Calling it now
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HtownOrange
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All for this. That said, "Waitress, may I have what he is having?"
orangeinjersey
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Then you know what the narrative will be...
Team X was the best team all season, and lost one game in the playoff. Is that team really better?
All SEC/B10 pundits are gearing up for the above.
Team X was the best team all season, and lost one game in the playoff. Is that team really better?
All SEC/B10 pundits are gearing up for the above.
OttosShoes
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I know this is rhetorical, but yes, I expect that’s coming.
It’d be like somebody buying a bunch of stuff on their credit card and saying “look my card never got declined I’m rich.” Then they go to the Benz dealer and try and buy a G-Wagen and it gets declined. Whole point of a playoff is that you don’t count the average, you count the one that mattered most.
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Put $100 on Clemson to beat SMU, and you get $70k.
Not even the longest odds.
SMU to beat Clemson, +32,000
Clemson to beat SMU, +70,000
The two worst are:
Arizona State to beat Indiana, +100,000
Indiana to beat Clemson, +100,000
Not even the longest odds.
SMU to beat Clemson, +32,000
Clemson to beat SMU, +70,000
The two worst are:
Arizona State to beat Indiana, +100,000
Indiana to beat Clemson, +100,000
LAOrange
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I love this! I would be okay with Clemson/Boise State as well.
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Regular season regular shmezon. Just like baseball, just because you were the best team for a while doesn't mean you still are. Injuries/depth matter. Original playcalling deep in the season matters.
How many times did the Packers choke away a championship? Nobody complained that they were the best team during the regular season. SEC/B10 can bite it if they lose.
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Here’s a bet for you; I bet you $100 neither team makes it to the championship game
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I watched a Youtube video yesterday where a guy simulated the playoffs on College Football '25 - first round every road team won and the championship was SMU over Clemson. The comments on that video were hilarious; many speculated he rigged it to give a crazy outcome just to drive up his views.
storange
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You really went way out on a limb with that hot take !
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I doubt he rigged it. The sim game AI for 25 is trash. Or at least it was upon release.
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Orangefizz
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Haha I was responding to the hot take that SMU and Clemson will be in the championship game
By the way, #1 seed Oregon has the hardest road to the championship. That’s not right for the number one overall seed
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That is the folly of a 12 team tourney. Sixteen teams would have #1-#16, #2-#15, etc., the way it works best. Too bad so sad. The B1G bullied everyone into the bad setup and now their champion must face the music.
Sounds like you have some Sam "Ace" Rothstein type knowledge about football. I'd better leave this one alone.
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it’s the CFB playoffs; anything can happen
