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RE: A&M to SEC
If Texas goes Ind. then OU and OSU will be in the SEC - it makes a lot of things work with a WEST with
OU, OSU, Ark (100 miles from OSU), A&M, Mizzou, LSU, Alabama and Auburn
or... put KY and Tenn in the West and 'bama and Auburn in the East - if you want to balance OU and LSU
KU goes to B1G
ISU might go B1G if they can't coax VA and UNC out of the ACC
Texas Tech probably gets a PAC invite, as does Baylor and possibly KSU
TCU is probably screwed in this scenerio
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RE: A&M to SEC
(02-23-2015 01:14 PM)stever20 Wrote: (02-23-2015 09:26 AM)bullet Wrote: (02-22-2015 03:53 PM)stever20 Wrote: (02-22-2015 03:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: (02-22-2015 02:46 PM)stever20 Wrote: In today- yes, SEC would definitely be the superior feat. Also, Texas would have to hope that the Big Ten, Pac 12, and ACC(or Notre Dame) don't have great teams that could shut Texas out due to not having a championship game.
No. It isn't. ESPiN tells us it is every year. But that's just an opinion. It isn't fact. It hasn't happened yet. The cycle may turn before it does.
Also, no undefeated Big XII team will be left out.
It would depend. If say Big Ten and Pac 12 had undefeated teams as well, and Notre Dame was really good with only 1 loss, and A&M was 12-1 with several ranked wins- being undefeated doesn't mean what it used to.
I'd say it's far more likely to say for the Big 12 to get in, they must be undefeated.
You're basing that on FSU who was one of the most unimpressive unbeaten teams in the last quarter century. I don't know that I would call it "luck," but the author of this article calls FSU the luckiest team in the 17 years he has been collecting his point differential data. Based on point differential, FSU would be expected to be 9-5.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...t-17-years
It wasn't just FSU. It was the committee putting a 2 loss Boise ahead of Marshall. Used to be in the poll era that undefeated trumped everything. That's just not the case any longer
Boise's schedule was vastly better than Marshall's and included a close loss to a team that was #1 at one point. Marshall had one of the weakest schedules in FBS this year. There isn't going to be that type of gap within the P5.
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RE: A&M to SEC
(02-24-2015 10:43 AM)bullet Wrote: (02-23-2015 01:14 PM)stever20 Wrote: (02-23-2015 09:26 AM)bullet Wrote: (02-22-2015 03:53 PM)stever20 Wrote: (02-22-2015 03:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: No. It isn't. ESPiN tells us it is every year. But that's just an opinion. It isn't fact. It hasn't happened yet. The cycle may turn before it does.
Also, no undefeated Big XII team will be left out.
It would depend. If say Big Ten and Pac 12 had undefeated teams as well, and Notre Dame was really good with only 1 loss, and A&M was 12-1 with several ranked wins- being undefeated doesn't mean what it used to.
I'd say it's far more likely to say for the Big 12 to get in, they must be undefeated.
You're basing that on FSU who was one of the most unimpressive unbeaten teams in the last quarter century. I don't know that I would call it "luck," but the author of this article calls FSU the luckiest team in the 17 years he has been collecting his point differential data. Based on point differential, FSU would be expected to be 9-5.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...t-17-years
It wasn't just FSU. It was the committee putting a 2 loss Boise ahead of Marshall. Used to be in the poll era that undefeated trumped everything. That's just not the case any longer
Boise's schedule was vastly better than Marshall's and included a close loss to a team that was #1 at one point. Marshall had one of the weakest schedules in FBS this year. There isn't going to be that type of gap within the P5.
Right. But in the poll era, undefeated trumped everything. As the committee showed this year- that's just not the case any longer. It's not a rubber stamp just because you are undefeated means you are ranked higher.
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RE: A&M to SEC
(02-24-2015 10:30 AM)jgkojak Wrote: If Texas goes Ind. then OU and OSU will be in the SEC - it makes a lot of things work with a WEST with
OU, OSU, Ark (100 miles from OSU), A&M, Mizzou, LSU, Alabama and Auburn
or... put KY and Tenn in the West and 'bama and Auburn in the East - if you want to balance OU and LSU
KU goes to B1G
ISU might go B1G if they can't coax VA and UNC out of the ACC
Texas Tech probably gets a PAC invite, as does Baylor and possibly KSU
TCU is probably screwed in this scenerio
Texas Tech and Baylor would not get a sniff from the PAC if they're not being towed along by the Longhorns.
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