All week leading up to this past Saturday the SEC Just Means More crowd led by Finebaum has expressed its horror that the B1G and SEC had equal number of playoff entries. Also, they expressed their horror of three of their teams would have to travel north of the Mason-Dixon line to play. The football gods listening to the whining punished the SEC for their pride this Saturday.
But first, the football gods teased the SEC Kool Aid drinkers by proving their point about how much a fraud Indiana is. But then the gods unleashed the plague in SEC country. Three bottom feeders of the SEC beat three SEC playoff contenders. One top SEC team did enjoy the death and destruction, Tennessee.
Alabama, and Ole Miss now at 3 losses are done.
Is Notre Dame a lock for bid even if they lose to USC?
Is the ACC now a two bid league?
What an irony Napier beat the coach who was rumored to be coming to Gainesville to take his job.
Likely.
In before the “OH!” Oh wait…..”OH!”
Proverbs 14:30 - A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
I think what’s happening in the SEC is with all the millions being pumped into the NIL and Recruiting, the talent level has evened out, especially with Texas and Oklahoma coming into the league, heck even Vanderbilt is not a pushover anymore, they are buying players and spending money on their stadium.
If you look at the rosters of a lot of teams in the SEC, you will see key players who were recruited via the portal making big statements at SEC schools.
One of UF’s better pass rushers is from Northern Illinois.
If you are a stud player a lower-level school or conference and want to play in a top-level conference like the SEC, why not use the portal to get some nice NIL money while getting seen more often because of TV and play in front of packed stadiums every week.
Plus if you were a 5-star recruit and went to Georgia or Alabama and are sharing time with other 5-star recruits, you are tempted to leave and play somewhere else for NIL money and get more playing time.
Add all that up and the talent level has evened out a lot, making for much closer games where anything can happen.
Expansion of SEC hurt the old teams.
Texas looking solid.
Oregon looking like the team to beat.
I don’t like the realignment. It’s a mess.
Also don’t like we may now need a salary cap for college.
SMU can’t be counted out when they can pay their players. Lots of money in Dallas to hire good talent. Of course the ACC will get two spots if that is what it takes to get Miami in.
Aggies for an upset against Texas with some interesting calls by the officials for my prediction for next week.
Dawgs don’t deserve a spot after their poor performance yesterday - giving up 21 points to a 2-9 team that no conference wants, while the quarterback has his usual uneven performance and was outperformed statistically by Stockton.
Penn State - ranked #4 - beat un-ranked Minnesota by just one point, 26-25.
Undefeated Army - ranked #19 - was crushed by #6 Notre Dame, 49-14.
Undefeated Indiana - ranked #5 - was crushed by #2 Ohio State, 38-15.
#12 Boise State (10-1) beat un-ranked Wyoming (2-9) by just 4 points.
For one day yesterday, Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma and Nebraska fans got a reminder of the glory days.
Is the ACC now a two bid league?
The winner of the South Carolina-Clemson game might get in. South Carolina is on a roll, and a win over Clemson, plus some help could get them in.
It was very satisfying to see the ridiculously overhyped Colorado go down in flames. It’s also absurd that this Hunter guy is worthy of the Heisman trophy. No one would give two shits about Colorado if it wasn’t for the Deion Sanders hype, much of it being racial in nature.
The Locks (In No Matter What)
Oregon
Ohio State
Texas
Teams controlling their Destiny
Notre Dame
Miami
Georgia
Tennessee
Indiana
Penn State
SMU
Boise State
Arizona State
Teams Needing Help
Clemson
South Carolina
Tulane (if Conference Champion, need Arizona State to lose)
Texas A&M
If the the Illini beat Northwestern next weekend, I think it is likely they will play one of those teams in a post season game..
Tennessee, due to their loss to Georgia, cannot play in the SECCG, and that may be a good thing for them, since now all they have left is Vandy. They would surely get in as an at-large, whereas the team that loses the SECCG may get shutout.
Thought this would be fun for people following this thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI