All year long we heard about the importance of SOS

[VFL-82-JP]

Amazingly similar to ours…looks like the only difference is we played Alabama and they played TAMU. Both played 6 of the bottom 7 teams…

RE: post #72.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Hehehe

Texas' season thus far summarized:

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They're prolly really pissed someone at the SEC scheduling office replaced Auburn with Georgia back in August. lol

Go Vols!

To be fair, that is the same schedule as ours except Texas plays aTm and we play Alabama.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

To be fair, that is the same schedule as ours except Texas plays aTm and we play Alabama.

RE: post #72.

 

[brockytop]

Which is why Indiana shouldn't even be in the conversation

It’s a joke. Indiana’s schedule has been GARBAGE.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Same schedule next year, except we reverse the Home/Away. After that we either get a new TV deal with 9 games (3 rivals AL, KY, Vandy) or some longtime rivalry games skip a few years (Alabama, Kentucky).

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

It’s a joke. Indiana’s schedule has been GARBAGE.

You know if Indiana and Penn St had both beaten OSU, then the B1G could have finished the regular season with 3 undefeated teams.

 

[temptn]

Which is why Indiana shouldn't even be in the conversation

They are now saying that Indiana has a strong SOS because they played Ohio State. Of course they lost, but it was a quality loss because it was against one of the top teams. Their logic, not mine.

 

[BigALWiLson]

Preseason expectations imo. They don't want to look like the might not be as smart as they think.

Every year that is proven false though

 

[Sarms58]

RE: post #72.

I'm just talking about SOS...

 

[MDsweetT]

They are now saying that Indiana has a strong SOS because they played Ohio State. Of course they lost, but it was a quality loss because it was against one of the top teams. Their logic, not mine.

Indiana is -2000 to make the CFP lol. All they have to do is beat mighty Purdue. They have zero wins over ranked teams or even teams with winning records (Michigan has to play Ohio State).

 

[hUTch2002]

The circle is about to come around-

Alabama isn't a good win because they lost to us, but we are a good loss for Alabama.

I hear the circle is a jerk. I’m an idiot, I’ll see myself out.

 

[njvols]

We have the exact same SEC opponents on our schedule Texas does, except we played 8-3 Bama at home, and they are traveling to 8-3 A&M. That's the only conference opponent that's different. Out of conference they played Michigan and we played NC State. 3 cupcakes a piece.

Also, beat Vandy and we are in. It's as simple as that, without worrying about Texas.

Absolutely, we kinda drew the lucky card in SEC, in my opinion. Kinda glad we didn't play SC mid/late in the season to be honest.

Also, I think the nature of our wins didn't help us... when you watched us play in most of our SEC games, we have a killer D, really strong run game, but for most of the SEC season, our pass game has been inconsistent. And so that's my take w/ the voters, seeing a team that offensively has looked a bit underwhelming, which impacted how high we were rated vs peers. To be clear, we've still not played our best game. If we were to put our pass game in sync w/ everything else, we could very well win it all, and it's not a terrible stretch to say.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

You mean except we've BEATEN Bama and they haven't yet played A&M.

If you want to say we're the same, come back if they beat A&M. And even then our best win will stand above their best win.

And our worst loss will stand below their worst loss.