(07-05-2020 06:48 PM)quo vadis Wrote: Assuming there is a season of course, based on track record and returning personnel, I am:
1) Extremely confident Clemson will make the playoffs.
2) Very confident Ohio State and Oklahoma will make the playoffs.
3) Somewhat confident Alabama will make the playoffs.
Anyone else makes it, will be a surprise to me.
Assuming a normal season is risky, and it would get interesting if a playoff team ended up with a COVID outbreak and team 5 got to step in, though it would be pretty hard to do so with bowls all ready lined up.
But:
1) Clemson: Yeah.
2) Ohio State: I'm not so confident. A team like Penn St. or even Minnesota or Michigan or several others could break through. The Big 10 is top heavy and so they could cannibalize themselves. So I'll be different and I'll say maybe this year is the year that say an Oregon gets in instead.
OK: Baylor was close to winning the Big 12 last year, so let's go with them.
4) I'm not super confident in Alabama this year. They get Georgia in the east as well as TN, and their normal run in the west with LSU, etc. They do miss FL. But I'd say Bama is a much better NY6 pick this year than CFP. I'll go with Georgia right now.
Sugar: 1 Clemson vs. 4 Oregon
Rose: 2 Georgia vs. 3 Baylor
Orange: FSU vs. Alabama
Cotton: OK vs. TN (that's right, I'm a homer after all; it'll probably really be LSU or Florida)
Fiesta: Ohio St. vs. Washington
Peach: Penn St. vs. Boise