amercer said:

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HikesNH said:

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Alabama is out. Miami is in.

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I know what the committee would do if it was A&M falling to 10-3 after getting waxed in the conference title game….

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And looking terrible for almost a month. Yes they should have beat OU but lost and looked terrible ( better than OU but still terrible )

Looked not great against a bad Auburn team

Got completely outclassed by UGa

rockylarues said:

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Nm

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just stop. OU non-playoff?? They are literally ranked to make the playoff

The Fiesta bowl is a site not the orange, Also, the Big Ten Champ goes to the Rose Bowl and SEC Champ to the Sugar Bowl, by rule. So Tech is going at Arizona and Ohio is coming to the Cotton most likely.

LincolnBorglum79 said:

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The Fiesta bowl is a site not the orange, Also, the Big Ten Champ goes to the Rose Bowl and SEC Champ to the Sugar Bowl, by rule. So Tech is going at Arizona and Ohio is coming to the Cotton most likely.

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The fiesta bowl is a semi final game

Fiesta is NOT a quarter final location.

It and the Peach are semi final spots this year.

Indiana - Rose
Ohio State - Orange
Georgia - Sugar
Texas Tech - Cotton

Semis are Fiesta & Peach

Indiana - Automatic to Rose
Ohio State - Forced to Orange Bowl
Georgia - Automatic to Sugar
Texas Tech - Automatic to Cotton

Oregon vs JMU
Ole Miss vs Tulane
Texas A&M vs Alabama
Oklahoma vs ND

HikesNH said:

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So Alabama is an exception because they will have higher TV ratings for their games? Sounds like corruption, but I would not be surprised.

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Correct all around.

Tech is not "automatic" to cotton bowl.

The big 12 has not sent its champion automatically to the cotton bowl for about a decade now. It switched to sugar bowl.

So if tech were ranked ahead of Georgia, they would go to the Sugar Bowl

BTKAG97 said:

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HikesNH said:

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So Alabama is an exception because they will have higher TV ratings for their games? Sounds like corruption, but I would not be surprised.

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Correct all around.

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Which is why SMU went last year, right?

BMX Bandit said:

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BTKAG97 said:

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HikesNH said:

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So Alabama is an exception because they will have higher TV ratings for their games? Sounds like corruption, but I would not be surprised.

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Correct all around.

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Which is why SMU went last year, right?

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Last year they wanted an ACC participant. Thats why I personally think Miami is in.

If the ACC is deemed insignificant this year then Bama is in for the eyeballs.

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Last year they wanted an ACC participant

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They had one. Clemson.

BMX Bandit said:

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Last year they wanted an ACC participant

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They had one. Clemson.

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Yeah, just noticed that after triple checking.

Added: Looks like SMU wasn't punished for losing the ACC CG by 3 points and was moved down 2 spots from 8 to 10. Alabama was 11 before the CGs and stayed at 11. They didn't make the playoff because 17th ranked Clemson won the ACC CG because of auto-bids and was the only 3 loss team in the playoffs. Clemson only moved up 1 for winning the ACC CG.

If the committee follows suit then Alabama would fall at minimum 2 spots, from 9 to 11, after losing by 21 points in the SEC CG. Again, they would not make the playoffs again due to the auto-bids.

Which "precedence" will the committee adhere to this year? Protect the CG participant or drop the loser by at least 2 spots? The committee could save face and drop Notre Dame for Miami but that's deemed the least likely by most.

While I think the CGs should end, it's far more likely the auto-bids are nixed or reduced 1st.



Added for perspective: Conference representation in 2024 and 2025 (potential)...

2024:

Big Ten: 4
SEC: 3
ACC: 2
Big 12: 1
ND: 1
Go5: 1

2025:

Big Ten: 3
SEC: 5 or 4
ACC: 0 or 1
Big 12: 1
ND: 1
Go5: 2

Ok, so then the Committee should make the final rankings before the CCGs are played. Problem solved, right?

HikesNH said:

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Ok, so then the Committee should make the final rankings before the CCGs are played. Problem solved, right?

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This is a joke, right?


You have to know who wins the conference!

kb2001 said:

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We need a new rule. If somebody is posting AI responses, the post should also include which AI engine they're asking, and a copy/paste of the prompt that generated the response.

Not a shot at OP or even commentary on OP, just an annoyance that needed to be brought up.

I think the post nails it, I hope the committee agrees, because I do not want the Ags to play ND again

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Why? So we can argue over what ChatGTP vs Perplexity shares and turn this into the nerdery?