Wow…I was wearing out the remote tonight, flipping between Miss State/Arkansas and Ole Miss/Auburn. State won a close one, intercepting what would have been the tying TD in the closing seconds.
Ole Miss lost a heart breaker…looked like Treadwell had scored a go ahead TD, while breaking his leg/ankle in the process. Replay showed he fumbled before breaking the plane, while breaking his leg/ankle. Auburn recovered, killed some clock, then held off a final desperation series to seal the win.
Stay classy like that.
And yes, there is still a strong chance of two SEC teams in the playoffs. If Miss State wins out, including the SEC Championship, and Auburn wins out, including the Iron Bowl, then they’ll likely enter the playoffs as the 1 and 3 seeds, might even meet for the the Championship.
I dunno, that Tennessee-Martin game could be a real challenge. Not a lot of things resolved today, looks like Mississippi is out of the running. TCU-Kansas State next week and Michigan State-Ohio State will be elimination games. Whoa, Maryland! Refusing to shake the PSU hands before the coin flip? What’s up with that?
Pfft. It’s not like us 'Noles didn’t just spend a decade nursing our disappointment; now it’s your turn is all. And I’ve spent at least the last 15 years hearing about how all-powerful and mighty the SEC is, so it’s kinda cool (from my perspective) when it turns out not to be true. I think it’s especially cool when I get to see the SEC eating it’s own, like Florida did to Georgia.
A classy fan can cheer his team without insulting fans of other teams.
You know, I didn’t insult you once, and now you’ve insulted me twice.
What’s that? Can’t hear you over someone yelling something…
were any of the players holding paper towel tubes?
nm not worth it
An Open Letter to Snowboarder Bo:
Snow, you know I love you as a fellow 'Nole, right?
That said, keep it classy. Remember how fucking annoying the Tide fans were a few years ago when they were on their run? Don’t be that guy.
FSU has to win out (and based on our play against L’ville Thursday, the Gators would have throttled us too) to even have a shot. We control our own destiny (one of only two teams that can really say that at this point, the other being Miss. St.). If we are 13-0 on December 7, we will be in the CFP. The SEC will take care of itself as they play out the rest of the schedule.*
*And provide some of the absolutely most riveting college football I’ve seen in a long time. These games are great to watch, especially when I have no real stake in the game.
Unconquered!
Zakalwe
Now, for the rest of you people (grin):
I have argued since the beginning of the year that in this first year, the Committee will bend over backwards to avoid having two teams from the same conference in the CFP. It would instantly call the legitimacy of the system into question and cause two or three of the five conferences to wonder why they signed up for this deal and begin exploring ways to change it (including restructuring the Committee, hardening the Conf. Champ criteria, etc).
These early rankings are bullshit and should be treated just as seriously as Lee Corso’s putting on a mascot head on Saturday mornings. The only one that matters is the one on 12/7 (with the one the week before providing a REAL view of the Committee’s thinking).
Hmmm I can’t find the smiley I want. It’s a shame because that’s all I really need to reply here.
If anything, I would think it would be the other way around - even if four conference champions deserve to be in the top four, having four different conferences in the top four is more likely to send the signal that finishing second in your conference is meaningless, just as finishing second was meaningless 40 years ago in the basketball tournament. The problem is, most teams that would be deserving of an at-large spot would have a conference championship game loss.
The left out conferences will bide their time. The basketball tournament didn’t go from eight teams to 68 in one year - or from 32 to 64 in one year, either.
Re UT Martin game.
The SEC starts playing Conference games in Week 1. When you do that, you can afford to schedule a “homecoming” cupcake in Weeks 9 and 10. To give the starters a light workout and give the 2nd and 3rd strings to play some meaningful downs.
Its a formula that works, and maybe the B1G should consider it. I know I know, the B1G conference is afraid that no one come to an Eastern Michigan or Youngstown St game in early November when the temperatures are in the 30’s and 40’s. Its a B1G problem that they don’t exploit the calendar like that, not a SEC fault. The SEC plays 8 Conference games, just like the B1G. Each team just happens to play 2 or 3 of the Conference games in the first 4 weeks of the season. Unlike the B1G. and nothing is preventing the B1G from doing it. But the fans sure like to snark that the SEC does it.
I did have to switch from the Ole Miss game with all the replays of the Treadwell [del]Touchdown[/del], broken leg, fumble last night. It makes me queasy to see something like that. How conclusive was it that it was a fumble on the review?
Surprised for the 2nd week in a row that CBS didn’t have the marquee SEC game. Last week it had MSU vs Kentucky and this week UGA/Florida. The marquee game of the weeks were the Ole Miss games (against LSU and Auburn).
BTW, SEC west fans…Look out for LSU. I can easily see Bama beating MSU, LSU beating Bama, Ole Miss beating MSU and Bama beating Auburn. LSU looked really good last week. Brutal end of season schedule for 'Bama.
It was the right call. Ball was clearly out before he broke the plane.
Yeah, not sure how that works, but CBS definitely got the short end of the stick.
Absolutely. Anything can happen in the SEC, and there are huge games coming up. I think Bama has a defense that can stop LSU’s power running game, but the game is in Death Valley. Also think MSU is going to struggle with Bama’s passing offense, and then the records don’t matter in the Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl. Lots of great football to come this month.
I just think it’s right to play your non-conference games first and then when everybody is in midseason form you play your conference schedule. It just seems better. We do it in basketball too, though there is the occasional non-conference game in the Big Ten schedule in February.
In the Finally! Department, Game Day is coming to East Lansing this week! I’ll be there- look for the handsome devil wearing green.
Of course you do, because that is the B1G does it. If it was the other way around, you would like the B1G way.
BTW, the SEC is not the only conference that does it this way. ACC started playing conference games in Week 2 this year (and IIRC, they have played conference games in Week 1 before)
The point is that both the B1G and SEC play 8 conference games. I think the SEC format is brilliant, as they get highlight blockbuster conference games every week of the season. TAMU vs USC, UGA vs USC were too big games with National exposure in the first couple weeks.
Apparently, the B1G thought their marquee game this week was Illinois vs Ohio St which was on ABC last night. Snooze-ville.
The Pac-12 generally plays all OOC games up front, with the exception of the Notre Dame games with USC and Stanford. There are occasional anomalies; for instance, this year Cal plays BYU as the last game of the season. The general consensus response to that is that it’s a sign of the End Times.
No, I think it’s like eating your vegetables before your ice cream. The SEC way is too much like NASCAR where you have the big race to start the year. Doesn’t make sense. Anyway, the Big Ten will be going to 9 conference games in 2016 which I think is better. If I had my way we’d play 10 conference games, 1 strong out of conference game, and 1 cupcake to start the year.
Was there a WhiteBear prophecy I missed out on?
Who would Notre Dame (and other independents like BYU) play in October and November if all the conferences only play Conference games in October and November?
Some conferences like Vanilla Ice Cream, Some conferences like Chocolate. Nothing wrong with either flavor, other than the SEC/ACC flavor keeps getting sprinkles and hot fudge on top of their Ice Cream.
I like both Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream. But I sure like it better with Hot Fudge and Sprinkles.