Dan Lanning and Dan Campbell must be brothers separated at birth. Ducks up 16-13 with 1:30 left in the game. They have the ball on the Badgers 21 at 4 down and 5. Obvious play is kick the field goal and force Bucky’s woeful offense to score a TD to win. Nope. Lanning runs a fake field goal that fails by 1 yard. Fortunately for him, Wisconsin’s QB throws a pick to seal the game for Oregon. My guess is both Lanning and Campbell take a hit at 19 when playing blackjack even if the dealer’s face card is a 6.
Ball game, UGA scores and it's a 2 TD lead for the Dawgs and not much time lwdr in rhw game. Carson Beck played like the Beck people expected. Looks like the winner of the Texas/A&M game will get one slot in the SECCG and it's going to be complicated to figure out the other team
There are still a couple of games left to play. And while the who is in the championship game is a big question, the bigger question is who will be in CFP?
Kp, I am confident there will be some surprises and I think that is a wonderful situation. At least to me, I think we all need some excitement in that direction. I hope my Buckeyes can survive, but no one really knows what is going to happen. Oregon had a legitimate scare from Wisconsin last night.
Yes Don, it seems like there are always big surprises in the last couple of weeks. I’m wondering if we may have a conference champion with say 3 losses bump a higher ranked team out of the playoffs? Also how much will strength of schedule play in ranking the top 12. Doesn’t seem to have mattered much yet.
From an article in USA Today: "Texas and Penn State have played a combined 20 games this season. They’ve beaten one CFP-ranked team between them (Penn State against Illinois). They were both ranked in the top five last week. " The committee should just stop saying that strength of schedule is a factor.
An article in the Indy Star discusses the cost to Purdue of firing its head coach. IMO it has to happen. Ryan Walters buyout: What would Purdue owe if coach is fired?
BYU losing to Kansas pretty much assures that the B12 runner up won't get a bid. That helps the Irish a bit for sure. ESPN projects the Irish to #6 and if Ohio State beats IU, while the Irish beat Army we could get up to #5. That would leave it all on the game at USC. Every game matters for a lot of contenders for spots in the CFP. I haven't looked at the SEC schedule but do any of the 2 loss teams have games that they will not be big favorites left on their schedule? The Big 10 is likely to finish with 1 undefeated, and 3 1 loss teams in IU, PSU and OSU. They keep saying that the loser of both the Big 10 and SEC Championship games will not be penalized for making the game and losing. I still say that they need to drop the whole automatic bid for Conference champs, lets just play the "best" 12, that's likely to include the Conference Champs of at least the B10 and SEC.
It could happen, but as a pro IU guy, I think that happens only if Ohio State beats IU by a lot. If IU is competitive and keeps the game close, I can't imagine that Army will be considered a better opponent than IU. Of course, if IU should win and ND beats Army by a respectable score, does ND move past Ohio State? EDIT: One thing I didn't consider is the possibility of ND losing to Army. If I speculated on the possibility of IU winning, it's only fair to speculate on the possibility of Army beating ND.
Well the Irish move to #6 in both the coaches and the AP polls, Oregon, OSU, Texas, Penn State and IU are 1 through 5. 7,8,9 10 are all SEC teams. Interesting that Army despite continuing at 9-0 and now locked into the AAC Championship game dropped 2 places in the AP poll.