Speaking of wagers, I teased the spread of the UM/UI game to -27.5. +175 odds. Tempted to put a few grand down, and pay the winnings to the We Will. Thank you Ferentz family for your continued support of ISU football
***2023-24 College Football Thread***
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The golden age of college football. I know exactly where I was and what I was doing in 2001 during that game. Remember it like it was yesterday
KidSilverhair
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I think the committee would try really hard to look at things the way you say.
Yet Texas beat Alabama on the field. In Tuscaloosa. If winning a game head-to-head doesn’t mean anything, I start to wonder why they even play games in the first place. Heck, just draw up your preseason rankings and choose your playoff teams right there, then.
(And this is from a guy who’s been saying all week that if Bama beats Georgia they’ll both be in the playoff)
Based on favorites to win conference championship games, here's the final regular season records:
Michigan 13-0
Georgia 13-0
Florida St. 13-0
Oregon 12-1
Washington 12-1
Texas 12-1
Ohio St 11-1
Bama 11-2
Michigan, Georgia, FSU in. I'd almost say Texas with the 4th because of their win at Bama...but man that would be tough.
It's crazy to think we could have the following scenario:
Michigan 12-1 (highly unlikely since they play Iowa but still possible)
Georgia 12-1
Alabama 12-1
Texas 12-1
FSU 12-1
Oregon 12-1
Washington 12-1
Ohio State 11-1
IF this happened - I think they would give the following 4 bids:
Oregon (avenged its only loss)
Bama (won the SEC and beat a team that hasn't lost in years)
Texas (win at Bama would look really good)
Georgia (because SEC)
Michigan 13-0
Georgia 13-0
Florida St. 13-0
Oregon 12-1
Washington 12-1
Texas 12-1
Ohio St 11-1
Bama 11-2
Michigan, Georgia, FSU in. I'd almost say Texas with the 4th because of their win at Bama...but man that would be tough.
It's crazy to think we could have the following scenario:
Michigan 12-1 (highly unlikely since they play Iowa but still possible)
Georgia 12-1
Alabama 12-1
Texas 12-1
FSU 12-1
Oregon 12-1
Washington 12-1
Ohio State 11-1
IF this happened - I think they would give the following 4 bids:
Oregon (avenged its only loss)
Bama (won the SEC and beat a team that hasn't lost in years)
Texas (win at Bama would look really good)
Georgia (because SEC)
Gotta think with FSU's QB out, the committee is hoping they lose.
The replay was on last night and it took until the second half for him to get going vs Florida.
I think right now, 2 spots are guaranteed, GA and Michigan. ESPN controls this so they would love to put Bama and TX in there I bet.
I think Louisville wins and FSU doesn't have the resume to stay in it.
Man a loss to Iowa would be awful tho....
Big ten will get a team in. I went through to see where the allegiances would be with the committee. They actually have them spread out fairly well. If you look where they coached (one guy was at baylor one year so that really doesn't count in my book), were ADs and got their degrees from (bachelors are usually the tightest with people unless its a harvard law type uppity thing) you will find they are spread basically one per conference/ND/navy, etc; except one conference. You guessed it, big ten has 3 connections. So they will get a team in.
I think when he says Michigan is a guarantee he means a win over Iowa. A 1 loss Michigan isn't getting in over a 1 loss Alabama, Georgia, or Texas. Although I might argue that beating OSU would be a better win than anything Georgia would have, they're just not going to leave Georgia out unless they have no other choice.
BYU was a good add, but those other 3 can’t really stand on their own very well.
That’s a really nice number for Iowa State/K State.
Incoming people complaining about the protected rivalry.
Kinda surprised GA-GT was higher than FL-FSU. Has to be an ABC-ESPN factor.
For ISU-KSU to get 2/3 the audience of FL-FSU is pretty good to me. Would have to factor in the Fox-ESPN factor.
there was a tweet I saw that had the over/under Iowa points scored at .5 with the over at +100. Unfortunately, within an hour of that tweet it had been bet so much it's now like -135
The Georgia game was actually close for awhile where as the Florida game lost a lot with how bad Florida is and how FSU’s QB is hurt.
Plus anyone who tuned into your game instantly was hooked, snow games are awesome
I think Michigan is in even with a loss on Saturday. They’ll still have wins over OSU and Penn State.
Now a loss could bump them down to #4 and a potential matchup with Georgia in the semis. They’ll want avoid that at all costs
One of the amusing things I saw (I think from Andy Staples) is the potential if Georgia loses to have Michigan be the one seed and their reward would be to play 4 seed Georgia.
Penn state is a joke. They have one “ quality “ win. And that’s Iowa.