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There’s a very low chance Bama will be left out of the CFP regardless of the outcome of that game, and imo an even lower chance DeBoer would leave a CFP bound Bama in the lurch a la Kiffin. DeBoer is not a Kiffin-type, and even if he was PSU is not LSU. Kiffin inherited a Top 15 class before any Ole Miss to LSU flips or transfers are factored in. Whoever takes over PSU is inheriting the 150 class! TWO RECRUITS!

Or is this the “Saban to Texas” a la 2013? Bama will need to lose the SECCG by 3 scores for the committee to even CONSIDER leaving them out in any scenario. The only scenario Bama could even be left out is if BYU wins. And I don’t even think they would be left out then. The committee postured exactly the way they needed to keep Bama in no matter what. If BYU wins and Bama loses, Bama bumps to 10 and ND is out. That is exactly why they flipped ND and Bama. The SEC #1 seed would not be left out due to a championship game outcome. The SEC would burn the CFB world to the ground. If ND is excluded, literally who cares other than ND and their fans? ND has zero leverage. ND NEEDS the conferences more than anyone needs ND (which is not at all).

Tim Brando. Booger’s just an idiot

It seems like PSU pulled a 2013 Mack Brown, but much more acrimoniously and in the NIL and transfer portal age. They have 2 recruits committed. HC candidates are turning them down. They need to pull a serious rabbit out of a hat. This seems like it could make them irrelevant for a bit.

Florida played 5 teams in the Top 13 and took them all into the 4th quarter. I really don’t think our loss to Florida was even as bad as Tech’s loss to ASU.

I say cancel Notre Dame for sure. I wouldn’t cancel Ohio State and Michigan. Every P4 should cancel with ND to force them to join a conference

1000% agree. Texas should lead the charge and cancel our home and home with them in 28 and 29 and explicitly say why. It literally won’t matter if we win those games, Notre Dame will still be in CFP contention with their weak rest of schedule

I don’t want to play either. Nothing to gain

Bama upsets UGA, BYU upsets Tech, Ohio State over Indiana, Virginia over Duke, Tulane over UNT CFP Top 12 1. Ohio State 2. BYU 3. Bama 4. Indiana 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas Tech 8. UGA 9. TAMU 10. OU 11. Virginia 12. Tulane Neither Notre Dame or Miami make it in. I think Notre Dame or Miami are the only teams worth playing in a bowl to “make a statement”. It would be a statement that Texas was the best of the fringe teams. Would be a 4th win over a Top 15/10 win team. Would be a win over a recruiting rival. I do not want to play Michigan. A win over Michigan wouldn’t satisfy any of the above.

Would have been funny but it was Michigan 😂

It will be impossible to get in if we’re 13. Bama and BYU losing would only open up 1 spot. 11th and 12th spots are going to autobids

I would rather have a receiver with more size and hands a la Matthew Golden (Cam Coleman!) We already have Jermaine Bishop coming in- I think he will take the role we’d want from Williams. Williams seems like a bit of a diva

I don’t think he was taking up for Brando. He was saying the post about Strong was dumb and vulgar. Which it was.

Which is exactly why I’d rather play a team without a pulse in the bowl. No one will remember the quality of opponent. People will always discredit the strength of Texas’ opponents no matter what anyway. Then if we lose, we lost to a crap team

What type of statement can you make against a 9-3 team that hasn’t beaten a ranked team all year? That actually just seems like a lose lose situation to me. If you win, you’re just one of the 4 ranked teams that beat Michigan. If you lose, you’re the only ranked team that lost to Michigan. UGA could at least say they “destroyed an undefeated team” even though we all know that was garbage. There was also a minuscule chance of UGA losing that game. It was like the games where the NFL mascots play against children.

Gross

That was purely to set up a "Top 15 matchup"

It’s in the top 5, but not biggest. 1. Ohio State over us 2. Bama over UGA 3. UGA over us

AP poll may put Vandy ahead, but I have a strong feeling we’ll be ahead of Vandy in the CFP poll. I think bama losing alone could have gotten us in. Then I think they could have went: 1. Ohio State 2. Indy 3. UGA 4. Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. TAMU 8. Notre Dame 9. OU 10. BYU 11. Texas 12. Miami I think we’ll be sandwiched between Miami and at 13.

Lincoln Riley has turned USC into a ferocious paper tiger. Made of premium Dunder Mifflin stuff. USC is the Mizzou of the Big10. Stays ranked even though they can’t beat a serious team. Solely for the purpose of Big10 teams/Notre Dame saying they have an impressive win. The Big10 and Notre Dame should hold a day of mourning and remembrance when USC finally parts ways with Riley.

Notre Dame finessed the system this year harder than any system has ever been finessed. Here is their path to their current AP poll ranking. L to ranked TAMU: -16 to #24 *First team in 37 years to remain in the poll at 0-2. W vs Purdue: +2 to #22 W vs Arkansas: +1 to #21 W vs BSU: +5 to #16 W vs NCSU: +3 to #13 W vs #20 USC: +1 to #12 Bye: +0 to #12 W vs BC: +2 to #10 * After starting 0-2 then getting five wins over bad to mediocre teams and one 10 point win to a ranked but overrated USC, Notre Dame made it back from #24 to essentially back in the CFP field. This is insane. They were 1-2 vs ranked teams at this point, yet back in the CFP field. *Coasted the rest of the season (one spot up for added security) W vs Navy: +1 to #9 W vs #22 Pitt: +0 to #9 W vs Syr: +0 to #9 W vs Stan: +0 to #9 If Notre Dame would have fallen completely out of the AP poll after starting 0-2 like everyone in the last 36 years, they wouldn’t have moved back up into CFP field by beating the joke of schedule they had after their first two games.

1000% agree. Came here to say it

If I was PSU I’d be making a push for DeBoer with Sitake as a backup. If DeBoer gets his @$$ handed to him in Atlanta Bama fans may be disgruntled enough for DeBoer to feel like he’s had enough

He’s talking lateral move for PSU

It will be beautiful if BYU loses to Tech and then Sitake takes the PSU job. Will immediately have BYU out of the CFP convo