Rooting interest(s) this weekend
With the playoffs in sight, what are our main rooting/rooting against interests this weekend while we're on a buy?
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Re: Rooting interest(s) this weekend
An early look at next week: while a lot more games could be helpful (and of course taking care of business at Fredo's house, preferably in a way that boosts FPI/SP+), these are probably the most important, in order of importance:
OK (+3.5) over Tenn (because its the best chance for Tenn to lose it's 3rd while OK will surely lose another)
NCSt (+6.5) over GT (GT needs a loss before losing to Miami, and who better to beat them?)
Navy (+6.5) over NT (win and become a legit ranked team for us to defeat!)
As for the rest of the SEC it's hard to say what path is the best way to avoid 5 or more teams with 2 or fewer losses but more and more I am seeing all of their 2-loss teams getting slotted above us (as would a 3 loss GA if they lose to GT and then play it close against bama).
1Go5 + 5 SEC + 3 B1G + 1 B12 + 1 ACC leaves only 1 slot, and any 1 loss P4 team going into championship weekend will get slotted above us win or lose. The scenarios where we get left our aren't collapsing fast enough (and we have only ourselves to blame of course)
And for the newest nightmare fuel: If UM beats OH State they can make the championship under certain scenarios, while also opening the door for USC (if they beat Oregon), either would likely get slotted above us as a 3 loss conference runner up!
I would say...BYU and Vanderbilt losing.
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Go Aggies!!!!!
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Whoever you want to root for. ND wins out, prospects looking very good
Schedule is good enough. TAMU and Miami might start losing, but as long as they don't collapse completely ND is good.
UNC over UVA
I know, there's no chance.
We need the ACC to be a one bid league.
GT and UVA need to fall, and Miami needs to rise.
Simply, I'm pulling for everyone on our schedule to win
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Re: Rooting interest(s) this weekend
TAM (-2.5) over LSU
IA St. (-2.5) over BYU
Baylor (+3.5) over Cinci
MS St. (+7.5) over Texas
UK (+8.5) over TENN
and just for yucks:
Purdue (+1.5) over rutgers
Arkansas (-3.5) over Auburn
Pitt (-5.5) over NC St.
Navy (-14.5) over FAU
Syracuse (+16.5) over GT
Boise St. (-21.5) over Nevada
BC (+24.5) over Louisville
Miami (-29.5) over Stanford
other games are mostly a wash or a MAJOR upset
Slight preference for OK over OleMiss
Slight preference for Vandy over Missouri
LSU going down will be sweet.
That will eliminate them from playoff contention and turn up the heat on Kelly to hell.
BK, against a top 10 team, at night, in the primetime slot? That usually works well for the
offensive genius, right?
He'll be asking Elko for a job by the end of the game.
That and 2 oz of Eagle Rare while watching it, beautiful day!
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Is that for the 1st Quarter?
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Who is setting the spread? Chauncey Billups?
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Now that is friggin funny.
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Re: Who is setting the spread? Chauncey Billups?
Those were the lines from espn
Ark slight fav over Auburn = head-scratcher of the wknd
Coach Corso "Someone knows somethin....go with the someone.."
Auburn is reeling
At Auburn, Jackson Arnold was supposed to be the big time savior at the quarterback position, who could buy some time for Deuce Knight to get ready.
He is seen as a high ceiling kind of guy, and we were after his services coming out of high school.
He hasn't been bad (124 of 195, 1190 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT), but his numbers are rather pedestrian, compared to someone who was supposed to take command.
Overall, the offense is weak, and they come in at #95 or so, out of 136 teams.
On the other hand, Arkansas has found a second wind for this season after the scumbag Petrino took over, putting on a pretty good show against two tough teams (Texas A&M, Tennessee), and their offense is really starting to click.