Tennessee at Georgia IS playoff elimination game

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Sarms58 said:
Not sure an 11-1 Indiana would fall below a 10-2 Tennessee. Our best shot is to beat Georgia and Vandy and then win the SECCG.
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If Indy plays Osu close ,NO; even if it's not close, with one loss, they are in. Heck Indy might even spring the upset. But @ Osu, I doubt it.
 
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deatojl said:
So, “truth” is someone’s opinion that lines up with your own opinion? The actual truth is that nobody knows what the truth is and won’t know until the final rankings are released. Everything else is just opinions and best guesses.
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"Truth" is that is a very weak schedule.
 
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Sarms58 said:
Not sure an 11-1 Indiana would fall below a 10-2 Tennessee. Our best shot is to beat Georgia and Vandy and then win the SECCG.
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Actually be better off if they didn't play the SEC Championship; cause if they lost it, back in ?? territory. We shall see. I just think uga is coming loaded for bear thsi week and it's going to be very difficult to get a W in Athens. In Knoxville? I say Yes. It will be as loud as imaginable, I remember 2 years ago down there. Impossible to hear .
 
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JohnWardForever said:
westwords "Tennessee has an 8-1 record but the playoff selection committee sees only one significant triumph, over Alabama at Neyland Stadium. That means the Vols could get rooted out of the race even if they finish 10-2". Marvin West details the UT Uga game; including Nico's injury status. westwords GO VOLS!
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Bull ****ing ****!
Stop repeating this bullshut narrative!
 
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#37
There are a lot of teams who only have wins over average teams and some teams only have a winning record because of the weak conference they are in and a lot also without many wins over teams above .500. Indiana's triple digit strength of schedule is not hurting them and that is rediculous. Everyone keeps saying how bad our loss is to Arkansas but Bama's loss to Vanderbilt doesn't seem to hurt them. It is crazy to me how inconsistent this committee is and don't get me started on how much crazy crap the media is saying.
 
#38
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tatervol said:
****ing ********

Anyone agreeing with this narrative is AN ENEMY OF THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
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Man, it's just reality. Tennessee has to beat Uga to make the playoffs. It's not advisable to drink that early in the day. "An Enemy of the Volunteers?" As far from that as you have ever seen.
 
#39
#39
There are so many variables in play you can't definitively say we're out of the playoffs with a loss this Saturday.

Even if the playoff committee dropped us all the way to #15 with a loss (which feels harsh), we wouldn't be out of it because we really just need to climb to #11 to make it in (or #12 if Boise State is inside the top 12). We would almost certainly go ahead of either Miami or SMU by the end of the season based on how the ACC shakes out. So that means we just need 3 other teams to lose. But 1 of those teams ahead of us would be Boise State who doesn't really count against us. Texas A&M could very well lose to Texas and the SEC championship game loser will hopefully have a 3rd loss. Notre Dame still has a couple games they could lose.

So as long as the Big 12 remains a 1 bid league, meaning BYU either loses prior to the Big 12 Championship or just wins out, we have a fairly realistic path back into the playoffs.
 
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GoBigOrange_2309 said:
With all this 2 loss talk, if Texas loses to A&M, why should they get in?
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I agree with you, but sitting there at #3, unless they just get annihilated by A&M, is the committee really going to drop them 10 spots? Feels safer to hope they win out so they knock 2 other SEC teams out.
 
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#41
If Vanderbilt is considered a quality win for Texas then it should be viewed the same for us. It’s actually a high possibility Vanderbilt finishes 6-6 (3-5) and Arkansas finishes 7-5 (4-4). If we get left out for losing to Arkansas then heads need to roll. At the end of the season, Alabama’s loss would be worse than our Arkansas loss.
 
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tatervol said:
Alabama fan?
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lol. Look at you and your 10 posts spouting the same nonsense. We’re just realistic TN fans. Keep burying your head in the sand if you want. Our schedule is wgat it is. We can’t change that. We’ve played 2 .500 teams. You wanna argue with facts? We’ve gained no style points with any of our SEC wins. We don’t have the recent glamorous past that Bama has. They will look for any reason to keep us out. You can take that to the bank. We gotta win. It’s not complicated.
 
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VolPack22 said:
If Vanderbilt is considered a quality win for Texas then it should be viewed the same for us. It’s actually a high possibility Vanderbilt finishes 6-6 (3-5) and Arkansas finishes 7-5 (4-4). If we get left out for losing to Arkansas then heads need to roll. At the end of the season, Alabama’s loss would be worse than our Arkansas loss.
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No one is talking about being left out for the arky loss. It’s the arky loss and another loss.
 
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EastTNVol6240 said:
No one is talking about being left out for the arky loss. It’s the arky loss and another loss.
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If we have 2 losses we would likely be left out because of the Arkansas. They don’t care about a Georgia loss. But Alabama is technically in the same situation. Nobody cares that they lost to us. But they should care that they lost to Vanderbilt because Alabama made them bowl eligible. The tiebreaker should always be head to head but for some reason the committee refuses to treat us fairly in that situation. Same record, always use head to head. What’s the point in playing these games if the committee isn’t going to select teams fairly? Might as well not even participate if it’s going to be like that.
 
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1974Vol said:
Our non conference was definitely fluff. NCSU is not very good nor is the entire ACC. Miami would be a Vegas underdog to at least 6 SEC teams at a neutral site. The difference is even the bottom half of the SEC is dangerous. Would it really shock you if Arkansas gets the Longhorns in Fayetteville? Every team with the exception of MS State has had their moment. Maybe they get theirs in the egg bowl. My point is those wins over Kentucky, and Florida and Oklahoma when they were healthy are better than they look. But the CP committee will look at them like wins over Purdue or Northwestern. It is what it is. We lose to Georgia we're out without some upsets in the last 2 weeks
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I don't like it. I think you are right about a 4-6 SEC team being better than teams with the same or better record in another conference. I just don't think the committee will look at it that way and especially if UT would be the 5th SEC team to get in. I think "parity" will make it less likely for the SEC to get more than 4 in.

Indiana has played a very weak schedule. They'll get beat by OSU but still get in with one loss imo. The rest of SMU's schedule is cake. Miami will get in if they don't lose again. BYU is a virtual lock. A G-5 team will get in. If Army plays ND close or beats them then it will be hard to keep them out as an additional G-5. I think Colorado is a joke... but the rest of their schedule plays out perfect.

I think the committee will be motivated not to put 2 loss SEC teams in and will look for means to avoid it.
 
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JohnWardForever said:
Man, it's just reality. Tennessee has to beat Uga to make the playoffs. It's not advisable to drink that early in the day. "An Enemy of the Volunteers?" As far from that as you have ever seen.
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False!!
Only an ENEMY OF THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS would spread a narrative that weakens US and strengthens our ENEMIES!
 
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