Your OOC schedule was FIU, Western Illinois and Charlotte-Not a good OOC schedule for any P4 team-That SOS-playing only 1 ranked top 25 team (losing that game) is why your team will be on the road in the CFP

— Kanehrh3 (@raiford04) December 8, 2024

Updated odds to make the playoff from FanDuel:
SMU -1400
Alabama +800 https://t.co/ToZXsySqvb

— Alex Scarborough (@ByScarborough) December 8, 2024

If we are truly looking at rewarding the top 4 conference champions, then they should get to play at the venue closest to them (since we are not giving them a home game).

Bracket should look like this:

8 Tennessee vs 9 Ohio State in Knoxville - winner plays (1) Oregon in the Rose Bowl

7 Penn State vs 10 Clemson in Happy Valley - winner plays (2) Georgia in the Peach Bowl

6 Texas vs 11 SMU in Austin - winner plays (3) Arizona State in the Fiesta Bowl

5 Notre Dame vs 12 Alabama in South Bend - winner plays (4) Boise State in the Sugar Bowl

And yes - Indiana gets left out in the scenario above, as their resume is not worthy of a spot over SMU or Bama, imo.

Alabama has no business being in the playoffs. They have not earned it & others have a better claim.

I'm not gonna lose any sleep if Bama gets left out, but they have definitely played a much tougher schedule than Indiana.

They've beaten 3 ranked teams, including Georgia.

Meanwhile, Indiana had one big test this season, and totally bombed it (OSU).

Schedules matter. But they really matter when you play an FCS-caliber one, and then lay a goose egg when you finally match up against a solid team.

That should not be rewarded.

The computer rankings of the BCS without the human polls added in. SMU and Alabama both in the top 10. https://t.co/emYmdY2YJF

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) December 8, 2024

Man....they really draaaaaaaag this show out

@ESPN will never learn...Get the damn pairings out. Stop with all the other BS reports from various sites. There's time for those once the pairings are announced.

— Chuck Cooperstein (@coopmavs) December 8, 2024

If Clemson is seeded 12 look for something smelly at 11

boognish_bear said:

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ASU claims the 4 seed. Happy for them. What a season.

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Gotta thank Clemson for that. Boise at 3 is crazy though

boognish_bear said:

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ASU claims the 4 seed. Happy for them. What a season.

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That is good B12 got the bye.

Going too much on perceived SOS...

5 Texas vs 12 Clem.

ASU gets the winner

boognish_bear said:

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The computer rankings of the BCS without the human polls added in. SMU and Alabama both in the top 10. https://t.co/emYmdY2YJF

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) December 8, 2024

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"Computer rankings" began as "abacus rankings" in the early 20th century. Still bogus.

Feels like ND has been silently in the background for weeks. They've been playing good ball...but haven't really faced anyone.

Bama getting in. They will not leave them out for SMU

boognish_bear said:

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5 Texas vs 12 Clem.

ASU gets the winner

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ASU got a great draw there. They can hang with either one.

Edit: didn't realize Tyson was already ruled out rest of season.

Wow! They did it. Shocked.

"Hey Bama we just snubbed the hell outta you. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer should have beaten Vandy and OU"

Have no idea, but maybe the conference championship game weighted them a bit more.

If SMU can win at Penn St they get to play on that blue field in Idaho, but could then get into the final 4. Lots of ifs though.

TomW said:

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If SMU can win at Penn St they get to play on that blue field in Idaho, but could then get into the final 4. Lots of ifs though.

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Quarterfinals are neutral side bowl game locations

Aaaand…Saban and Rece Davis start the drumbeat that conference champs shouldn't get byes and they should give byes to SEC and B1G only.

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Bama getting in. They will not leave them out for SMU

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SMU completely deserved it...but I was still shocked to see their name revealed.

Saban complaining about scheduling tough opponents outside of conference when Alabam's three losses were in-conference, is rich.

I actually was not. Many talking heads said after the conf title games were over last night that leaving SMU out would incentivize against conf title games by penalizing a team for getting knocked off its 1st place position in its conference. This they were arguing would be the committee undoing the entire sport. I agreed with those making the argument. Apparently the committee heard these arguments and agreed.

Oh look: now Saban is advocating let's just break off the top 30 programs and have them play each other.

In the end, the committee got it right IMO. Glad there were no shenanigans.

boognish_bear said:

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Saban legit looks like someone shot his puppy

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You could fill a lake with his tears today.

SUCK IT BAMA!!!

During Clemson’s @CFBPlayoff watch party, the loudest cheer of the day wasn’t for their own ranking or matchup, but for SMU’s inclusion in the playoff. Dabo Swinney was so happy that the committee got it right and didn’t punish the Mustang’s for a conference championship game…

— Molly McGrath (@MollyAMcGrath) December 8, 2024

Projected point spreads for @CFBPlayoff 1st round games via @_Collin1

Texas -14½ Clemson
Ohio State -6 Tennessee
Penn State -9 SMU
Notre Dame -8½ Indiana

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 8, 2024