Posted on 12/07/2014 7:04:27 AM PST by Perdogg
Playoff.com Final 4
1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. TCU 4. FSU
Nate Silver Final 4 (538 blog)
1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. TCU 4. FSU
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And the state of Ohio protests vigorously!
If they decide to let tOSU in, look for them to flip flop Oregon/Bama to create a traditional B1g/Pac matchup in the Rose Bowl.
Go Navy! Beat Army!
*The only game that really counts.
You may be right “if” they get a spot in the Final Four today. Either way yesterdays game was an early Xmas present. Wow! Big Win for the Buckeyes! Meyer, and his staff have this program heading in the right direction.
Go Bucks!!
The Noles won a hard-fought battle against GT last night. An undefeated team should count for something.
I predict Ohio State will be #4, but then I predicted Romney would win as well.
Either that or they’ll jump tOSU all the way to #3 to force the Oregon matchup in Pasadena.
I think TCU is the big question mark.
TCU or Baylor or Ohio State?
Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State (undefeated and defending NC - gotta respect that regardless of the level of performance level) are locks.
TCU played very well this year. Much as I like the Big Ten, I would pick TCU over OSU.
This year’s selection process is a failed experiment which has a committee deciding who will play in the final four games (announced today at 12:30 EST) rather than base the playoffs on actual win-loss records (FSU is the only undefeated team yet ranks 4th). Rather than have an actual playoff system, it has been reduced to a committee looking at the best geographic and conference matchups in the interest of ratings. This “final four-light” concept is really a joke and does not represent match-ups based on winning games.
The Noles should be fine I think. Undefeated, and Defending National Champs. Going undefeated ain’t no easy task. I don’t care what Conference your in.
Either way the new College Football Playoff has added a playoff atmosphere to the entire month of November.
Regardless of who gets in, the remaining Top Ten Teams Bowl Match-ups will be exciting! IMO.
I think the Big 12 really stepped in it by making TCU and Baylor co-champs. Had they not played each other during the season I would have no problem with it. But.. Baylor bet TCU on the field, they should own that trophy alone. I bekieve the Big 12 did this to ensure that they get a team in the playoff, proving even more that this playoff is just as much a farce as the BCS was.
In the end, we’ll end up—and it could happen before 2020—with an eight-team playoff where the Top Eight teams will be ranked with a modern version of the BCS ranking system.
Greed will win out. Four large state-run colleges will play and the small, private Christian-based schools with smaller fan bases will be left to grumble.
It will be 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Ohio State 4. Florida State so the Rose Bowl can have the matchup it wants.
CFP=BCS=BS. I favor a playoff but I’m already disgusted by this closed-door process.
Ah but the BCS wasn’t fair. Shouldn’t have computers choosing rankings. It’s not fair because computers can’t watch the games. We need a committee they said.
I can tell you why I think people have a problem whether it’s the BCS or a committee with one word:
Alabama
LOL! You ain’t kidding.
Here I am counting my chickens before there hatched, but what the heck.Its College Football! One of the few things in life that doesn’t involve the current Sad State of The Union! “If” OSU gets selected, and “if” they get to play Alabama.The Meyer / Saban match up would be a Hoot!! :)
Roll Tide,
Go Bucks!
Rammer Jammer, buddy and Roll Tide
I don’t know if that would be would be good for Urban Meyer. Last time we met he had to take a trip to the ER.
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