OT: The Clemson butthurt is on full social media display
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and ridiculous. Its the first week. LSU is playing Bama, PSU is playing OSU (in a few weeks) they are already guaranteed 2 losses in the top 5.
Just chill Clemson. It will be ok.
Ped U is experiencing ranking rage. lol How badly did they lose to Pitt and still get in. The ACC is not a Div 1 football conference.
Clemson will jog into the playoffs. Every single team ahead of them has real games left on the schedule and Clemson could easily end up the #1 seed. Hell the top 4 play each other the next 3 weeks so that puts them at 3 right away. Bama still has Auburn and possibly UGA...that is after LSU. LSU still has Bama and possibly UGa in the title game. PSU has Minny and tOSU on the road. Clemson fans should just STFU and realize that if they played in the AAC this year they would get more respect. That isn't their fault, but it's the simple truth. If you had money right now to put down on any of the 5 teams to make the playoff....Clemson would be the easiest bet to make. Watch out for Wake....oooooohhhhh.
Iowa and Michigan wins stack up pretty well against next best of tamu and ... checks notes ... FSU, i’d Say.
I've also seen a lot of butthurt Clemson fans. The entitlement comes pretty quickly when you win a couple of nattys I guess.
Does it really matter. OSu and PSu play and LSu and Bama play. So Clemson wins out they are in.
The resumes don't lie.
The committee basically looks at Clemson as 4b - the top four will eliminate half of the current top teams. By next week Clemson will be back in. It was the easiest way to not offend anyone and keep the rankings based on strength of record.
The committee basically looks at Clemson as 4b - the top four will eliminate half of the current top teams. By next week Clemson will be back in. It was the easiest way to not offend anyone and keep the rankings based on strength of record.
No team in the MAC, Mountain West, or ACC should get into the playoffs. Nobody. A 1 loss Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, etc. should get in before an undefeated Clemson. The decision should be based on body of work this year. The inferiority of the Atrocious Cupcake Conference should exclude any team in that conference.
Look at the AAC this year...3-4 ranked teams. They honestly have a better body of work as a conference then the ACC does. We all know an undefeated Clemson is in whether we like it or not....the last few years has bought them that respect. I do think they are a top 6-7 team in the country but I have a hard time thinking they go undefeated in the B!G east or SEC. 2 of the top 4 have a loss within the next 3 weeks.....Clemson's toughest game left is Wake. SMH.
If Clemson wins out the regular season there won't be a ranked team on their schedule this year...not one.
yeah- this week it's SOS
next week, it may be something else- and they will get the four they want before it's over
Wish I could say this is a bad thing for Clemson, but we all know it's not. I still believe wins vs losses is still the holy grail to get in when it is all said and done. Absolutely no reason a team with Clemsons resume should be in the final 4...
When you have to try and hype up a 4-5 UNC team, your resume isn't very good.
PS- Texas AM, their best win, is probably going to finish 6-6
PS- Texas AM, their best win, is probably going to finish 6-6
Fun fact (if I am reading a website right)?
Aside from bowl games, Clemson has literally never played a game against a big ten team.
Inbreeding begets bad things in the cranial cavity fellas.
Aside from bowl games, Clemson has literally never played a game against a big ten team.
Inbreeding begets bad things in the cranial cavity fellas.
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If Bama/LSU and tOSU/PSU run their respective tables, they’ll have earned the 1 & 2 rankings. And the SEC table would be FAR more impressive.
Biggest challenge for Clemson is game-planning their ACC cupcakes while also game-planning for real teams in the CFP—already. Between a 1-loss LSU and a 1-loss PSU, gotta figure it comes down to the score and the eye-test. And if LSU loses to a Bama team without Tua, the committee would penalize LSU.
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Wouldn’t be hard at all. I’d throw a “Hail to Pitt” party, Pink’s hot dogs and all!!!!
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Except that they’d be the third undefeated team, which is EXACTLY what this playoff was designed to protect. (Edit: no shot at you, @PennState_one, but) It’s comical that people keep moaning about a legitimate playoff for a college football championship. I get wanting that, but since when was the college football post-season system designed (or intended) for that? [Rhetorical question alert]
I'm not sure that's too unusual. If you take out bowl games, my guess is that most Big 10 teams have only played a couple of ACC teams (if that). PSU and Rutgers (and obviously Maryland) have played more due to joining the conference later.
But I agree with your general take which is screw Clemson.
Hell, I might even throw some fries on my sandwich!
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Clemson fans should be thrilled with where they are. First, Dabo just got a free piece of motivation for his team, he'll have them fired up about being #5. Second, 2 of the teams in front of them in the rankings right now are guaranteed to lose. Despite being #5 now, Clemson has the easiest path to the playoff in the country. Their fans are too ignorant to see that apparently.
How many ranked teams will Bama have beaten if they win out? Not only has Clemson played almost nobody, BAMA has played few teams with a winning record. Now, if you meant Bama's record would be far more impressive than Clemson's I would agree. Not clear to me from your post
I like how she who ever this idiot women is leaves out PSU's win over Michigan to try to prove a point.
PSU beat michigan? Not if you ask ESPN and BTN...
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Bama’s wins so far aren’t. I agree. But looking at their remaining schedule, with LSU, Auburn (2 close losses and a big win over O) and presumably GA in the SECC, I’d go with an undefeated Bama’s complete slate, even more so for LSU. GA’s loss to USCe was bad but I nearly fell out of my chair with Wisky’s loss to IL. Without that, I’d say the road through the B1G this season should be regarded as at least comparable. But Wisky doesn’t look as strong as they did and unless UM continues their upward trajectory since halftime of our game (with all the media continuing their sales pitch at full blast) I don’t think tOSU’s road will be quite as impressive.
but really, this is a completely academic issue. Any undefeated B1G or SEC team would deserve at least 2 in the final CFP ranking.
1. To be sure, BIG teams have played comparatively fewer regular season games against the ACC and SEC than they have played against the PAC and B12.
2. But, of the 249 games that BIG teams have played against the ACC, 202 of them have been in the regular season. (Note this ignores MD who of course was actually in the ACC)
3. And, there is no BIG team who has never played a regular season game against an ACC team.
So yeah, screw Clemson. Screw them in particular because of their sham schedule this year. And screw them because their sham schedule this year is not a coincidence.
Also doesn't bother giving us Clemsons marquee win. As if a resume is strictly the strength of your worst win (which we win vs Clemson anyway).
That is the big IF. Who has the easiest path to run the table right now was my point. Bama has LSU, AU, and UGA in title game. LSU still has @Bama and possibly UGA. tOSU has PSU, UM, and possibly Wisky again. PSU has @MIN, @tOSU, and the BT title game. Clemson has Wake and maybe Pitt or some other ACC slob in the title game. An undefeated returning National Champ won't get jumped over by a 1 loss team IMO. It could happen, but I'll believe it when I see it.
