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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 20, 2022, 12:51 PM
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close enough to the top four to move us twice to number 4 if we win out and a couple more things happen. They will respect themselves enough to prepare for oddities in the coming weeks such as ND beating USC and perhaps TCU blowing a game.
Early losses are quite often overlooked by the committee when a team loses once but our mid season loss happened a bit too late to be overlooked. Imo, what pulls us toward the top is because we looked like a different team yesterday due to good jobs by our offense and defense. It wasn't perfect but it was greatly improved over anything we've done this year.
As with most seasons of Dabo's coaching we look like we are peaking at the right time. I say 'most,' because last season we never showed much improvement at all.
I said I wanted to play Bama in the Orange Bowl and I was honest until I saw DJ's progression against the Canes.
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One thing they should correct this week is moving us ahead
Nov 20, 2022, 12:54 PM
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of Alabama.
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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I expect us to be bumped two or three spots.
Nov 20, 2022, 12:57 PM
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That's two as a minimum and maybe, just maybe 4 at most. My best guess is two, then one more after USuCk or two if we play like we played against Miami the first half. Showing a good defense in the ACCCCG will eliminate other one loss conference champs from the PO and give us a seed, in my view.
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Re: I expect us to be bumped two or three spots.
Nov 21, 2022, 8:55 AM
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I'm afraid #7 is the best we can hope for this week. They won't move TCU, USC, MI, or LSU until they lose. If they did move us more that would be awesome but nothing in the way they are ranking up to now tells me they are ready to do anything drastic. Like I said in another post, I'd be happy if they would go ahead and push us past ALA.
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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I agree.
Nov 20, 2022, 1:27 PM
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However, the POC works to move any possible playoff worth team close enough to the top 4 so they won't have to give them a big jump in case all chaos breaks loose in the final few weeks. Being number nine was OK last week. We should move up a spot or two now. If we continue to win the CCGs will take care of our being behind LSU and Bama unless one of them win the SEC.
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Re: One thing they should correct this week is moving us ahead
Nov 20, 2022, 8:04 PM
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I almost feel like they want to leave LSU where they are in case they beat GA and then they feel like they have to put LSU in the playoffs. Harder to do if they are sitting at #8.
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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A few teams are playing for conference championships.
Nov 20, 2022, 9:30 PM
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You'll see all them in the top ten this week.
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Re: One thing they should correct this week is moving us ahead
Nov 21, 2022, 8:56 AM
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I'm afraid they think they have to make a way for LSU if they upset GA. That is the only explanation I can come up with for why they are ranked where they are.
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Re: One thing they should correct this week is moving us ahead
Nov 21, 2022, 8:58 AM
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Sorry, I forgot I posted a similar comment yesterday ;(
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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We need to win out, obviously.
Nov 20, 2022, 12:55 PM
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If we do, any combination of a SEC champion Georgia, and 2 of 3 of the following; OSU vs Michigan blowout, a TCU loss, and a Socal loss gets us in.
So, let's be Iowa State and Notre Dame fans this weekend.
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as long as we are in that 7-8 spot
Nov 20, 2022, 12:56 PM
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we are in good position..opens the door for a tcu and usc loss..along with a mich and ohio state loss to put us up with a win over a ranked unc team in the acc title game if we win out
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Re: as long as we are in that 7-8 spot
Nov 20, 2022, 1:04 PM
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If ND beats usc we are almost guaranteed to get in.
If OSU blasts Michigan we are almost guaranteed to get in.
If TCU loses in their conference title game we are almost gauranteed to get in.
Not all of those need to happen, just one would likely do it as long as we take care of business.
I’d much rather face UGA in Atlanta than Bama in Miami. As crazy as it sounds we would go in vs uga as clear underdogs and who played the champs closer than us last season?
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Re: as long as we are in that 7-8 spot
Nov 20, 2022, 1:26 PM
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Well, BAMA blew them out in the SEC championship game...obviously, Georgia blew them out in the natty.
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Re: as long as we are in that 7-8 spot
Nov 20, 2022, 7:31 PM
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New - do you believe that if TCU loses to Iowa State this weekend, that they would still get in as a one-loss conference champion ? I think that their lackluster performance against Baylor and a loss to Iowa State knocks them out of the CFP regardless of what happens in their conference championship. Go Ioaw State !
Overall, I hear you saying that UGA and OSU are in. That leaves Clemson, USC, TCU, and Michigan chasing the last two spots.
USC still had ND and Utah - two tough games ahead.
TCU has Iowa State (tough defense) and either K State or Texas ahead - two tough games ahead.
We still have USC and UNC - two tough games ahead
And we have to hope that OSU or Michjigan blow out the other dso that the Big gets only one rep.
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Oregon not Utah is in the driver’s seat to play USC
Nov 20, 2022, 8:26 PM
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In the PaC12 - title. Oregon would have to lose at OSU to open the dirt for any one else. Utah and Washington would have a chance if OSU beats Oregon but certain things have to happen for each.
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Re: Oregon not Utah is in the driver’s seat to play USC
Nov 21, 2022, 10:48 AM
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Yeah, I blew that - sorry.
But it isd all the same as far as USC getting into the CFP.
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Re: as long as we are in that 7-8 spot
Nov 20, 2022, 8:08 PM
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I'm not that worried about MI but both USC and TCU need to lose for this to work out for us. TCU should have lost on Saturday.
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You are wrong that only one of those need to happen! Two of
Nov 20, 2022, 8:24 PM
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those have to happen, plus we don't need Oh St losing a close game to Mich. A one-loss Oh St will get in over us!
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How the committee votes this week will be very telling
Nov 20, 2022, 1:18 PM
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regarding how they view our legitimacy going forward. If we don't move up at least a spot or two, then they aren't viewing us as deserving a real shot at the final 4, and I would say our chances have become extremely small.
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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I agree, 51% is too much because winning out, alone,..
Nov 20, 2022, 1:30 PM
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is not going to get us there. USC or TCU must lose and neither Bama nor LSU win the SECCCG. That's a long shot at best, I'd say 30%.
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Re: I agree, 51% is too much because winning out, alone,..
Nov 20, 2022, 8:09 PM
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Bama is a true long shot foe sec championship, since lsu won the west
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 20, 2022, 7:57 PM
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Last year we started 4-3 and finished 10-3 so I'd say we had to have improved some...
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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We just won some games. Our offense looked no...
Nov 20, 2022, 8:02 PM
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worse or better at the end of the year, imo.
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Re: We just won some games. Our offense looked no...
Nov 20, 2022, 8:13 PM
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I will admit you had to look pretty hard to find much improvement for sure. I do give them credit for finishing strong rather than just folding the tent after such a tough start.
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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We won more games last year than most programs.
Nov 20, 2022, 9:32 PM
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I meant no disrespect to our team but our offense stunk because our QB sucked all the fresh air out of the room.
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 20, 2022, 9:28 PM
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USC thumping Tennessee did us a huge favor. If we go thump them bad as we did Miami, I think we are in. ( Assuming Lsu does not beat UgA))
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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I think our defense can do the job.
Nov 20, 2022, 9:34 PM
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If DJ plays like he did in the first half against the Canes we'll whup them good.
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 20, 2022, 9:34 PM
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I think the UNC loss to GTech will hurt us in the long run.
I think ND will beat USC, and if they do, that means ND would have beat us, UNC and USC which might have lessened the blow of the loss.
We shall see... as we saw last night... anything is possible. We need to worry about ourselves and let the chips fall where they may.
If, if, if we make the playoff. I like our chances with a pissed off, underdog Dabo team. If we don't, I look forward to a Bama rematch in Miami.
I believe Reba McEntyre once said, "you can flip a coin, I'm a winner either way... mmm I feel lucky today".
Go Tigers !!!
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 20, 2022, 9:43 PM
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I can see it being 1. UGA 2.Ohio St 3.Mich 4. TCU 5. USC 6. LSU 7. Clemson
This leaves room and justification for a final 4 of:
1)UGA
2)Ohio St
3)TCU
4)Clemson
I'm assuming USC drops a game, Ohio State beats Michigan, UGA beats LSU.
1.UGA 2.Ohio St 3.TCU 4.Clemson 5.Michigan 6.Alabama 7.USC 8.Tenn 9.LSU 10.Oregon
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CFP will leap frog Clemson up to #6 behind USC.
Nov 21, 2022, 12:30 AM
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If I'm wrong I'm wrong, but losses have mattered to the committee before. That bad loss Tenn just took also reflects on what LSU has done.
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Re: CFP will leap frog Clemson up to #6 behind USC.
Nov 21, 2022, 8:45 AM
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I'd feel better if we just jumped ALA. I don't know why a 2-Loss, non-division winner remains ahead of us. Politics seem to be still in play...
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Oculus Spirit [93667]
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It's the shadow of the preseason polls after another off-
Nov 21, 2022, 12:11 PM
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season of ESPiN pushing the SEC up everyone's knickers.
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 21, 2022, 9:20 AM
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This Tuesday, Clemson should be ranked 6th but will be ranked 7th. With a win over Uof7C, the Tigers will be 5th or 6th November 29th, unless there is more chaos than just Michigan and theOSU loser dropping out.
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Re: I believe the playoff committee will move Clemson...
Nov 21, 2022, 12:14 PM
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I think the fans and team are singularly focused on beating SCAR this week.
Let's let the playoff picture take care of itself.
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