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On 14 throws.

SC 3 behind Clemson

Memphis HC is getting the VT job..

I assume that means Lynch is leaving for the NFL..

Its business, but I hate how quick a coach has to leave a program to go his next one..

Tom Herman should take the UT HC position.

hope auburn can pull an upset

Our only hope is if Hackenburg gets knocked unconscious

Not a good start with a turnover there Hackenbergy! Need you to win!

Would be nice!

I was really pulling for SC... They gave Clemson a good game..

Now a win by Auburn, Oklamoma St & Stanford we might get another sniff at the 4, since TCU beat Baylor yesterday.

This just in:

Penn State sucks

They do...

I love that USC and UCLA both wear home jerseys. Its just such a good look.

Agreed.

What's with that MSU kicker? Missed the extra point? Where was that when we needed it last week?

couldn't help but laugh about that too

He'd be first on my list if/when Pettine gets fired.

No way. Not after 1 year as a college HC. Herman has been very impressive, but he is not deserving of an NFL HC position after 1 year.

Derrick Henry just broke some Alabama record held by Trent Richardson.

Kinda funny hearing that Trent Richardson held a record of some kind.

With 1 week to go it looks like their will be 8 teams still alive for the Playoffs.

There are 5 teams that control their destiny with 2 of them playing each other.

1) Clemson will be in with a win out with a loss.

2) Alabama will be in with a win and out with a loss.

3) Oklahoma I believe has punched their ticket and are clearly now in. BIG 12 Champions.

4) Iowa will be in with a win and out with a loss.

5) Michigan State will be in with a win and out with a loss.

These teams will all need help but still have a chance.

6) Ohio State needs Clemson or Alabama to lose. Positives are record 11-1, the eye test. Negatives are strength of schedule currently (50th). (Bad year not to play Iowa or Wisconsin), quality wins (1) Michigan, no conference title.

7) Stanford needs to beat USC and then they need Clemson or Alabama to lose. Positives are Conference champion, strength of schedule currently (20th), Quality wins (2) USC, and Notre Dame. Negatives are Record with 2 losses.

8) North Carolina needs to beat Clemson and possibly Alabama to lose. Positives are Conference Champions, and Record 11-1. Negatives are strength of schedule currently (51st).

If North Carolina beats Clemson and/ or Florida beats Alabama. Who will the committee select is the question that would be discussed.

Will the committee take their #1 criteria of conference champions over record? If so Stanford and/or North Carolina look to get the final spot or spots?

Will the committee use record then North Carolina and/or Ohio State get the final spot or spots?

Will the committee simply use the eye test and say Ohio State is just better than both Stanford and North Carolina and get the final spot?

Will the committee even consider 2 teams from the same conference for the playoffs with Big Ten Championship Game winner already getting a spot. After all the Alabama vs LSU National Championship game was the beginning of the end for the BCS. That is why the committee was formed instead of using the BCS formula.

The biggest flaw with a 1 loss Clemson being in the playoffs:

Why would they be ahead of North Carolina?

They won't be in. If they lose they will be out. Then the committee will decide between North Carolina who beat Clemson and won the ACC Championship, Ohio State, and Stanford if they win the PAC 12.

So if Clemson, Florida, Michigan State (convincingly), and USC win next week, then the Bucs are in?

I would say yes. I don't see how they could be left out in that scenario.

I guess the only concern then would be since the BCS fallout of the Alabama vs LSU Championship game would the committee stay away from 2 teams from the same conf?

That would make Florida SEC Champs and USC PAC 12 Champs. USC would have 4 losses so I do not see any way they would be considered.

Florida 2 losses. Their Strength of Schedule would be higher than OSU's. Their SOS is currently 31st with a game vs Alabama so that should go up. Quality wins vs Ole Miss and Georgia both 9-3 and Alabama. I guess with the conference championship criteria we will see just how much the committee values.

All other logic from what the committee did last year would suggest Ohio State would get in.

This Arizona State /Cal game is crazy.

The only way I see the Committee letting Ohio St. in is if Florida beats Alabama and Michigan St. beats Iowa by a lot. That would give Iowa and OSU both 1 loss and to the same team so essentially they would tie and with Florida beating Alabama that would give them both 2 losses and then you would have to hope that the committee would rather take a 1 loss defending champ over a 2 loss SEC conference champ. The rankings would probably look like this then:

1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Michigan St.
4. Ohio St.
5. Florida
6. Iowa
7. Stanford
8. Alabama

Mark Richt out as Georgia coach.

Yes. Let's wait for him to get hired by a big school and then never want to coach us.

I like how the Big 12 Champ this year is "basically in" with one loss, without having to play a Conference Title game..

Which was the reason they were left out last year..

Because Oklahoma.

If that's the case, then fine. It's never a good idea to give someone a NFL HC job after 1 year as a HC anywhere, and at Houston especially. I believe Herman is a good coach. I don't believe he is ready to be a great NFL coach.

They finished the season with wins at Baylor, vs TCU, and at Oklahoma state (58-23 no less). Baylor, TCU, and Okie State only lost to each other and they all lost to Oklahoma. Oklahoma earned their way in. Last year was a different set of circumstances-- how could you keep out an Ohio State team coming off a 59-0 win in the Big Ten Championship game? I mean.. name/conference recognition very well might come into play at some point but the committee has gotten things right so far, IMO.

Then why hire any coordinator to be a head coach?

Clay Helton got hired as the long term USC football coach. That's a pretty nice landing spot gone.

Also, Tom Herman signed an extension with Houston, so it looks like he's staying there at least a little while.

Butch Davis also interviewed for the University of Miami head coach opening.

The coaching carousel is about to go crazy.

If you swapped Oklahoma and Texas for Baylor and TCU last year, you guys dont get in..

If it was either TCU or Baylor instead of Oklahoma, they wouldn't be a "lock"

The world isnt quite ready for the Baylors and TCUs of the world to get a shot..

Also, forgive for not thinking winning the Big 12 is that big of a deal..

That is your best chance. OSU was helped by Notre Dame losing to Stanford. I think they were the first one in if anybody screwed up.

If MSU wins convincingly, that makes the OSU loss look better.

It's funny, if Clemson, Bama, and Iowa win, there will be no drama this year at all.. if Iowa loses, I think it's simple, MSU takes their spot.. but if Clemson and/or Bama loses, that's when the fun starts.

I think there is a much greater chance that UNC beats Clemson than Florida beating Bama.. Florida is not very good.

I do think that there are certain teams-- teams that are historical powers that have also done well recently will get the benefit of the doubt in close decisions. Oklahoma is certainly in that group, as is Alabama, Ohio State, etc etc.

If Oklahoma and Texas were in the position that Baylor and TCU were in last year, I don't know what would have happened. And neither do you. I do seem to recall that decision was extremely close, so it's very possible that Oklahoma would have gotten in last year over Ohio State, even if Oklahoma had the exact same resume that Baylor did last year.

My point was that the committee got it right. OSU lost its QB vs Michigan and still managed to win. They drubbed Wisconsin 59-0 in the title game with their 3rd string QB. The committee made the reasonable decision to let OSU in and their decision was vindicated when the Buckeyes soundly beat Alabama and Oregon, despite being behind against Alabama and several turnovers vs Oregon. That was really one of the great stories in college football history.

And this year, Oklahoma deserves to be in. If Baylor or TCU had Oklahoma's resume, they would deserve to be in too, and I firmly believe they would be. Some of the same things that helped Ohio State last year go against them this year (reverse that for the Big 12 contender), which is why the Buckeyes are (rightfully) on the outside looking in.

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Michigan State
4. Oklahoma

That's my guess. I also believe that is how this thing ends up on Sunday..

Pretty good final four as well.

Alabama versus Michigan State is perfect. The only thing better would be Stanford versus Alabama.

1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. Iowa
5. Michigan St
6. Ohio St
7. Stanford
8. Notre Dame


We're screwed

If Michigan State loses and Stanford wins, put Stanford in. Iowa would get housed by any of those teams.

the only way OSU gets in ... two of these three have to lose: Clemson, Alabama, Stanford