The dust has settled - predict the top four
Essentially, we have 4 teams vying for three playoff spots. Alabama will be the #1 seed of course, but for spots 2-4, the following teams are in the race (astersik = conference champion). Sorry Oklahoma, better luck next year.
Ohio State 11-1
Clemson 12-1*
Washington 12-1*
Penn State 11-2*
Do Clemson and/or Washington jump Ohio State? Does conference champion Penn State squeak into the #4 spot? Post your predicted top 4!
December 4th, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 1:27 AM ^
Bama, Clemson, OSU, Washington.
I think it should be Bama, Clemson, Washington, and Penn State.
OSU beat us and Wisconsin in overtime and if Dontania kicked the extra point, they may have gone to OT with 3-9 MSU. OSU's offensive line is a sieve and Barrett has the accuracy of a stormtrooper. We had that game won with any sort of unbiased officiating. OSU is not that good. They didn't win their conference, they didn't win their division, and in the head-to-head with PSU they lost. We waxed PSU, but that was a long time ago. That's not the same PSU team we destroyed. Sorry, it's just not.
December 4th, 2016 at 1:27 AM ^
December 4th, 2016 at 1:39 AM ^
Clemson
OSU
Washington
The committee can say all these teams had 0-1 loss. Everyone else had 2 (except WMU). They can justify it that way as saying Ped State is incomparable to OSU or even Washington.
December 4th, 2016 at 1:46 AM ^
that I would much rather have Clemson make it than Ped State. Can't believe those enablers won the Big Ten.
December 4th, 2016 at 1:47 AM ^
December 4th, 2016 at 2:11 AM ^
Bama
OSU
Wash
Clemson
What it should be -
Bama
Washington
Penn State
Clemson
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December 4th, 2016 at 2:23 AM ^
Fortunately for us, our anger of getting left out of the Playoff means we're going to smash whoever we play in the bowl game.
December 4th, 2016 at 2:41 AM ^
this is dangerous thinking. i believe it was lamarr woodley who said 'whoever we play next will lose, guaranteed!" after michigan was left out of the bcs title game and then u$c smashed us.
edit - maybe it was after the loss to o$u but before the bowls were determined. either way, still dangerous.
December 4th, 2016 at 2:36 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 2:33 AM ^
1 bama
4 wash.
2 clemson
3 o$u
5 penn st
6 mich.
sucks, but next time don't lose to iowa.
December 4th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
Can I get some points on this. Pretty please.
December 4th, 2016 at 3:14 AM ^
The conference championship games are fucking bullshit to begin with. I like the way the Big12 is doing it.
If PSU makes it into the top 4 there is no justice in this world. It should go as follows:
1. Alabama
2. OSU
3. Washington
4. Clemson
5. Michigan
6. PSU
I cannot fathom the comittee putting PSU ahead of us with that curb stomping they took in Ann Arbor.
December 4th, 2016 at 3:53 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 7:12 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 7:23 AM ^
can the powers take the bucknuts and not penn st? i have a feeling washington is going to get dry humped into puget sound.
bama
oh st
clemson
penn st
December 4th, 2016 at 7:45 AM ^
I think we see the committee show us that conference championships mean little to them when Penn State gets left out
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December 4th, 2016 at 7:51 AM ^
was over 2 months ago. No they're not as good as either Michigan or ohio ... but they won the B1G championship game (and no one on this board thought they would beat Wisconsin) AND ... they beat ohio.
If we were in this EXACT same scenario ... there isn't is single Michigan fan that wouldn't be livid if we weren't in the CFP. C'mon guys get a grip ...
Go Blue!
December 4th, 2016 at 8:05 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:59 AM ^
Beating lsu was a long time ago
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December 4th, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 8:11 AM ^
I think it's clear that the committee values fewer losses over head-to-head result. Michigan and PSU will be the left-out teams. I will pray for exactly one thing for the next four weeks: that OSU is embarrassed in its semifinal game. Most importantly, do we think Clemson or Washington has a better chance of doing that? With OSU's luck, they will surely play the lesser team.
December 4th, 2016 at 8:10 AM ^
I'm thinking it's going to be 1) Alabama 2) Clemson 3) Washington 4) OSU. OSU draws Alabama since they don't have a conference title, and PSU fans will proceed to flip an absolute shit. The committee will be doing them a favor by sparing them from a 59-3 beatdown.
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:57 AM ^
Conference champ is a fluke based on unbalanced schedules of a 14 team conference.
Not relevant for a hand picked playoff
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December 4th, 2016 at 8:24 AM ^
2.) Some team that probably got destroyed by Bama
3.) Some team that may have gotten destroyed by Bama
4.) Some team that definitely got destroyed by Bama.
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December 4th, 2016 at 8:45 AM ^
Well, if I had to guess what the committee will realistically do given the results of this weekend:
1) Alabama
2) Ohio State
3) Clemson
4) Washington
3 and 4 might flip, but I don't think so. I think this order - as it was earlier in the week - is what we're going to get.
Would love to be wrong about #4, would love that to be us, but I very much doubt it could be now.
December 4th, 2016 at 9:27 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:55 AM ^
Ostate v bama would draw big revenue in final
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
The other thought process is that Penn State won last night and they could Jump Ohio State and be in that 4 spot with Clemson and Washington at 2 and 3.
My hope is that the committee can use the Penn St game to declare that Michigans giant win over them (49-10) and the 4 pts combined margin in Michigans two losses on the road this year out weigh Washingtons weak scheduling. This could be enough to get Michigan into the 4 spot.
My thoughts are that the committee needs to pick the 4 best and shock the world by having Bama, Clemson, Ohio St, Michigan or Penn State.
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:19 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:24 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^
What has anybody seen in the last 4 games that makes people think Michigan is better than Clemson or Washington?
Crushing Rutgers does not seem relevant
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December 4th, 2016 at 9:31 AM ^
If I was on the committee, I would stand up and say the following:
"Whoever we put in slot #4 will have to play Alabama on New Year's Eve. Just ask your self one question:
Which team out there can make it a competitive game that people will watch?
That's who you should pick. Forget about anything else."
If they do that, they will pick Michigan.
December 4th, 2016 at 9:49 AM ^
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December 4th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
#1 vs #4 would be Ala vs Wash. #2 vs #3 would be OSU vs UM .
So, rather than just accepting a highly controversial and biased double OT decision for Ohio vs UM, we would be able to find out who is really best. UM would play OSU using neutral referees on neutral field (and presumably with a healthier UM QB).
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