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This was a great way to start the weekend off ...

All the games were close, most of the way through. Even Marshall/UAB stayed close, until rather late.

For my Picks, however, I can't believe I had to hold out for Nebraska winning. Now, looking over the Predictions, I see that all three of us are 1-3 on the day.

I sure hope my Saturday selections fair better. I simply couldn't get a grasp on this season. Every time things seem to start clarifying themselves, the week plays out, and tosses my assumptions down the disposal.

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Tough season to figure.....lack of practices....guys out with covid..

FSU-Wake Forest is cancelled because FSU had more positives...down to fewer than 40 scholarship players available...the ACC Covid advisory panel cancelled the game when FSU had difficulty with the numbers on the offensive line.

Notre Dame beat Clemson earlier..but with Trevor back from Covid, Clemson is favored by 10. Hard to figure.

It has been a head scratcher of a season....... Marshall’s quarterback (freshman) has developed a case of the YIPS and here lately and is really struggling. Southern Cal has been dodging bullets all season and looks like it finally caught-up with them. The eyebrow raised to me was Ball State beating Buffalo....... you’re right about this season being ‘hard to figure’, with all the variables and unknowns.

Reminds me of the lessons of Donald Rumsfeld.

We’ve got a nail-biter going on in Indianapolis.......

Amazing how ND beats Clemson fairly convincingly, and they show up at the ACC championship game and get dismantled.

Derek wrote:Amazing how ND beats Clemson fairly convincingly, and they show up at the ACC championship game and get dismantled.

I think it was their game plan ...

They went with what worked for them in the previous game, and Venables was able to design a Defensive strategy that created a lot of disruption the second meeting.

ND's O line coach didn't do them any favors, either. The pressure kept coming, and they didn't adjust well to get themselves enough protection to time their passing. Also, Clemson was able to run a lot better, too. Etienne got loose on `em. That didn't happen when they played in Nov.

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Thoughts on ND STILL making the playoffs???

Seems like placation to me......not sure if anyone else agrees.

I think ND making the playoffs has to do with TV ratings. Unfortunately, I think the same about Ohio State this year too. Ohio State hasn’t had enough games to develop the new players in the secondary or the dline. Also the left guard sucks.

Clemson was missing seven starters and their star quarterback the first time around...Notre Dame beat a very weakened Clemson in OT....

Clemson played a true freshman class of 2020 quarterback in his second ever college game ....huge difference when Clemson was back to strength.

The Irish did go 10-1, both beating and losing to the CFP #2 team....

If anything, putting in a team that played only six games was placating.

Selection Committee Poetry

There’s a number of teams who have passed the test,
to see if they are the best of the rest.......

It’s the eyeball test that determines who goes,
some make it and some don’t, by the skin of their nose.

Now forget not the real driving force,
as the committee ponders who’s in and who’s not.

It’s the eyeball test that determines who goes,
the eyes of the viewers not of those who chose.

~Showme Themoney

billybud wrote:The Irish did go 10-1, both beating and losing to the CFP #2 team....

If anything, putting in a team that played only six games was placating.

Both were placating in my opinion. Ohio State did beat two top 15 teams both at full strength and Ohio State was missing players for both games. 22 missing from Northwestern. But this year more than any other it is next to impossible to evaluate teams because there are no OOC games. Teams are being ranked based on traditional strength (which to some extent is done every year), wins and losses - more judged on losses than Wins, and on the "eye test" - which is another term for bias.

In my opinion Cincinnati was the most deserving team that didn't make it. Whether they are the best - probably not - but that is really not the criteria of the committee anyway. It is about putting compelling stories together in order to maximize the tv ratings so they can get a better deal next time. I guess that is very important this year since fans traveling isn't much of a selling point this year.

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I believe this completely. Listen to Brando’s rant.

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Yep, `bout sums it all up ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFeqg86YYE

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Yep, rigged selections and elections are definitely in vogue.