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2015-16 NCAA Football Thread

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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 10:29 PM)
So where do you think Houston should be ranked? If any win is better than any loss, then why schedule any tough OOC games?

 

No problems where they're at, as they haven't beat anyone good. Same reason I'm fine with Baylor where they're at now, but will think it's insane if they go undefeated and aren't a top 4 team. Florida has some good wins, which should negate some "bad" wins as well.

 

To answer your question, I don't know why anyone schedules a tough OOC game that's in a power 5 conference. If you run the table, you're going to make it. The current format isn't designed for a team from the AAC, etc. to make it, and I'm fine with that.

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Also I have no idea why Fla St is ranked. They have beaten no one

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 04:35 PM)
No problems where they're at, as they haven't beat anyone good. Same reason I'm fine with Baylor where they're at now, but will think it's insane if they go undefeated and aren't a top 4 team. Florida has some good wins, which should negate some "bad" wins as well.

 

To answer your question, I don't know why anyone schedules a tough OOC game that's in a power 5 conference. If you run the table, you're going to make it. The current format isn't designed for a team from the AAC, etc. to make it, and I'm fine with that.

Their win @ Lou and demolishing Vandy werent bad. They still get to play Memphis and Navy as well. If they run the table thats a really nice upset alert in a good bowl for a power 5 team.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 04:35 PM)
No problems where they're at, as they haven't beat anyone good. Same reason I'm fine with Baylor where they're at now, but will think it's insane if they go undefeated and aren't a top 4 team. Florida has some good wins, which should negate some "bad" wins as well.

 

To answer your question, I don't know why anyone schedules a tough OOC game that's in a power 5 conference. If you run the table, you're going to make it. The current format isn't designed for a team from the AAC, etc. to make it, and I'm fine with that.

Ole Miss is a good win, but what are the others? A beat-up Georgia team that wasn't that great when healthy? A Missouri team that has no offense? A mediocre Tennessee? And the whole "every win should be better than every loss" mindset would just encourage everyone to schedule awful teams in OOC, which is partially why I'm against it. We should want more matchups between quality teams.

If the top 4 win out, things won't change.

 

If Baylor or Ok St win out, they will undoubtedly jump ND. If Oklahoma wins out they might jump ND. It is pretty clear from the latest rankings though that a one loss ND would stay ahead of a one loss LSU or TCU, so aside from beating Stanford, which is a very tall task, all ND needs to stay in the top four is for at least one loss each from Baylor, Ok St and Oklahoma, or a second loss from Alabama, or a loss by both OSU and Iowa. I think it's pretty likely that at least one of those three things happens.

No problems where they're at, as they haven't beat anyone good. Same reason I'm fine with Baylor where they're at now, but will think it's insane if they go undefeated and aren't a top 4 team. Florida has some good wins, which should negate some "bad" wins as well.

 

To answer your question, I don't know why anyone schedules a tough OOC game that's in a power 5 conference. If you run the table, you're going to make it. The current format isn't designed for a team from the AAC, etc. to make it, and I'm fine with that.

 

Really quick: Tell me the AAC's three best OOC wins and the Big Twelve's three best OOC wins.

feelin really sad about Pinkel.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 12, 2015 -> 07:34 PM)
Really quick: Tell me the AAC's three best OOC wins and the Big Twelve's three best OOC wins.

 

That's the thing, I'm sure it's the AAC right now (Penn St. and Ole Miss). With that said, they still have no chance of getting a team into the final 4 despite this being the best year in conference history.

And it isn't going to affect the result but Illinois gets f***ed by the refs again. Wow, that is in one of the most inexcusable blown calls I have ever seen.

Haha this is one of the worst reffing crews I've ever seen.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 02:46 PM)
Haha this is one of the worst reffing crews I've ever seen.

 

I'd love to have a conversation with that replay official and ask him what he saw and then call him a f***ing moron regardless of what his answer is.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 01:44 PM)
And it isn't going to affect the result but Illinois gets f***ed by the refs again. Wow, that is in one of the most inexcusable blown calls I have ever seen.

They were awful. Completely missed the TD in the first quarter too. Week after week we see how awful these crews are.

Refs I'm Bloomington blow as well. Shocker

So much for Mich/OSU meaning something this year. For Michigan anyway. Defense hasn't been the same since the bye week.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 03:47 PM)
Refs I'm Bloomington blow as well. Shocker

I don't think they've been bad for Michigan. They are allowing a lot of contact in the secondary.

Indiana just put this in the hands of their defense. Think about that

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 06:45 PM)
I don't think they've been bad for Michigan. They are allowing a lot of contact in the secondary.

They called an offensive PI early in the game against IU that disagrees with the rest of this statement, but otherwise I can't complain that much.

C'MON D 3 MORE MINUTES.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 06:08 PM)
They called an offensive PI early in the game against IU that disagrees with the rest of this statement, but otherwise I can't complain that much.

 

Make up call for bogus DPi before it.

Indiana is about to Indiana. They had their chances.

You had your chances Indiana. Run the ball

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 06:44 PM)
You had your chances Indiana. Run the ball

 

Shocked they didn't give him the ball. Unreal. Unbelievable.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 06:44 PM)
Shocked they didn't give him the ball. Unreal. Unbelievable.

Interested to see how Barkley does against Michigan. Indiana ran into the A gap a lot which is where Michigan has a ton of talent. It was surprising

The non Indiana tempo will help.

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