Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Devo182]

If they lose to AM they may drop out of CFP..and AM would play UGA

A 2 loss SEC team isn't dropping from #3 to out of it altogether lol.

We are the lowest 2 loss SEC team and we are securely in by multiple spots

 

[VolInDayton]

Not if it's TAMU with 4 losses

True, I was talking about the teams with 1 loss. A&M would still be below us with a Texas win. So a loss wouldn't help them in the championship

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Toledo is gonna lose to Akron.

 

[Devo182]

Texas beats A&M, then loses to GA, do we jump them or do they just switch spots?

Eye test in that case.

UGA needs to pummel or TEX needs to pummel. The latter is obviously a lot better. 3 loss UGA off an ugly loss would fall behind us imo. 2 loss TEX that has only lost to 1 team all year, I think they could very well stay in front.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Yet another reason why making the CFP would be big for the momentum of our program. Huge financial opportunity for us.

 

[Devo182]

I think they just switch spots. Which is why I want A&M to beat Texas.

Why A&M beat Texas?

I don't see a likely benefit. More likely 3 SEC teams end up ahead of us and we get knocked down a spot...less likely to host.

 

[VolInDayton]

Yet another reason why making the CFP would be big for the momentum of our program. Huge financial opportunity for us.

Is this a game where the SEC favors us to get an SEC team in or a game where the SEC screws us to try to get Bama in?

 

[Jimmy Football]

Yet another reason why making the CFP would be big for the momentum of our program. Huge financial opportunity for us.

No presh.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Toledo just came back to tie it one a 95yd TD drives with 2mins left and have forced a punt. They were down 14-0 with like 5mins left.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

Saw early hot board included Barry Odom and of course Chadwell, Garrett Riley, among others. Would be interesting to see Odom get another shot at P4 level.
Edit: Another listed Golesh

 

[volinbama256]

No Way Sankey lets them put TN vs GA first round to cannibalize the SEC.. it's about money and ratings and no one wants to see that first round. They have to split us up.

 

[SoilVol]

Why A&M beat Texas?

I don't see a likely benefit. More likely 3 SEC teams end up ahead of us and we get knocked down a spot...less likely to host.

3-loss A&M beating Texas will not jump from #20, over Bama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina (who they lost to) over Tennessee.

It could very easily drop Texas below Tennessee.

 

[SoilVol]

Saw early hot board included Barry Odom and of course Chadwell, Garrett Riley, among others. Would be interesting to see Odom get another shot at P4 level.

Odom could make UNC very competitive in the ACC. He's a dang good coach.

 

[Devo182]

If you're keeping tabs at home, Georgia dropped 9 (NINE) spots after a 2td loss at then-16 Ole Miss.

Tennessee dropped 4 spots after a 2td loss at then-12 Georgia.

Bama dropped 6 spots after losing by 3tds at unranked, .500 Oklahoma.

So somehow Alabama's loss was worse than Tennessee's but better than Georgia's.

It's all relative.

UGA dropped right behind 2 other 2-loss SEC teams...2 teams that beat them (Bama and om)...one of them badly and just then.

Bama dropped right into the group of 3 loss sec teams, ahead of USCjr who they beat and OM, who they began 2 spots ahead of. Yes I think they should've gone in between those 2 teams, with OM a spot ahead.

But I cannot say there's a team with 3-4 better wins than Bama. That will continue to help them it seems.

They're getting the worst of it with human rankings honestly. The computers love Alabama, not just FPI which we've all seen, but the BCS comps have them perfectly tied with us at 11th (overall BCS with human polls would have us 10th and Bama still 13th).

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

It baffles me that 3-loss Bama still has an outside shot of making it.

But does it really?

 

[gainesvol82]

The chairman just said Indiana played well, that's code for get over it their going to be in CFP playoffs.

Fantastic. Them, Pedo State, G5 auto bid or Big 12 auto bid are the easiest wins. I hope we host any of the 4 but would also feel comfortable playing them on the road.

ACC winner is next easiest but I don't really want to play any of them. If we do, then it needs to be in the first round in Neyland. They don't play defense but they can all put up points and our offense can be shaky at times, especially on the road.

 

[gainesvol82]

Can't believe Bama loses by 3 touchdowns to a 5-5 team, earning their 3rd loss, and they still land at 14 with a chance to make the playoff.

It that had happened to the Vols we would've dropped to 20.

Heather Dinnich's head game is skrong, IYKWIM.

 

[Devo182]

3-loss A&M beating Texas will not jump from #20, over Bama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina (who they lost to) over Tennessee.

It could very easily drop Texas below Tennessee.

Yes in a perfect world TAMU beats Texas BADLY and then loses to UGA.

It's a riskier road for us though. More openings for mutiple teams to stay ahead of us. Who knows...I just want to see us in an inaugral home CFP game in Neyland

 

[gainesvol82]

Texas beats A&M, then loses to GA, do we jump them or do they just switch spots?

Switch spots. No way the committee is bumping us ahead of Texas with how disrespectful and hypocritical they have been towards the real UT.

 

[Devo182]

It baffles me that 3-loss Bama still has an outside shot of making it.

It was said before the season that a 3 loss SEC team has finished in the top 12 every year of the playoffs.


How so many folks believed we couldn't even take 2 losses and still get in is still baffling to me. Maybe moving forward people will have a more realistic expectation (nahhh people will still be doom and gloom and ready to fahr everybuddy )

 

[jave36]

Toledo had 3rd and goal from the 1 inch line. Calls a shotgun pass play for a sack. Then another pass play for a sack to lose the game.

 

[marksboy7]

Completely idiotic execution for Toledo. Their coach too

 

[tnvols72]

What happens in the SECG and A&M beats Ga, does Ga fall out with 3 loses?

 

[JT3]

Why A&M beat Texas?

I don't see a likely benefit. More likely 3 SEC teams end up ahead of us and we get knocked down a spot...less likely to host.

Its highly unlikely that A&M would beat UGA. A 4 loss A&M team won't be in the playoffs.

The benefit would be Texas drops behind us and we get a Home playoff game. Our resume would be better and they would have 0 quality wins.

The flipside, Texas beats A&M and their resume now damn near equal to ours with a win against Arkansas to boot. Say they lose in the Championship game do they drop behind us? Probably not. If Texas wins, does a 3 loss Georgia team drop behind us with a better resume and head-to-head? Probably not.

 

[Dooby15]

No Way Sankey lets them put TN vs GA first round to cannibalize the SEC.. it's about money and ratings and no one wants to see that first round. They have to split us up.

Georgia isn’t going to finish there. They’ll move after SECCG