Tennesse’s only path to CFP

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allvol123 said:
Does the committee have an established criteria they use?
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Absolute BS is their standard criteria.

At the end of the day I don’t think we’re one of the four best teams in college football. If Bama gets in somehow and wins the whole thing I would be so pissed off at letting this season get away from us. That would be just a slap in the face on top of us letting that Carolina game get away.

Bama winning the national title bc of Tennessee not taking care of an easy conference game would be the most Tennessee thing ever.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Absolute BS is their standard criteria.

At the end of the day I don’t think we’re one of the four best teams in college football. If Bama gets in somehow and wins the whole thing I would be so pissed off at letting this season get away from us. That would be just a slap in the face on top of us letting that Carolina game get away.

Bama winning the national title bc of Tennessee not taking care of an easy conference game would be the most Tennessee thing ever.
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So like I said, they are a joke. Don’t establish criteria and then side step it because it doesn’t look right.
 
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Lurker said:
I think they say they do. Show me a rule, though, and I bet you can also show me an exception. By and large I think they've done an okay job this year. But, I am pretty certain personal biases effect these votes regularly.

I swear I think I prefer the old polls version of picking a National Champion to this playoff model. They have just moved the subjective choices up a few weeks and gutted the bowl system that I used to really enjoy.
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Thus the “joke” comment. You make the rules and then don’t follow them, that makes you a joke.
 
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If the media talk after this previous week is any indication, TN is not in the conversation for the playoffs. Outside of Chris Doering (I think that is who it was), everyone else has Bama ahead of us and hasn't even talked about Tennessee the past 24 hours.
 
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SteensVol said:
CFP comittee looks closely at Ala vs UT common opponents. Rewards UT’s better SOS.
East was more dominant than west by far at least the top 3-4 teams this year - disregarding history.
UT won head to head - every recognized tiebreaker in the world looks there first. And ranks UT 6th tuesday night.
1.UGA
2. Mich
3. TCU
4. USC
5. OSU
6. Tenn
7. Ala
if that happens AND USC gets pounded by Utah (possible) and TCU gets walloped by KSU (possible) ….
Then
1. UGA
2. Mich
3. UT/ALA
4. OSU
5. Ala
UT is in…its a very longshot but not unbelievable.
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FIFY ... No way they would open with a repeat of the Mich/OSU game.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
I think LSU, Utah, Purdue, Kansas State all win this Saturday. No pressure on any of them.
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You have lost your mind! :^))))))) [I'm laughing my head off at the mere idea of this scenario. I have more confidence in winning with a single Powerball ticket than the above scenario playing out!]
But I would love to see it happen ... well, ...... except I would prefer for Georgia to beat LSU. In fact, I would bet on it!
 
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wmcovol said:
Hooker injury is the final nail. You have made a case that Tennessee has a better resume but that was Tennessee with HH at QB. Committee wants 4 best teams next week.
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Any sane person realizes that with the weather conditions in Nashville last week that both teams would rely on running game. At the end of the day Joe helped lead the team to a blowout. IMHO the committee may not be as down on Milton at QB as our fans are. There would be quite the storyline should TN vs MI happen with Joe at the helm.
 
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SN-A-C Orange said:
You have lost your mind! :^))))))) [I'm laughing my head off at the mere idea of this scenario. I have more confidence in winning with a single Powerball ticket than the above scenario playing out!]
But I would love to see it happen ... well, ...... except I would prefer for Georgia to beat LSU. In fact, I would bet on it!
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Utah already beat USC once.

I just think Kansas State can absolutely crush the TCU offensive line.

Cajun's are a wild group of people. They upset us in 2001 against similar odds. UGA really has nothing to play for. Would just take Stetson having a bad game. And. win the special teams.

Purdue over Michigan is hard to imagine. But, they are playing the game in Indiana. Purdue smash-mouthed us last year. They got that crazy huge drum on their side.
 
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If Bennett goes down this weekend does that mean the committee will say, well sorry you’re not ranked #1 anymore. No they wouldn’t. So why would we get punished for an injury
 
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sjt18 said:
Maybe not the popular view but at this point I would rather just take the NYD 6 bowl and hope for a solid win and top 5 finish.

UT's D holds them back. I'm not negative at all about what the Vols and Heupel accomplished this year. It is in fact pretty amazing all things considered. But with that D the Vols are not a championship caliber team.
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I'm more than happy with the season and excited about a NY6 bowl.

I know we're not getting in the playoffs, but to comment on your bowl comment, Without Hooker and the possibility of several opting out of the bowl, I see us losing it. If that's the case I'd rather lose in the playoffs than lose a bowl.

But, I hope I'm wrong and we end on a high note. It's probably not as important as I think it is, but it's important.

Edit: and I'm not trying to argue, it's just my thoughts.
 
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Behr said:
I'm more than happy with the season and excited about a NY6 bowl.

I know we're not getting in the playoffs, but to comment on your bowl comment, Without Hooker and the possibility of several opting out of the bowl, I see us losing it. If that's the case I'd rather lose in the playoffs than lose a bowl.

But, I hope I'm wrong and we end on a high note. It's probably not as important as I think it is, but it's important.

Edit: and I'm not trying to argue, it's just my thoughts.
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I didn't take it as argumentative.

IMO, the issue is more with Milton than the receivers. I think UT has enough talent to fill in. Personally I don't think McCoy has a good draft resume. Tillman may need to show that he can overcome that injury. But if UT has to go without all three then I think there's enough talent to be very effective on the receiving end.

For Milton, he needs to stop overthrowing so consistently... but I think Heupel needs to help him by putting in more crossing and deep crossing routes. Or even more post routes. He throws those much more consistently. He seems to struggle most when guys are running vertical.

PS- Milton and Merrill have a "thing". Not sure what it is but they just seem to be on the same wavelength. I would give him a lot of PT regardless of what anyone else does.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
Utah already beat USC once.

I just think Kansas State can absolutely crush the TCU offensive line.

Cajun's are a wild group of people. They upset us in 2001 against similar odds. UGA really has nothing to play for. Would just take Stetson having a bad game. And. win the special teams.

Purdue over Michigan is hard to imagine. But, they are playing the game in Indiana. Purdue smash-mouthed us last year. They got that crazy huge drum on their side.
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Conventional wisdom says ... hard to beat a time twice in one season. Not impossible, just highly unlikely.
@Utah 43-42 over USC ... on a 2 point conversion to avoid going to overtime. So, ... I think USC has the upper hand - see the axiom above ... I think Lincoln Riley will have USC ready ... I hope I am wrong.
@TCU 28-38 over Kansas State ... So, ... I think that Kansas State has the upper hand here - see the axiom above ... and KSU has won 3 out of the last 4.
Purdue had a fortunate schedule and lost to the 3rd place team from the East, so I give them very little hope of winning. Michigan would have to totally overlook Purdue .... This is the definition of a trap game .... but I think Michigan pulls it out.
LSU had the win sucked out of their sails ... Georgia is going to pile it on ... Georgia has had a few overlook games, but I do not expect this to one of them .... Georgia and it will not be close.
 
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#69
No way Tennessee or Alabama gets into the playoffs. 1 through 3 are a lock, even if they lose. If USC loses, Ohio State gets in. JMO
 
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I'm kind of curious to see whether the SEC championship game changes anything in CFP rankings from this week to next week, as far as our ranking versus Alabama's. You know, since we're 1-1 versus teams in the game, and Alabama is 0-1. Someone better at math than I am could probably say what the best outcome is for us as far as that. I don't think it matters in terms of where we're playing next, though. It'd just be nice if that game nudged us in the right direction, seeing as having the same record and winning head to head doesn't seem to matter as much as recency bias.
 
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sjt18 said:
I didn't take it as argumentative.

IMO, the issue is more with Milton than the receivers. I think UT has enough talent to fill in. Personally I don't think McCoy has a good draft resume. Tillman may need to show that he can overcome that injury. But if UT has to go without all three then I think there's enough talent to be very effective on the receiving end.

For Milton, he needs to stop overthrowing so consistently... but I think Heupel needs to help him by putting in more crossing and deep crossing routes. Or even more post routes. He throws those much more consistently. He seems to struggle most when guys are running vertical.

PS- Milton and Merrill have a "thing". Not sure what it is but they just seem to be on the same wavelength. I would give him a lot of PT regardless of what anyone else does.
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Yeah, if Milton hasn't stopped overthrowing by now I don't see him correcting it before a bowl next month. But I'd burn a $100 bill to be wrong.
 
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#73
If I take off the orange glasses, I think with Hooker being out I'd almost rather go play the Sugar with Joe and win that than play UGA without Hooker again.
 
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Behr said:
Yeah, if Milton hasn't stopped overthrowing by now I don't see him correcting it before a bowl next month. But I'd burn a $100 bill to be wrong.
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I don't know what it is. He threw it better as a back up. Almost as if he gets too hyped up when he's "the guy".
 
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