both.
5) Clemson has definitely played a weak schedule because the ACC is weak except for them. But they are much better than most on this board care to admit, and they will crush South Carolina and the ACC championship opponent whoever it is to impress and possibly jump OSU into second place.
6) Final four, LSU 1, Clemson 2, OSU 3, and.........Alabama gets the nod because everybody else actually sucks, and the rematch with LSU is too juicy to deny. Clemson shows the country they were under rated, and wins back to back in a close Championship vs LSU or Alabama.
 
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I think the Iron Bowl is going to be a little closer than you’re predicting.
 
I’m a little surprised Alabama was favored with Tua done. Auburn is a good team. With Tua I’d say it should’ve been -7 or so and I think he’s worth about that TD
 
Fusiondad10 said:
Ok, here's my CFB playoff prediction

1) SEC ends up showing that the only tier 1 teams are LSU and Alabama. Bama crushes Auburn to hope to get a second look from the committee. LSU crushes Ga in the championship to keep the number 1 spot. Ga goes away as they should. The SEC only had 2 really good teams. The rest was media hype on Ga, Fl, and Auburn.
2) Ohio St. underwhelms against Michigan and the Big 10 championship but gets in at number 3 as the committee finally recognizes their schedule was garbage. Upset possibility being Wisconsin slipping into the championship and knocking out OSU.
3) Big 12 is likely out anyway. Baylor isn't sexy enough to pick, but will find a way to avenge Oklahoma to win the Big 12 and knock them out for good.
4) The Pac 12 is out. Oregon will beat Utah in the Pac 12 championship to eliminate them both.
5) Clemson has definitely played a weak schedule because the ACC is weak except for them. But they are much better than most on this board care to admit, and they will crush South Carolina and the ACC championship opponent whoever it is to impress and possibly jump OSU into second place.
6) Final four, LSU 1, Clemson 2, OSU 3, and.........Alabama gets the nod because everybody else actually sucks, and the rematch with LSU is too juicy to deny. Clemson shows the country they were under rated, and wins back to back in a close Championship vs LSU or Alabama.
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By every single metric, OSU’s schedule has been much tougher than Bama’s (and Clemson’s obviously). They’ve also been statistically more dominant than any team in the country. They could lose to Michigan, win the B1G and still get in easily. I think they may be a lock at this point, unless they lose 2 or get blown out.

The Biff/SEC false narrative about OSU’s strength of schedule/record is a good mix of trolling and stupidity, especially when compared to Bama.
 
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Alabama @ Auburn should be interesting, to say the least.

Alabama needs to make a statement by winning a decent game on the road w/o Tua... Would help if it is convincing.

Auburn, on the other hand, will be motivated simply by the fact that they are playing Bama.

I tend to go with the home team in games like this, but I can't say I have a strong opinion. Would like to see Alabama lose (even thought I HATE Auburn), only because of "Alabama Playoff Fatigue."
 
Urban left undefeated against Michigan. I suspect Ryan Day will want to start his tenure with a W this weekend. OSU will not be sleepwalking through that one.
 
TownieDeac said:
Urban left undefeated against Michigan. I suspect Ryan Day will want to start his tenure with a W this weekend. OSU will not be sleepwalking through that one.
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Is anyone concerned that OSU would sleepwalk in a game against Michigan? Is that a narrative that exists?

The most impressive thing about OSU this year, for me, is that they have been dominant every week. Even in the win against PSU, they never really looked vulnerable... Even w/ the 2 fumbles that led to PSU TDs.

Still an interesting game, because there is no doubt that Michigan has improved over the course of the season. Would kind of funny if this was the year that Harbaugh finally beat OSU, given they were favored last year and got stomped.
 
Speaking of low IQ quarterbacks, did anybody see the end of the game for the Washington DC NFL team yesterday ?
 
Does anybody want to make a case for Utah getting in the playoff at 12-1 as the PAC12 champ with a loss to unranked Univ of So Cal, a win over #17 Arizona State, a win over approximately #10 Oregon, and an ooc schedule of BYU (7-4), Northern Illinois (4-7), and Idaho State (3-9). I'll give them the BYU game because it's a local rivalry, but that's the toughest team you're going to play ooc when you have a weak PAC12 schedule in front of you ? I'm not saying Utah's not a good team, just that they played a weak schedule with no margin for error and stumbled.
 
Fields says he's okay after having his ankle twisted late in the game.

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Would love for Auburn to beat Bama and Michigan to beat Ohio State.
It wold create all sorts of confusion.

I’d also like to see GT beat UGA, but that’s not going to happen this year.
 
BiffTannen said:
Does anybody want to make a case for Utah getting in the playoff at 12-1 as the PAC12 champ with a loss to unranked Univ of So Cal, a win over #17 Arizona State, a win over approximately #10 Oregon, and an ooc schedule of BYU (7-4), Northern Illinois (4-7), and Idaho State (3-9). I'll give them the BYU game because it's a local rivalry, but that's the toughest team you're going to play ooc when you have a weak PAC12 schedule in front of you ? I'm not saying Utah's not a good team, just that they played a weak schedule with no margin for error and stumbled.
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If bama and ga lose again? Sure
 
ChrisL68 said:
If bama and ga lose again? Sure
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Fine, but Georgia's out anyway with another loss and Alabama's favored over Auburn at at 66% on the FPI predictor. I'd give one-loss LSU the nod over Utah should Georgia win the SECCG. I'd also put OU in over Utah, given the chance, based on schedule.
 
BiffTannen said:
Does anybody want to make a case for Utah getting in the playoff at 12-1 as the PAC12 champ with a loss to unranked Univ of So Cal, a win over #17 Arizona State, a win over approximately #10 Oregon, and an ooc schedule of BYU (7-4), Northern Illinois (4-7), and Idaho State (3-9). I'll give them the BYU game because it's a local rivalry, but that's the toughest team you're going to play ooc when you have a weak PAC12 schedule in front of you ? I'm not saying Utah's not a good team, just that they played a weak schedule with no margin for error and stumbled.
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How many wins vs teams that end the season ranked will Bama have after the beat Auburn and drop them from the polls?

Not really propping up a Utah argument here, but Bama's resume is purely based on reputation at this point. As is Clemson's, however I will give a pass to a defending national champ that ran the table again.

If LSU wins the SECCG, a team that already lost to LSU at home getting another shot at them in a 4 team playoff while other 1 loss teams like Oklahoma or Utah are left at home would be bullshit. In a system this small, there needs to be a huge deference to avoiding regular season rematches at the expense of other qualified teams.
 
BiffTannen said:
Fine, but Georgia's out anyway with another loss and Alabama's favored over Auburn at at 66% on the FPI predictor. I'd give one-loss LSU the nod over Utah should Georgia win the SECCG. I'd also put OU in over Utah, given the chance, based on schedule.
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Agree completely on Oklahoma. Plus getting to close the season out with games against 2 ranked teams will only further their case.
 
I've kind of alluded to it (and so have others), but there appears to be a big drop-off after the Top 3 of LSU/OSU/Clemson.

Trying to figure out who the 4th team will be is a lot of fun, but I suspect we're just setting up for another #1 vs #4 ass-kicking in a game nobody will remember in a few months.

Of course, it is important for other reasons. The Pac12, in particular, needs to get a team into the playoff to show they are still relevant... A number of folks affiliated with that conference have been on the record as saying the lack of representation in the playoff really impacts recruiting negatively because all of the best players in the country want to go to schools that can get them there. Similarly, the Big12 would not want to get left out.

Like everyone else, I suspect we'll eventually go to 8 teams... I really like the drama that 4 creates, though.
 
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