In a season of lowered expectations, this would be top shelf, my good man. There's not many better places to travel for a bowr games.
I can see it before me like a vision. 10-1 ND loses to USC in their final game, gets knocked out of the playoff for playing a lame ass schedule, gets relegated to the Holiday Bowl vs an upstart 9-3 UW skwad, clicking on all cylinders after some midseason growing pains, fresh off a victory at Autzen. Fans are hyped and invade San Diego to watch the precocious Jedd Fishes take on the sad Golden Domers. Nick Holt v Nebraska redux, we crawl in that ass, go to 10-3, knock ND to 10-3, and say "If you can't run with the big Dawgs, stay on the porch, ya feckin cunts!" Fans continue to drink heavily with jubilation, basking in the sun and sharing visions of a triumphant 2025. "The future is so goddamn bright, where my shades, bro!? And where the bitches!? BRING ME THE BITCHES!"
Bottom barrel, nah. Playing Liberty is bottom barrel. This is gonna be fresh.
Depends on the losses. You could have a 2-loss Big 12 team that is conference champ and gets a top-4 seed. Same goes for the ACC. Pretend there are two undefeated conference champs from the B1G and SEC, and now you have 8-spots left to fill, one probably goes to ND. If there are any upsets in conference championship games the number of "open" spots drops further.
I've been operating under the assumption that a 3 loss team won't get in, but after thinking a little harder on it, its certainly possible, especially if the 3rd loss is in a conference championship. 3 regular season losses would make it tough, but maybe.
A 3-loss Big Ten team would be considered but it depends on the other teams around them. Looking at 2023, 10-2 Oklahoma would've been left out and they were ahead of the top 3-loss team, LSU. 2022 would've featured 2 3-loss teams because the Pac-12 and Big 12 champs had 3 losses each.
The last time an at-large 3-loss team would've made the 12-team playoff was Auburn in 2019
this is a crisp post but one of the reasons the playoff got expanded was to get a limp dicked notre dame into it, they definitely get in at 10-1 and likely get in with 2 losses.
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This outcome would be bottom barrel acceptable for me and I might actually go to this game as well
I'm told by @MikeSeaver that playing a bowl game in a baseball stadium would actually be a big deal.
In a season of lowered expectations, this would be top shelf, my good man. There's not many better places to travel for a bowr games.
I can see it before me like a vision. 10-1 ND loses to USC in their final game, gets knocked out of the playoff for playing a lame ass schedule, gets relegated to the Holiday Bowl vs an upstart 9-3 UW skwad, clicking on all cylinders after some midseason growing pains, fresh off a victory at Autzen. Fans are hyped and invade San Diego to watch the precocious Jedd Fishes take on the sad Golden Domers. Nick Holt v Nebraska redux, we crawl in that ass, go to 10-3, knock ND to 10-3, and say "If you can't run with the big Dawgs, stay on the porch, ya feckin cunts!" Fans continue to drink heavily with jubilation, basking in the sun and sharing visions of a triumphant 2025. "The future is so goddamn bright, where my shades, bro!? And where the bitches!? BRING ME THE BITCHES!"
Bottom barrel, nah. Playing Liberty is bottom barrel. This is gonna be fresh.
They beat Oregon in Autzen they will have to put Us? in the playoff. The way they sucked them off all off season they won’t have a choice.
Yeh, but to go from 8-3 to 9-3, eh. I like your thinking but meh.
Holiday Bowl or Bust.
shitty little holiday bowl or bust.
A 3 loss B1G team will get in and wouldn’t put it past a 4 loss SEC team to get in
Depends on the losses. You could have a 2-loss Big 12 team that is conference champ and gets a top-4 seed. Same goes for the ACC. Pretend there are two undefeated conference champs from the B1G and SEC, and now you have 8-spots left to fill, one probably goes to ND. If there are any upsets in conference championship games the number of "open" spots drops further.
I've been operating under the assumption that a 3 loss team won't get in, but after thinking a little harder on it, its certainly possible, especially if the 3rd loss is in a conference championship. 3 regular season losses would make it tough, but maybe.
Georgia or a 10-3 SEC or maybe B1G champ loser are the only 3 loss teams getting in unless someone wins a conference at 10-3.
Florida has an insane schedule and would be a shoe in at 9-3
A 3-loss Big Ten team would be considered but it depends on the other teams around them. Looking at 2023, 10-2 Oklahoma would've been left out and they were ahead of the top 3-loss team, LSU. 2022 would've featured 2 3-loss teams because the Pac-12 and Big 12 champs had 3 losses each.
The last time an at-large 3-loss team would've made the 12-team playoff was Auburn in 2019
Don't forget they have to waste a spot on G 5 trash
In that scenario, the next chapter is Jedd Fisch accepting the Philadelphia Eagles head coaching job.
Maybe when the field gets to 16 this will be true.
FtG
When it comes to conference pride, this guy makes Yogi sound like a half brain.
this is a crisp post but one of the reasons the playoff got expanded was to get a limp dicked notre dame into it, they definitely get in at 10-1 and likely get in with 2 losses.
that schedule is beyond EMBARRASSING though.
I had never seen this interview and I couldn't be more ready for Fish to succeed than I am right now.
Fuck. That. Guy.