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College Football 2021: America's Most Absurd Major Sport | Week 11 Results pg 99

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Arkansas is 7-3

    Whomp em

    BUT NOT NEXT WEEK :mad:

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    knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    This crew has lost track of the ball during the play multiple times now.

    It’s not just the cameras it’s the people operating them.

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    Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    you definitely notice when you're watching a game that has the B (or C, or evidently D) list crew working it, both in terms of the number of angles and the quality of the actual camerawork

    this oregon game did seem particularly bad though

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    it was the smallest on the list but
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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Arkansas is 7-3

    Whomp em

    BUT NOT NEXT WEEK :mad:

    We gotta.

    We gotta womp.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Playoff pecking order:

    1. 0 or 1 loss SEC Champion
    2. 1 loss Big 10 Champion
    3. 1 loss Oregon
    4. Non-SEC champion Georgia
    5. Undefeated Cincinnati
    6. 1 loss non-Big Ten champion Michigan
    7. 1 loss Notre Dame
    8. 1 loss Big 12 Champion
    9. 2 loss SEC champion
    10. 2 loss Big Ten Champion
    11. 2 loss non-SEC champion Alabama
    12. 12-1 Wake Forest

    More realistically:
    Functionally clinched
    1. Georgia's basically in unless they absolutely biff a game against Charleston Southern or a bad Georgia Tech team.

    Control their own destiny
    2. Alabama
    3. Oregon
    4. Ohio State
    5. Michigan State

    A little help
    6. Cincinnati needs Georgia to beat Alabama
    7. Michigan needs Michigan State to lose to either OSU or PSU

    Lots of help
    8. Notre Dame needs Georgia to beat Alabama, Oregon to lose, and for Michigan to not be an 11-1 Big Ten East runner up (which is to say, they need an MSU loss or a Michigan loss)
    9/10. The Bedlam winner needs a damned miracle (Georgia wins the SEC, like MSU > OSU, PSU > MSU, OSU > Michigan or for Wisconsin to win the Big Ten, an Oregon loss, a Notre Dame loss)

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    11. Wake Forest (I don't even know)

    If I had a Heisman Ballot
    1. Aidan Hutchinson, DE Michigan
    2. Kenneth Walker III, RB Michigan State
    3. Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE Oregon

    Considered: Will Anderson, DE Alabama; Bryce Young, QB Alabama; Jackson Smith-Njigba, WR Ohio State; Treyveon Henderson, RB Ohio State

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    All those defenders on your Heisman list are all considerably better and more irreplaceable on their teams than all the offensive guys save Walker

    Voters (and bettors) haven’t adjusted to passing stat inflation yet

    Stroud, lol….his receivers all average like 2+ yards of space to their closest defenders, the biggest cushion by far in CFB and I’m not convinced he isn’t just a version of Dwayne Haskins with slightly less arm but better feet/mechanics (this is based on him having the third best odds per Vegas)

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    MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    In my limited viewing of Ohio St games, Smith-Njigba would get my vote. That kid is a gamebreaker.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2021
    Oh my God
    Kansas has the same number of wins over Texas since 2016 (2) as it does against every other Big 12 team combined.

    ...

    Kansas was a 31-point underdog in this game. Since the FBS/FCS split in 1978, the Jayhawks were 0-100 in games when the opponent was favored by at least 24.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    Texas had never lost a game as that large a favorite, and hasn’t lost 5 in a row in 65 years

    Only 3 teams have ever scored 48+ at Texas and 2 of them are the last 2 times Kansas rolled into Austin

    Yeah they’re “rebuilding” but I don’t think they’ve made much progress here since 2018…

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    JimBobtheMonkeyJimBobtheMonkey Registered User regular
    It's beautiful weather for a bbq outside. Looks like it's going to be around 56-57 all day.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Oh my God, fullcast after dark

    When they start talking about the announcer that hates analytics

    Oh Lord

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Jimmy Lake fired.

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    Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    You can tell when Michigan is playing well by the number of “Weird Harbaugh” stories (as opposed to “Harbaugh Hot Seat stories”)

    Case in point:

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    shalmeloshalmelo sees no evil Registered User regular
    As someone who fits in the tiny Venn diagram sliver that includes fans of the Philadelphia Eagles AND UW Huskies, reading that Chip Kelly and Doug Pederson are both potential options for the Washington job is going to turn me into The Joker (tm)

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    shalmelo wrote: »
    As someone who fits in the tiny Venn diagram sliver that includes fans of the Philadelphia Eagles AND UW Huskies, reading that Chip Kelly and Doug Pederson are both potential options for the Washington job is going to turn me into The Joker (tm)

    I for one think Chip Kelly is an excellent candidate for the Washington job and no I don't have any ulterior motives here what are you talking about?

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    knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    If the man wants to go after Dennis Erickson’s record for total number of PAC12 jobs I say let him

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    You can tell when Michigan is playing well by the number of “Weird Harbaugh” stories (as opposed to “Harbaugh Hot Seat stories”)

    Case in point:


    Technically that’s also a hot seat story.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    I appreciate that he’s a 2-pants man as well, my life was changed for the better when I discovered this pleasure back around the last time Michigan beat OSU

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    It astounds me that there are coaches out there who don’t realize their job is to wine and dine high school coaches to deputize them as recruiters that aren’t held to NCAA rules

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    It astounds me that there are coaches out there who don’t realize their job is to wine and dine high school coaches to deputize them as recruiters that aren’t held to NCAA rules

    Nick Saban - who at this point is inarguably the GOAT - was famously quoted as saying he's a mediocre coach, but nobody would beat him on the recruiting trail.

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    iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular

    Even ND fans like "oh, yeah, that guy's gotta go then. 'Back to the Willingham days'? Yikes and oof."

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    So I was just looking at Alabama's resume and... what's their second best win? Stomping Mississippi into the ground in undeniably impressive but the second best team they beat is what, Tennessee? Maybe Miss State?

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    ZeroCowZeroCow Registered User regular
    So I was just looking at Alabama's resume and... what's their second best win? Stomping Mississippi into the ground in undeniably impressive but the second best team they beat is what, Tennessee? Maybe Miss State?

    But they have that quality loss to the team that beat Alabama.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
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    Our winners this week are @ani_game_bum, @Ladybug2332, @shalmelo, and @cursedking! Congratulations!

    As a reminder, next week will be our annual Rivalry Week Blowout, which will include two games Thanksgiving night and several games on Friday. We will endeavor to post next week's games as early as possible.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    So I was just looking at Alabama's resume and... what's their second best win? Stomping Mississippi into the ground in undeniably impressive but the second best team they beat is what, Tennessee? Maybe Miss State?

    Certain teams get future games baked into their resume- everyone assumes a win vs frisky Arkansas and in the Iron Bowl as part of their analysis of Bama (and OSU with their last stretch vs the ranked B1GE teams). Would be the same for Georgia, too, if they had any actual opponents between now and the SECCG (in a hypothetical different season where they had a “whoops” loss).

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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    The fearsome foursome of college game pickers

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    GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    I lost 3 points due to 1.5 points spread across 3 games. That is an impressive slate of games to pick from when it is that close that often. It also really fucking sucked to be on the bad end of the half point every time.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    RMED is in the lead

    With 69 points

    Nice

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    Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    As a reminder, next week will be our annual Rivalry Week Blowout, which will include two games Thanksgiving night and several games on Friday. We will endeavor to post next week's games as early as possible.

    Are y'all looking to get posts from folks for each rivalry game?

    Because I have some *words* for USF.

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    As a reminder, next week will be our annual Rivalry Week Blowout, which will include two games Thanksgiving night and several games on Friday. We will endeavor to post next week's games as early as possible.

    Are y'all looking to get posts from folks for each rivalry game?

    Because I have some *words* for USF.

    As usual, I am more than happy to let you do my work for me, so let this serve as an announcement post on that front:

    IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE WORDS FOR YOUR RIVALRY GAME, PLEASE GET THEM TO ME BY THIS WEEKEND! PLEASE TRY NOT TO BE AGGRESSIVELY MEAN, UNLESS YOUR RIVAL IS LIBERTY IN WHICH CASE FUCKING GO NUTS CAUSE FUCK THOSE ASSHOLES.

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    SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    The 'Big 3' Florida Hate Week games are so dumb, those aren't even their biggest rivals.

    It's Miami v. Florida State and Florida v. IdontgiveafuckbutprobablyGeorgiaIguess. None of this Florida State v. Florida and Miami v. Duke bullshit.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    That being said, any week you play Duke is a good week for hate

    In other ACC news, VT fired Fuente today

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    JimBobtheMonkeyJimBobtheMonkey Registered User regular
    We've already played both of our rivalry games this year, but on Black Friday we will be facing a team that's either playing for bowl eligibility or trying to prevent a 7 game losing streak. If we win against Baylor this weekend we might just be playing for another round of 'We own Texas' t-shirts and possibly for a 3rd head coach's job this season.

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    ani_game_bumani_game_bum Optimistic, Rule-Breaking Nice Guy The Final World/DestinationRegistered User regular
    Wooooo! Best week so far and joining the ranks of pickers with multiple winning weeks!

    Alternatively:
    cursedking wrote: »
    The fearsome foursome of college game pickers
    "Outlined against the glow of a computer monitor in a dimly lit room, the Four Horsemen of the College Pick 'Em rode again."

    (with much respect and credit to Grantland Rice, New York Herald-Tribune, 10/18/24 (and holy heck that article is almost 100 years old!))

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    No real change this week. Committee hates Oklahoma still, dropped to 13th. (Totally fair)

    1. Georgia
    2. Alabama
    3. Oregon
    4. Ohio State
    5. Cincinnati
    6. Michigan
    7. Michigan State
    8. Notre Dame
    9. Oklahoma State
    10. Wake Forest (!?)
    11. Baylor
    12. Mississippi
    13. Oklahoma
    14. BYU
    15. Wisconsin (creeping towards being a quality win for Ohio State in conference championship week)

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    GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    As a reminder, next week will be our annual Rivalry Week Blowout, which will include two games Thanksgiving night and several games on Friday. We will endeavor to post next week's games as early as possible.

    Are y'all looking to get posts from folks for each rivalry game?

    Because I have some *words* for USF.

    Ever since y'all got the invite into the Big 12 I have been waiting for your take on this situation. I am certain it will be a very fun read based on what I have seen you post in the past.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    No real change this week. Committee hates Oklahoma still, dropped to 13th. (Totally fair)

    1. Georgia
    2. Alabama
    3. Oregon
    4. Ohio State
    5. Cincinnati
    6. Michigan
    7. Michigan State
    8. Notre Dame
    9. Oklahoma State
    10. Wake Forest (!?)
    11. Baylor
    12. Mississippi
    13. Oklahoma
    14. BYU
    15. Wisconsin (creeping towards being a quality win for Ohio State in conference championship week)

    I think OSU is pretty vulnerable to both Michigan teams (MSU could score 50 on OSUs terrible pass defense and Michigan’s d-line might freak Stroud out enough to wreck the offensive machine), I think they have less than a 50% chance of winning both

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited November 2021
    No real change this week. Committee hates Oklahoma still, dropped to 13th. (Totally fair)

    1. Georgia
    2. Alabama
    3. Oregon
    4. Ohio State
    5. Cincinnati
    6. Michigan
    7. Michigan State
    8. Notre Dame
    9. Oklahoma State
    10. Wake Forest (!?)
    11. Baylor
    12. Mississippi
    13. Oklahoma
    14. BYU
    15. Wisconsin (creeping towards being a quality win for Ohio State in conference championship week)

    I think OSU is pretty vulnerable to both Michigan teams (MSU could score 50 on OSUs terrible pass defense and Michigan’s d-line might freak Stroud out enough to wreck the offensive machine), I think they have less than a 50% chance of winning both

    Honest question: have you watched Michigan State's secondary? Jim Harbaugh Michigan threw for 400. Adjust for Stroud and OSU's WR and that's like 750.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Oh yeah for sure I expect it to be a very high scoring game- probably like a 70% chance of OSU winning vs MSU and like 60% vs Michigan

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