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Drewbydoo said:
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Here is the current bracket projection.
Look at the path for Tennessee or UGA and then look at where Boise State is seeded. Either UGA or Tenn won't make it as far as Boise State is right now. THAT'S the part people are upset about.

FYI, Boise State is ranked 27th in the computer generated football power index.

Luckily, there is another weekend of football that might shake up the current Bracket Projection.








Boise State might as well be called the Boise State Horned Frogs, because
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Yeah, it is true that the paths are quite different under the current plan and there will be some luck involved. Part of that is because the committee hasn’t done a good job of ranking teams though. I think they will likely expand to 16 pretty quickly and that will mean bye bye to the bye.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Boise might not even win their conference championship game.
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Yup. This week might be there moment in the Sun. I just think it will be a shame if seeding could end up like what we see this week.

I think UGA, Tenn fans and football fans in general would like to see is a game between these two teams on an actual neutral field; not in downtown Atlanta.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Yup. This week might be there moment in the Sun. I just think it will be a shame if seeding could end up like what we see this week.

I think UGA, Tenn fans and football fans in general would like to see is a game between these two teams on an actual neutral field; not in downtown Atlanta.
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If they don’t win their conference championship game then it will be the Tulane/Army winner or UNLV (if they win the MW) in the CFP.
 
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Volprofch05 said:
Yeah, it is true that the paths are quite different under the current plan and there will be some luck involved. Part of that is because the committee hasn’t done a good job of ranking teams though. I think they will likely expand to 16 pretty quickly and that will mean bye bye to the bye.
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Here's a crazy idea, why not have a few college coaches on the committee. Maybe they are former coaches? Clearly the process needs some kind of sanity check so we don't end up with a Boise State type of school getting a top 4 seed.

Haha: did the committee already forget about the boring game between the TCU Horn Frogs and UGA? The last game of the year shouldn't BE that kind of train wreck and I'm glad Kirby made a mockery of it in just 3 quarters of play.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Here's a crazy idea, why not have a few college coaches on the committee. Maybe they are former coaches? Clearly the process needs some kind of sanity check so we don't end up with a Boise State type of school getting a top 4 seed.

Haha: did the committee already forget about the boring game between the TCU Horn Frogs and UGA? The last game of the year shouldn't BE that kind of train wreck and I'm glad Kirby made a mockery of it in just 3 quarters of play.
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The sad thing is there are former coaches on the committee lol
 
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VolPack22 said:
If they don’t win their conference championship game then it will be the Tulane/Army winner or UNLV (if they win the MW) in the CFP.
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Nice. I'd be happy to see any of those teams play because I've seen them play this season and checked them out on extended YouTube highlights.

Boise? Boise just doesn't have what it takes. They're too small and don't pass the eye test. Boise doesn't throw the ball with conviction and a decent amount of time it isn't even a tight spiral. UT defense would be pickin' that thing off left and right haha.
 
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Former Coaches on CFP Committee:

Chris Ault (Nevada: 1976-92, 1994-95, 2004-12)

Jim Grobe (Ohio: 1995-2000, Wake Forest: 2001-13, Baylor: 2016)

Gary Pinkel (Toledo: 1991-2000, Missouri: 2001-15)

Mike Riley (Oregon State: 1997-98, 2003-14, Nebraska: 2015-17, San Diego Chargers: 1999-2001, several years in CFL)
 
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THAT, I did not know! Do we need to add the word or phrase "not senile" coach? haha
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As much as I disliked him as a coach I would like to see Nick Saban on the committee. There’s literally zero SEC representation on the committee other than Gary Pinkel but he was only in the SEC for a few seasons before he retired. His roots with Missouri were with the Big 12.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
Here's a crazy idea, why not have a few college coaches on the committee. Maybe they are former coaches? Clearly the process needs some kind of sanity check so we don't end up with a Boise State type of school getting a top 4 seed.

Haha: did the committee already forget about the boring game between the TCU Horn Frogs and UGA? The last game of the year shouldn't BE that kind of train wreck and I'm glad Kirby made a mockery of it in just 3 quarters of play.
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The committee does have former coaches, but either not enough of them or they done lost their minds.

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Excerpt from a story in the athletic for you, @MAD


ALLEN PARK, Mich. — First came the beating, another desultory setback in the rapidly degenerating professional life of Jared Goff, the face of a flailing franchise’s enduring futility. That was torture enough. What Goff truly dreaded, however, was The Meeting. Summoned to Detroit Lionscoach Dan Campbell’s office on a late-October Tuesday in 2022, Goff feared the worst, and with good reason. Two days earlier, in an ugly road defeat to the Dallas Cowboys, he’d been responsible for almost as many turnovers (four) as points (six). The Lions were 1-5, and 4-18-1 since Campbell had taken over as a rookie head coach and Goff had become the starting quarterback. It felt like the whole world wanted him benched, and that Campbell, if only out of self-preservation, would imminently grant that wish.
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If the perception was that Goff was broken, well, it was a fair assumption. At 24, he’d gone head-to-head with Tom Brady on Super Sunday. Now, having just turned 28, he’d lost his mojo. He was getting booed by the home crowd, and his failings were constantly flaunted. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay, the man who’d rejected Goff, had just hoisted a Lombardi Trophy in his home stadium, validating his wunderkindstatus. And he’d done it in his first season with Matthew Stafford, the Lions’ longtime starting quarterback who’d been swapped out for Goff. In dating terms, Goff had been dumped by his partner and was now eating ice cream alone on the couch while watching the ex escort a radiant new flame up the red carpet.

As Goff entered Campbell’s office, he braced himself for bad news. “I know how this thing goes,” he told himself. “I’m not naïve. Is this it for me?” Yet Campbell, an outside-the-box hire with an unflinching nature, told his struggling starter he was sticking with him. And as Goff began to exhale, he had an epiphany.

“Man, I’ve got to stop trying to do too much,” Goff told Campbell. “I’ve been trying to overcome certain things throughout the game, constantly thinking that this is the moment we’re gonna turn it around. I’m squeezing so hardtrying to help us win, because we all want it so badly. I have to release that a little bit and just do my job, one play at a time. I’m just gonna do my job and not worry about the rest of it.”

Campbell stared back at his quarterback and smiled. “Jared,” he said, “that’s all I’ve wanted you to do this whole time.”

It was a mental shift that helped Goff manage the emotions he’d experienced since being traded to the Lions after the 2020 season, a move that blindsided him and crushed his confidence. The conversation fortified his bond with Campbell and laid the groundwork for a connection with a famished fan base that would come to view his redemption story as its own. Long before Goff became an MVP candidate and the Lions (10-1), who host the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving, became the betting favorite to win Super Bowl LIX and inspired an iconic chant, the embattled quarterback unlocked the mystery in the nick of time.
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Good things happen for the Lakers whenever Knecht starts. He was tied with Victor Wimbenyama to lead all scorers with 20 points and the Lakers win 119-101. Knecht also added 8 rebounds and went 8-15 from the field and 4-10 from three point range.
 
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VolPack22 said:
As much as I disliked him as a coach I would like to see Nick Saban on the committee. There’s literally zero SEC representation on the committee other than Gary Pinkel but he was only in the SEC for a few seasons before he retired. His roots with Missouri were with the Big 12.
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Yeah, I could see Pinkel, who won the SEC East in the early years after joining the conference because it was crap at that time, having a skewed perspective.
 
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VolPack22 said:
As much as I disliked him as a coach I would like to see Nick Saban on the committee. There’s literally zero SEC representation on the committee other than Gary Pinkel but he was only in the SEC for a few seasons before he retired. His roots with Missouri were with the Big 12.
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I agree and was thinking the same thing, but didn't say anything because Saban is so disliked here.
 
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Drewbydoo said:
I agree and was thinking the same thing, but didn't say anything because Saban is so disliked here.
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I still don’t like him because everyone knew he was cheating but did nothing about it because they had their own skeletons. Should have burned the whole system down while they had the chance. But whenever he talks, people seem to listen and he is SEC through and through. And you know Spurrier and Fulmer would fight for the SEC too. My hope is that Danny White will get the opportunity to be committee chairman one day. They supposedly alternate members every three years. So unfortunately there will never be any consistency with this thing.
 
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