So by how much does An Ohio State University need to beat Northwestern to get in?

[El Supremo]

Fogettaboutit, it's OU.

[Guppy]

1. I think UGA gets in

even with 2 losses.

[redstateblues]

2. No way. Epic choke against Bama

[Guppy]

3. do you think Bama would have got in

if they lost.bad coaching decision.

[El Supremo]

5. Yes. n/m

[El Supremo]

4. I can't believe they tried the fake punt...

after they blew the same play against LSU.

[Guppy]

6. yep

they should have beaten bama the last 2 games and that is why I think UGA gets in. OU and OSU suck.

[Auggie]

7. I can't believe it either ...

and then they played a soft pass rush on Hurts, the backup QB.

[JonLP24]

16. Hurts beat out Blake Barnett the USF starting QB

In his freshman year and was a full time starter so it isn't like he is bad.

That is the nature of the playoffs all of the top recruits are concentrated with Alabama knowing that might be their only shot to win a title.

[JayhawkSD]

19. If Tua had not been injured, Georgia would have won.

Jalen came into the game and Georgia went to a zone pass defense, abandoning the man defense they had used all night against Tua with stunning success, forcing punts after 3 or 4 plays five times and intercepting him once.

Hurts scored touchdowns on both possessions in which he played; was 78% passing (and a touchdown) to Tua's 40%, and had 28 yards rushing (and another touchdown) in five carries to Tua's -21 yards.

It was a terrible coaching call because the idiot forgot that Jalen Hurts is not a rookie backup. It was made worse by him learning nothing from Hurts' first touchdown, because they played him the same way on his second possession.

[NotASurfer]

8. We don't know exactly what the selection committee is looking at

They might have an inherent bias that considers defense and decide OSU's sucks less than OU's. Or that the recent points OSU put up were more impressive because Michigan and Northwestern have better defense than WV and TX.

It looks like OU is in tonight. But I won't be surprised if the selection committee comes to some other consensus that makes sense to the selection committee

[JayhawkSD]

9. Nope, Georgia's loss puts them out.

It will be Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Ohio State.

Had Georgia won, Ohio State would have needed to win big, and even that might not have been enough. But with Georgia losing, all the Buckeyes had to do was win.

[nmgaucho]

10. No way....

.Purdue pounded the Buckeyes by 30...screw em The Sooners are in 😊

[JayhawkSD]

12. Yes, my bad.

I forgot about Oklahoma. I'm getting old, and your memory is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is. Anyway, I was thinking strictly about Ohio State in comparison to the SEC game.

Maybe Ohio State could have won big enough to leapfrog over Oklahoma, but they did not even come close.

Having seen all three championship games, and noting that Alabama and Oklahoma both trailed for quite a while, I guess the committee could make a case for Georgia or Ohio State, but I would not buy either one.

[Auggie]

11. East Coast regional diversity, North vs. South. Probably makes everyone more money ...

exactly what they want.

No one west of the Mississippi River.

[JayhawkSD]

13. Heh. Pac 12 ever get a shot?

If Stanford went 12-0 with an average winning margin of 49 points, would the committee consider them? I think they would cite a "strength of schedule" factor to exclude them.

As in, "Well, hell, anyone could have whupped Arizona."

[JonLP24]

14. Pac 12 North is one of the toughest conferences in the NCAA

After the SEC West of course.

These teams don't play each other and there's over 100 teams. The MWC plays good football too.

[Auggie]

15. That's why college football needs to expand playoffs

Four teams is a farce

[JayhawkSD]

17. Reduce the NFL playoffs to four teams.

But, but, but... They have eight divisions, NFL fans scream in horror. How can only four teams be in the playoffs? You are nuts. You are stupid beyond belief. You know nothing about football. How can you have two divisions who are not represented in the playoffs?

(Not only do eight NFL division winners enter the playoffs, so do four non division winners.)

College football has TEN divisions, plus a group of independents.

So your point would seem to be valid. "Farce" might be a mild way of putting it.

[Auggie]

18. You might want to post your two cents here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/120475820

(though the real gist about the thread was if conference games were necessary)

[JayhawkSD]

20. Sorry, Auggie, that thread is babble. nt

[Auggie]

21. .