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Games this weekend 12/1-12/2

MtnBuff

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Missed a week with the other games thread due to Thanksgiving obligations last week.

Yes, we have spent all week playing coaching carousel and I can’t call it other games this weekend because sadly our Buffs failed to show up at Utah and thus didn’t qualify for a bowl game. Wouldn’t have been playing this weekend anyways because we failed to show up most of the season and ended up at the bottom of our division instead of on top and in a conference championship game.

Should be a fun weekend of college football though.

No Thursday games

Friday we get the the PAC12 Championship game with (10)USC and (12)Stanford playing in Levi’s Stadium in the Bay area. Crappy scheduled time in a crappy NFL stadium, yup, sounds like PAC12 logic. And this after the PAC12 was just balanced enough to knock itself out of playoff contention this year.

Saturday has a bunch of pretty meaningless games with a bunch of G5 championships to determine which minor, nobody watches bowl these teams will end up in.

One game that will get some attention will have Florida State destroying Louisiana Monroe in a make-up game to get their sixth win and bowl eligibility.

A game worth watching is (14) UCF against (20) Memphis with UCF having its sights on the G5 slot in the major bowls.

Games that do matter include a number of conference championship games that could or will have a big impact on who goes to the playoff series. In reality the playoffs start this weekend with 7-8 teams that could realistically end up in the final four.
(1) Clemson plays (7) Miami. Clemson is probably in even with a loss and Miami faces long odds but who knows.
(2) Auburn gets (6) Georgia. If Georgia wins do they get in or does (5) Alabama slip in without playing?
(3) Oklahoma gets (11) TCU. TCU isn’t getting in but beat the Sooners and the B12 would be out of the playoff
(4) Wisconsin and (8) Ohio State. Wisconsin is undefeated but haven’t played much of a schedule. Hard to see how Ohio State could get in but they could put a big dent in B1G pride by knocking their conference out.

Sadly as the season ends we no longer have the chance to enjoy another beat down of Baylor, Nebraska, or the clown show that was Tennessee this year. The Vols are still trying to entertain us though with their coaching search. Next thing we know they will be trying to interview Hayden Fox.

Baylor by the way is leaning towards using their new 10th assistant position for a team defense attorney.
No local teams in action this week.
 
once again plenty of seats available for pac championship game...when does this get played in vegas?
 
And this is with Stanford in the game which isn't far away and USC which is just down the coast. Imagine the attendance if it was a CU-UW rematch or something similar.

Bad time to play the game, bad location, poor attendance and the ratings are going to suck compared to the other CCGs.
 
CUBUFF80 said:
I don't find this game very compelling.
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I'm having trouble getting into it. I think it has more to do with the Buffs not being bowl eligible and my focus having shifted to recruiting & the coach carousel.
 
Pac12 CCG would be way more compelling if we had an 8 team playoff and P5 conference champs were guaranteed bids.
 
Jab about the Pac-12's Friday night FS1 issues due to broadcasting conflicts with truck races. And it hurts. I think Scott is getting this message loudly that it made the conference even more of a media laughingstock.
 
CUBUFF80 said:
I don't find this game very compelling.
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The fact that the winner of this game (if it's USC; Stanford clearly has no shot) has almost not shot at the CFB playoff is a big factor, plus they're not playing for the Rose Bowl since that game is part of the playoff this year. Interesting that a team from the South division has never won this game.
 
MtnBuff said:
(1) Clemson plays (7) Miami. Clemson is probably in even with a loss and Miami faces long odds but who knows.
(2) Auburn gets (6) Georgia. If Georgia wins do they get in or does (5) Alabama slip in without playing?
(3) Oklahoma gets (11) TCU. TCU isn’t getting in but beat the Sooners and the B12 would be out of the playoff
(4) Wisconsin and (8) Ohio State. Wisconsin is undefeated but haven’t played much of a schedule. Hard to see how Ohio State could get in but they could put a big dent in B1G pride by knocking their conference out.
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I've seen this described as round 1 of an 8 team playoff, with the caveat that TCU is essentially playing as a proxy for Bama.

I think the top 4 teams obviously control their own destiny. The real question is if Georgia, Miami, and Ohio State would vault over Bama with a win.

Georgia would move to 1-1 against Auburn and have the SEC crown, that has to put them ahead of Bama who would be 0-1 against Auburn and not have the SEC title.

I think 1-loss ACC champ Miami would be preferred by the committee too; which states that it strongly values conference titles. You can argue that the loss to Auburn by Bama is less damning than Miami's loss to Pitt, but Miami would have the win over Clemson and an overall better schedule to stand on in addition to the ACC title.

2-loss, B1G champ tOSU compared to 1-loss Bama would tell us a lot about the committee. I'd favor Ohio State, but I'm assuming the committee objectively sees how weak Bama's schedule is. I'd be willing to check my bias that only conference champions should be allowed to compete for a higher championship if the committee went with Bama here. Hopefully Wisconsin wins and makes this discussion moot, because I think Badgers are ****ing cool.
 
jkppkjjkp said:
I've seen this described as round 1 of an 8 team playoff, with the caveat that TCU is essentially playing as a proxy for Bama.

I think the top 4 teams obviously control their own destiny. The real question is if Georgia, Miami, and Ohio State would vault over Bama with a win.

Georgia would move to 1-1 against Auburn and have the SEC crown, that has to put them ahead of Bama who would be 0-1 against Auburn and not have the SEC title.

I think 1-loss ACC champ Miami would be preferred by the committee too; which states that it strongly values conference titles. You can argue that the loss to Auburn by Bama is less damning than Miami's loss to Pitt, but Miami would have the win over Clemson and an overall better schedule to stand on in addition to the ACC title.

2-loss, B1G champ tOSU compared to 1-loss Bama would tell us a lot about the committee. I'd favor Ohio State, but I'm assuming the committee objectively sees how weak Bama's schedule is. I'd be willing to check my bias that only conference champions should be allowed to compete for a higher championship if the committee went with Bama here. Hopefully Wisconsin wins and makes this discussion moot, because I think Badgers are ****ing cool.
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The winner of the ACC game will be in. Obviously Clemson will be in with a win but I think Miami would be too if they win, however I'm seeing quite a bit of talk that Clemson is in even if they lose. I'm not buying that although it does present an interesting situation if Auburn wins the SEC, in which case Auburn is in and in then the argument becomes you can't put Auburn ahead of Clemson when Clemson beat them. But if tomorrow's winners are Auburn, Miami, OU, and Wisconsin then I think those 4 are in and Clemson gets left out.

All that aside, I think Clemson beats Miami by at least 3 TD's tomorrow night.
 
Stanford with this ultra jumbo short yardage package is insane. Their backup OL pushes USC back several yards.
 
That mammoth package or whatever stanford calls it is so unusual yet so epic to watch. The DL has no idea what to do when the OL is firing off from that 4 point stance.
 
The pace of this game definitely favors Stanford. If Stanford can get a TD on this drive, it’ll be an interesting to see if Darnold gets more aggressive in pushing the ball down the field (making INTs more likely).
 
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