Playoff bracket predictions?

[meangreenfaninno]

mine are 
1) Michigan
2) Washington
3) Florida State
4) Texas
 

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, meangreenfaninno said:

mine are 
1) Michigan
2) Washington
3) Florida State
4) Texas
 

I hope that's how it ends up.  But I feel like FSU is gonna get screwed.

[NT80]

54 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I hope that's how it ends up.  But I feel like FSU is gonna get screwed.

Agree.  Alabama will replace a weak FSU.  SEC has too much clout with the committee.  Yes, they are biased!

[CMJ]

FSU isn't even weak.  Their defense is legit.  The vaunted Michigan defense gave up more yards to a offensively challenged Iowa than the 'Noles did to a Louisville team that put up 30+ points a game.

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

Agree.  Alabama will replace a weak FSU.  SEC has too much clout with the committee.  Yes, they are biased!

Alabama got beat at home by double digits, and barely beat the likes of Arkansas and Auburn. I could call them weak as well. At least FSU was “weak” because they were down to their third string, true freshman QB. Their defense was stout. 

[CMJ]

This is pathetic.

[TreeFiddy]

Playoff committee officially boots ACC from power conference status by keeping undefeated conference champ out of playoffs

[TripleGrad]

Pathetic.  FSU did EVERYTHING they were supposed to do, and some SEC bootlickers just couldn't live without their whiny conference.  

ACC joins AAC as a G5 . . . 

Edited December 3, 2023 by TripleGrad

[emmitt01]

If we want to talk about the ENTIRE season, let’s consider: 

- Florida State won every game put in front of them.  All of them. 

- Texas beat the 19th WORST defense in the country yesterday, FSU beat the #12 team.

- Texas has a win vs Alabama…and a loss to a two loss Oklahoma.   Their marquee win is awesome…their loss is worse than any other team in consideration for a spot in the playoff.

- If we are going to leave FSU out because “they aren’t the team they were before” and acknowledge that teams can be different at different points in the season…then why do we assume that the Bama team we see today is the same Bama team that Texas beat??

[Cougar King]

UT needed a corrupt replay official to beat us. FSU got screwed hard.

[emmitt01]

3 minutes ago, Cougar King said:

UT needed a corrupt replay official to beat us. FSU got screwed hard.

We don’t often agree…but…

[NT93]

1 hour ago, emmitt01 said:

…then why do we assume that the Bama team we see today is the same Bama team that Texas beat??

This is the whole problem with the committee.  Nothing needed to be assumed.  Everything was decided on the playing field 

Edited December 3, 2023 by NT93

[GMG_Dallas]

Zero issue with Florida State being left out. Nobody was upset when an undefeated UCF got left out and nobody is upset that an undefeated Liberty is left out. It's about time an undefeated "P5" champion gets left out. Let those who think they're superior take a hit for once and feel how the "G5" feel.

[greenminer]

15 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Zero issue with Florida State being left out. Nobody was upset when an undefeated UCF got left out and nobody is upset that an undefeated Liberty is left out. It's about time an undefeated "P5" champion gets left out. Let those who think they're superior take a hit for once and feel how the "G5" feel.

I actually think this is worse for everyone, because it reinforces the idea that the system is equal and fine for everyone.

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by greenminer

[GMoney]

Why even have rankings throughout the year?  If the committee is just going to look at the end of the season and make their selections, it shows the regular season really doesn't mean anything.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

Disney never loses. 

[UNTLifer]

FSU getting left out is complete B.S.  Alabama doesn’t deserve to be there this year. They beat a bad USF by 14, lost at home by 10 to UT, beat A&M by six, a terrible Arkansas team by 3 and a bad Auburn, that was beaten at home by New Mexico St, team by three. They caught lightening in a bottle yesterday and don’t deserve a spot over an unbeaten FSU that shut down a top twenty offense and won with a true freshman/third string QB yesterday. 

[DentonLurker]

Those of you who think FSU got screwed, are you betting your paycheck on them winning against any of the 4 teams in the playoffs? I’m not.

Edited December 3, 2023 by DentonLurker

[Greenrex]

3 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Those of on who think FSU got screwed, are you betting your paycheck on them winning against any of the 4 teams in the playoffs? I’m not.

I'll bet my paycheck that we'll never know.

[CMJ]

7 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Those of you who think FSU got screwed, are you betting your paycheck on them winning against any of the 4 teams in the playoffs? I’m not.

I wouldn't bet my paycheck on any game.

 

That said, very few gave Washington a chance versus Oregon.  A team they'd beaten about six weeks earlier.  The Ducks were favored by ten and yet the Huskies won.

 

So, I don't care who would be FAVORED.  FSU's defense is legit and could keep them in any game.

[NT93]

20 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Those of you who think FSU got screwed, are you betting your paycheck on them winning against any of the 4 teams in the playoffs? I’m not.

That’s not the point.  The point is that they did everything asked of them…they won every game they played.  You can’t keep a team out because you don’t “think” they are as good.  If we’re going to play that game, I “think” Ohio State is better than either Texas or Alabama.  I “think” Georgia would beat Texas and maybe Washington.  If we’re going to go by what we “think” let’s just go back to letting AP voters decide the National Champion after the New Year’s Day bowl games.

I mean, I “think” UNT is better than FIU, but that doesn’t mean much, does it?

[NT93]

26 minutes ago, Greenrex said:

I'll bet my paycheck that we'll never know.

A safe bet.  Well played🤣🤣

[Cr1028]

FSU got jobbed so ESPN could put Texas in. The big 12 is weak. They beat Bama when Milroe was a shell of the player he has become. Georgia losing grenaded the whole thing.

[Mean Green 93-98]

5 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

FSU got jobbed so ESPN could put Texas in. The big 12 is weak. They beat Bama when Milroe was a shell of the player he has become. Georgia losing grenaded the whole thing.

Nah, Texas was ahead of Alabama anyway.  They were going to get in.  But the committee did not want to leave the playoff without an SEC team.

[NM Green]

TCU ruined it for everyone. Nobody wants another “frog” in the final 4. 

Watching that fsu game was brutal. Horrible horrible horrible offenses. Gruesome. Nobody wanted to watch that team get pummeled on New Year’s Day. Plus you give up a spot. Last year was milk toast and this year does not appear to be milk toast with who will be fighting it out for the crown. 

Good news is you got a villian in the final 4. A cheater in the final 4. Cinderella and the Heisman Trophy winner in the final 4. A rags to riches story in the final 4. It’s absolutely delicious! 

1. You cannot leave the best conference out of the playoffs. 
2. You cannot piss off the religious football south. Could you imagine the boycott and disruption in the streets if you leave out of the core that drives your entire sport.

3. Louisville with their porn star mustache quarterback looked awful. They were soft soft soft. Running out of bounds instead of absorbing the hit. Leaving 3rd and 2 followed by tragic punt.  Louisville overrated fsu the product of bad happenings late.

4. This will expedite fsu’s exit out of the ACC. SEC gets bids the ACC does not. 
5. Alabama’s ability to get in the playoff ensures big boys will continue to play the beasts and not substitute Texas for Delta State. You CAN recover from an early season fall down. 
6. Great for CUSA - Chadwell is awesome! Aggieland hello!

Fun season ahead. 
GMG