Nah, I was mentioning the last 2 games as examples of good TV results for the ACC.
Oh, ok. Just clarifying
Whatās our vibe on this SEC champ game? I think Iām pulling for Georgia here
Whatever keeps us away from college station which is probably status quo?
Yeah kind of my thinking. I feel like if Georgia wins theyāre going to end up 2, second behind B1G winner. I feel like if Indiana loses they could drop to 4 behind TT, but if tOSU loses I feel like theyād only drop to 3 unless itās a complete beat down. Bama winning would throw a big wrinkle into things and probably not one that would favor the good guys.
Also call me crazy but I think Miami might end up the 9 seed.
Just because they win the MLS Cup doesnāt mean they should move up in the other football playoffs
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Thought there was no shot Alabama would get dropped but if they lose 35-0 they might
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This Alabama team tonight doesnāt look good. Looks like the same team that lost to Florida State.
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They probably still get in but they should really get some points on the board to make sure
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Iām thinking it ends up being Miami 9, Bama 10 UVA (fingers crossed) 11, then Tulane 12. If Hoos lose Tulane 11 JMU 12
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This would be really hard to watch if it wasnāt Bama
Iām gonna stick this here, even though its UVA related, so I donāt distract the game thread with my thoughts.
If we lose, Iām guessing Pitt gets the Pinstripe Bowl, and then GT and us split the Dukeās Mayo Bowl and the Sun Bowl in some fashion.
Edit - Yeah, I think that makes sense. If Miami by some miracle makes the CFP then any of us, Pitt, and GT would join Duke (I assume) in the Poptarts and Gator Bowls. So, its possible, but I think thatās like 1 in 20.
Edit2 - To clarify, this assumes Duke gets the Pop Tarts Bowl and Miami gets the Gator Bowl. I guess those could probably be reversed. And, honestly, I have no idea how the CFP has changed the selection process. Because it occurred to me that I donāt actually know what being ACC champ guarantees you, in the normally unlikely (but currently very relevant) occurrence that the ACC champ doesnāt go to the CFP. It might not get you anything other than glory.
Glory is valuable to the Bowl selection folks, but I have no idea how valuable being ākinda bad, yet still somehow ACC champsā is to them. Maybe Duke gets skipped in favor of GT and ends up in the Dukeās Mayo Bowl. That would be weird, but these are weird times.
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https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/1997447585024622817?s=46
Unfortunate but true
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Same argument for every conference that has a team in the title game with an imperfect resume. Bama had a chance to be the automatic bid with a win, firm up its resume with a competitive loss, or take a resume hit with a bad loss. It did the latter. Why shouldnāt that factor in a resume?
As for elimination of the title games, weāll see if the conferences want to give up all that cash. Conference title games were dicier for the contestants when there were only 4 BCS participants.
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Yeah, the original appeal of the conference championship game was the big payday. (And as i recall it, the NCAA rule that you couldnāt have a title game unless your conference had a minimum number of teams contributed greatly to conference expansionā¦ and destruction.) It would be deserved idiocy if we now have 20-team conferences and yet thereās no title game.
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Lots of competing interests in this decision. I do not think the SEC and Big 10 are interested in an ACC implosion yet. I think somehow Miami squeezes in. Just not sure if ND or Bama takes the hit. Totally could be wrong we will see.
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How can they possibly justify Miami jumping ND with both being idle? If that happens Iād rather just go back to BCS formals to determine top 12
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Ranked 9 and 10 with a head to head win.
Iād guess Miami is out. The committee would have to reverse their existing order to do otherwise, which would make no sense. (The existing order has already taken the head-to-head win into account.)
If they want to minimize controversy, they drop Bama below ND, just to ensure Miami and ND arenāt āadjacent.ā
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Neither Miami nor ND should be rewarded for missing a conference championship game. Pretty stupid that you can jump Alabama simply because you had a bye the first week of December. But one will get in, possibly both.
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