Wow on that last td. Props for the tb stopping but not sure whay was going on with day after that. Either there was something said before the game that day was pissed about or he was just being an ass.
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If I were Day I'd have taken the knee and hoped IU got in the playoffs. But it sounds like OSU was taken aback by how confidently IU approached the game and it was a "welcome to the big leagues" statement by them.
More of a "you don't belong here" I think
Reality check. Play a top team and you get 53 total 1st half yards and 151 total for the game.
Here's gonna be the interesting scenario as it applies to Indinia. SMU and Miami both win out, play each other in the ACC CG. Both ahead of Indinia. One of them loses. Does that team drop below Indinia in the final rankings? That's the key. The committee keeps telling us that getting to, then losing your conference championship game shouldn't hurt you. I think they're going to get dropped significantly Tuesday, but then they can beat Purdue and sit back and let other teams lose. Gonna be interesting.
Kinda, and I almost said that, but can only see one team getting in from the Big 12 no matter what. The loser today is done. Meanwhile Kansas giving it to Colorado early.
If you say so. Don't really care or follow it that closely. Just know their resume is bad.
they have a bad resume, yes but I think they belong in a 12 team playoff, that game was closer than it looked, they gave up 14 points to special teams which is correctable and the last TD was just window dressing
Speaking of the Big 12, I conjured up an 8-way tie for first place at 6-3. Unlikely, because Okie St has to beat Colorado. But if it happened, Baylor and Kansas State would come out of the dead to play for the title.
You could also argue that Indiana's late TD was garbage time too. Effective final score of 31-7.
It's going to be interesting to see where they end up, particularly where it relates to SMU.
Meanwhile, Penn State got a gift PI call late in the first half, ended up scoring to theoretically tie the game, but the XP was blocked and returned for 2 points for Minnesota! RTB up 19-16.
Didn't look like PI along with it being uncatchable out of bounds. Double bad call.
The rb blew through the line when iu knew a run was coming and slid down at the goal line, so the last TD was not really window dressing in terms of not being a reflection of relative strength. And OSU had at least 5 sacks. So I don't think it was closer than the score looked.
If the playoff committee really looks at strength of schedule like they said they will, iu should be left out. They can still play in the Muffler bowl, so they got that going for them.
It technically was a blow out. They double IU's offensive productivity and won by 3 TD's.
Vegas insider has IU 12th but has Texas a&m moving in front of IU with the last spot in the CFP.
Vegas insider has IU 12th but has Texas a&m moving in front of IU with the last spot in the CFP.
Also to be fair, IU's last touchdown was also just window dressing.
That was ridiculously bad.....they've also missed a couple of face-mask penalties on Penn State. Penn State's play-off push is going to be "We played Ohio State close....."
I was just going to post that, on Minny last drive the receiver had his mask yanked on the 30 and the announcers even said w/ a possible facemask and nothing was called, would have taken it to the 15
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IU was talking shit before the game and Day didn't like it when IU went for 2 and the on side kick when the game was over.
Several other key losses today helped IU’s cause. I have to believe 1-2 teams will be upset next week. And somebody will lose in a championship game. I understand the results of a championship game are not supposed to matter. But if you look at past college football and championship game results and bowl bids, it does matter. I’ve seen several sec and big 10 teams that were not in the championship game get better bowl bids than the teams that lost.
I expect somebody in the sec or big 12 or acc will be upset next week and IU will gain the last playoff bid. The only question I have is being the last playoff team better than the potential bowl bid they would receive if they finished the season with 1 loss but were not in the playoffs?
I expect somebody in the sec or big 12 or acc will be upset next week and IU will gain the last playoff bid. The only question I have is being the last playoff team better than the potential bowl bid they would receive if they finished the season with 1 loss but were not in the playoffs?
Agreed —- the object of the game is to score touchdowns.
I feel pretty confident in stating that none of these butt- hurt IU people whining about OSU’s “classlessness” will have any problem with IU tacking on meaningless TD after TD next week against Purdue…
They’ve been cheering on Cignetti “running it up” on everyone all season.
Uh if someone loses in the championship game it’s still an automatic bid for the winner. So that actually works against indiana. If clemson beats South Carolina next week or Miami beats smu in championship game. If Miami loses next week then clemson plays smu and good chance they both go if clemson beats the cocks. Long way of saying any way you want the acc to play out there’s a decent chance there could be 2 teams. Same with big 12. Colorado, Arizona state, Iowa state could all get a spot and take an automatic qualifier. It’s possible the acc, byu, and b12 could have AQ out of top 10 so indiana would have to finish in top 9 to get in.
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Indinia fans are nothing if not hypocrites in clown pants.
With A&M and Bama losing, the sec may be beating themselves up enough to allow indiana to sneak in. There is no doubt there are 6-7 SEC teams better than indiana but we will know a lot more in a few days when they release the rankings. It should be noted they already had 4 2-loss sec teams ahead of 1-loss acc and b12 teams. The part that isn’t being discussed is the spite factor. Will the committee representing a wide range of conferences and the sec and big ten with a diluted influence spread the wealth to spite the sec and maybe B1G? Or maybe even the opposite they agreed to redo the criteria after this round are they worried the sec and B1G will come down hard if they don’t get what they want and effectively shut out the others?
IMO they need to find a good way to factor in SOS. There have been way too many games where someone was highly ranked because they beat up on lower teams.. only for them to lose when going up against teams that play ranked opponents more and win. Like yesterday between O$U and indinia
Funniest comment of the day yesterday was the “so obvious” comment made by their coach.
He didn’t answer the CFP question but with a wink, because it is so obvious that they are not one of the top 12 teams in the country. Their schedule ranking was 106th in strength before the OSU game. That game showed their flaws against a good team.
Just like it is so obvious with Walters as our coach that we are one of the worst 12 teams in the county.
He didn’t answer the CFP question but with a wink, because it is so obvious that they are not one of the top 12 teams in the country. Their schedule ranking was 106th in strength before the OSU game. That game showed their flaws against a good team.
Just like it is so obvious with Walters as our coach that we are one of the worst 12 teams in the county.
The committee is way smarter on this than us. Politics could be a factor. But SOS is a major driver, florida state knows all about that! Sagarin is not out yet but the ESPN power ratings have them 11th after all the games and a 97.7% chance of making the playoffs (basically they just need to beat us!). But they still have 5 SEC teams in the top 8 and if those 5 get spots then there’s not a spot for indiana.IMO they need to find a good way to factor in SOS. There have been way too many games where someone was highly ranked because they beat up on lower teams.. only for them to lose when going up against teams that play ranked opponents more and win. Like yesterday between O$U and indinia
So IU is just supposed to give up? The 2 made it a 16 point game. That's exactly what they're supposed to do. Day can suck it.
agree. But if one of those other 3 teams win b12 championship you will have low ranked teams getting in as AQ.
Also worth noting if A&M wins at home next week vs Texas, they will be in SEC championship game against Georgia for a chance for an AQ.
There are a lot of teams that can get in. Everyone acts like it’s decided. Right now I could about 20 teams that can get in.
Interesting. I think it's hilarious that Bama is most likely out of the first college playoff, and there's a pretty good chance that Georgia is as well. If Tenn. And the remaining contenders could all be squeaking in. I think it makes a "super League" all the more likely, with schedules that include powder puff non-cons and a smattering of "Washington Generals" teams in the league to allow for some easy wins.
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