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Their "top 5 QB" was only completing 59% of his passes. With him they lost to ASU that is 2-4 in conference and the worst Stanford team in nearly 10 years. Their wins are 2-6 Arizona, 3-6 UNLV, and 4-4 BYU. UCLA isn't a quality win. Throw in New Mexico St, Prairie View, and UTSA and aTm's OOC schedule is just as bad as Washington's. |
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11-01-2016, 10:06 PM | #52 |
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I'm having a hard time getting too worked-up over the initial rankings, though I'm amused that aTm is the team ahead of the Huskies. Ohio State, Louisville and Auburn have better cases.
Ultimately it doesn't matter that much though. As it turns out, the schedule for Washington is back-loaded with Utah just completed and USC & WSU to come (and likely either Colorado or Utah again in the P12 Championship Game). Who would have figured at the start of the season that big wins over Stanford and Oregon would be considered ho-hum? But if Washington wins out, they'll be in. And while it's easy to take shots at Washington's OOC sched, they added Rutgers to the slate back when they were winning between 8 and 11 games on a regular basis. Yeah, Idaho is a pushover as-is Portland State (though the Vikings did knock off WSU last year), but tell me most Power-5 conference teams don't have a couple creampuffs on their OOC schedule. Hell, it's pretty much mandated in the SEC. |
11-01-2016, 10:13 PM | #53 |
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11-01-2016, 10:48 PM | #54 | |
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And I think I'd take every one of those one loss teams ahead of Louisville, with the possible exception of Florida. {shrug}
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11-01-2016, 11:24 PM | #55 |
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CFP rankings made me curious, so I matched 'em against my own current T25.
We agree on #1, my 2-5 is Michigan, Washington, Clemson, and A&M. Same, five different order for most. 6/7/8 are exactly the same. 8 thru 11 I have: Nebraska / Florida/ Auburn CFP has: Auburn / Nebraska / Florida Biggest discrepancy looks to be Penn State, their #12, my #23 I'm also 13 vs 17 on Baylor
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11-02-2016, 06:30 AM | #56 |
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This year seems more cut and dried than previous seasons.
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11-02-2016, 07:51 AM | #57 | |
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Point of order...the Rutgers/UW deal was agreed to in 2014. And I wish we ever won more than 9 games on a regular basis. I think UW is absolutely deserving of being in the playoff, FWIW. |
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11-02-2016, 08:43 AM | #58 |
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Right there with you as an IU fan. |
11-02-2016, 10:09 AM | #59 | |
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At this point I'm not totally certain the Huskies deserve to be in - you can make an argument for a number of programs to fill the slots behind Alabama - but if they win out, there's no argument. They should be in. I'm just happy they're in this position where folks are arguing about them and the CFP. With Petersen at the helm, I expect they'll be in the discussion often in the coming years. |
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11-02-2016, 10:14 AM | #60 |
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11-02-2016, 11:09 AM | #61 | |
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Which is an incredibly fair point. The deal was agreed to in 2014, when Rutgers went 8-5 and won their bowl game over UNC (that was also the year Rutgers beat Michigan). It'd be hard to predict they'd be this bad 2 years later.
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