ESPN already setting the CFP narrative

[Bigorangefan 98]

I can see Tennessee hosting Indiana

 

[GetEmVols]

They won’t.
With that said...we should’ve taken care of business in Fayetteville.

When we lost to Georgia everyone was saying "Well it hurts more losing at the end of the year because it matters WHEN you lose.) We will see if that delusion still applies when the media darling is on the cutting block.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

This is what Heather Dinich is pushing this AM:

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Most projections have Tennessee hosting. I am going to trust that.

It wasn't just that Ohio State lost, the fight after left a bad taste in the mouth for most. It was a bad look for Buckeyes.

That really was an ugly loss for them. At home to a 6-5 Michigan and looked bad the entire game.

 

[sami]

We lost 2 games. No other year would we even.have a shot at the title. Wherever we end up, we deserve that spot. I see dropping Ohio state between Georgia and us and then if Georgia loses, Georgia drops below Ohio state and host us. I don't like the 8/9 spot because I don't see us matching well with Oregon. Unless Georgia gets blown out in the Championship, which I don't believe happens I think we sit in place. We need Oregon to blow out Penn State. I believe they would drop just due to their weak schedule.

Disagree. They should drop Penn State, but the "CCG loss shouldn't hurt a team" deal will all of a sudden be a thing. The politician bureaucrats of "the committee" have continuously moved the goal posts during this process to favor the Big 10 teams playing those joke schedules, and that will continue through "selection Sunday".

 

[DaddyChad]

You can argue these scenarios a hundred different ways...OSU lost to the #1 by a point, we lost to Arkansas.

I really hope we get to host a game, but as you move from the top down you start splitting hairs. Bama was our big win, they lost to Vandy and then lost to Oklahoma by 3 TDs.

OSU lost at home to one of the worst Michigan teams in several years...like I say it's like splitting hairs.

Yep. This right here.

Committee will likely be influenced by their inherent bias whether they want to or not.

 

[sami]

This is what Heather Dinich is pushing this AM:

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Exactly what I would expect. Penn State and Notre Dame get free rides into the final four, they get their UGa-Texas rubber match to eliminate an SEC team, and they hope for an Ohio State-Oregon rematch. The "committee" gets precisely the result they were looking for.

I hope Sankey made a boatload of money for the trouble of selling his conference down the river.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Wouldn't that be Oregon destroy Penn State OR TX to blow up Georgia? We'd only need to move up 1 spot to host, right?

Good point! We definitely only need to move up one spot, but I'd rather maximize the odds hah. The last thing I want is for one of the two things to occur and the Vols still head up to Columbus but, to be fair, there's no guarantee both occurrences will result in a home game at Neyland.

 

[volfanhill]

SOS and SOR are a wash. It's a toss up. I could justify either team being the home team

 

[omghulkhands]

Still a lot of opportunity for movement with championship games coming up. We’ll just have to see.

 

[overseasorange2]

How does ESPN's Heather Dinich have us ranked at # nine after yesterday when we were ranked # 8 going into the Vandy game? OH sure! We beat a bowl bound SEC team at their home and 2 teams ranked above us lost. Yeah that makes sense Don't tell me that ESPN and the media in general aren't biased toward UT. If you believe that please contact me because I have some beach front property in Nevada you will just love!

 

[Boston Vol]

How does ESPN's Heather Dinich have us ranked at # nine after yesterday when we were ranked # 8 going into the Vandy game? OH sure! We beat a bowl bound SEC team at their home and 2 teams ranked above us lost. Yeah that makes sense Don't tell me that ESPN and the media in general aren't biased toward UT. If you believe that please contact me because I have some beach front property in Nevada you will just love!

There’s a difference between ranking and seed. If Tennessee is ranked 7th in the actual college football rankings, that translates to the 9 seed.

 

[Vol4LIFE85]

Jerry Palm and Heather Denitch already saying they have Ohio State and Tennessee playing in Columbus 1st rd. It's gonna be the narrative for the next week all over the place. They know we're the better team and this game will absolutely get out of hand in Knoxville! I still think our Vols will beat Ohio St in Columbus but dang we deserve a playoff game in Neyland! Go Vols!

 

[JMSqb11]

The narrative is all hypothetical


Winners don't want to dodge conference championship games IMO.

Sane people don’t want to play a meaningless game either and have one less bye week

 

[overseasorange2]

There’s a difference between ranking and seed. If Tennessee is ranked 7th in the actual college football rankings, that translates to the 9 seed.

Ok I'll give you that one, but on the other hand,..

I think most people would agree that historically speaking, UT football is up there with Bama, UGA , OSU, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, TX etc. So how many Heisman winners do they have?

USC=8, OK=7, ND=7, OSU=7, Bama =4, Florida=3

Hell even South Carolina has 1

So how many does UT have? 0 0 0 0 0 0

That really does not make sense!

 

[Majors]

Don't forget Georgia went from 3 to 12 after losing to Ole Miss as a 3 point road favorite. Ohio State lost as a 20 point home favorite.

Difference was more time to play catch-up and move up with games remaining. OSU won’t be punished like many here want, they still have equity in the name and playoff money to earn the NCAA.

 

[UT97Vol]

SOS and SOR are a wash. It's a toss up. I could justify either team being the home team

Except that no top 10 that’s lost to an unranked has only dropped four spots. Guess we will see.

 

[VFLer]

The teams seeded five through eight are hosting, but given the nature of byes you’re going to have two conference champions ranked outside of the top eight that push other teams down.

We need Oregon to destroy Penn State and Texas to blow up Georgia if we want a chance at hosting unless OSU somehow falls behind us.

I was thinking exactly the same thing. One of those three things must happen for us to play at home. Pretty cut and dried.

 

[volfanhill]

Except that no top 10 that’s lost to an unranked has only dropped four spots. Guess we will see.

How much team x dropped or team y after a loss is not relevant IMO. It's about resumes.

 

[hUTch2002]

Fully prepared for an Ohio State vs Tennessee matchup in the 8/9 game. Gonna be dramatics for who gets the 8 seed

I would guess it’ll be Ohio State as the 8. Their loss at Oregon was closer than our loss at Georgia and they have 2 “good” wins while we have 1. I believe at Vandy is just as good as home against IU but the committee won’t see it that way.

 

[hUTch2002]

Tennessee played the following bowl eligible teams

NC State 6-6
Oklahoma 6-6
Arkansas 6-6
Florida 7-5
Alabama 9-3
Georgia 10-2
Vanderbilt 6-6

7 bowl eligible teams.

6 for Ohio State right?

 

[hUTch2002]

Ok I'll give you that one, but on the other hand,..

I think most people would agree that historically speaking, UT football is up there with Bama, UGA , OSU, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, TX etc. So how many Heisman winners do they have?

USC=8, OK=7, ND=7, OSU=7, Bama =4, Florida=3

Hell even South Carolina has 1

So how many does UT have? 0 0 0 0 0 0

That really does not make sense!

And we took a hard left.

 

[ddubb76]

I don’t understand all the uscjr love. They beat a bad Clemson team, that only got hot during weak conference games, a bad Missouri team, lsu and a&m have both proven to be average. I would go on a limb and say their best win was vandy

 

[EZE]

You can argue these scenarios a hundred different ways...OSU lost to the #1 by a point, we lost to Arkansas.

I really hope we get to host a game, but as you move from the top down you start splitting hairs. Bama was our big win, they lost to Vandy and then lost to Oklahoma by 3 TDs.

OSU lost at home to one of the worst Michigan teams in several years...like I say it's like splitting hairs.

Arkansas and Michigan are a wash.

Plus, we lost on the road, they lost at home.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

OSU won't matter to us. With Miami losing and hopefully Georgia losing in the SECCG and Penn St losing in the B10CG there will be more than enough space for Tennessee to get a home game in the first round.