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2014 Week 10 CFB Open Thread

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Jake said:
We can complain all day but the facts are we have no signature wins and our loss looks worse every week. The Bucks have a chance to earn respect next weekend in East Lansing. If they don't win we don't have a legitimate gripe about the system. That's our chance to get into the playoff race. Win or shut up.
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Our position is not my issue, it's the inconsistency among all the rankings.

Why was Nebraska behind Arizona State? The Cornhuskers lost by 5 to the #8 team in the country and had the ball in MSU territory at the end of the game? ASU lost 60-27 to #22 UCLA. Both schedules have been equally insignificant otherwise.
Why was Notre Dame ranked 10th when they were one play away from upsetting the #2 team?

IMO a one loss Big Ten team will make it in unless two SEC teams get in. The Big 12 will be punished for not being able to play a conference championship unless one of their teams can really stand out in the next couple weeks. K-State has a chance, but I think they lose at least one of their last four.
 
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woofermazing said:
Our position is not my issue, it's the inconsistency among all the rankings.

Why was Nebraska behind Arizona State? The Cornhuskers lost by 5 to the #8 team in the country and had the ball in MSU territory at the end of the game? ASU lost 60-27 to #22 UCLA. Both schedules have been equally insignificant otherwise.
Why was Notre Dame ranked 10th when they were one play away from upsetting the #2 team?

IMO a one loss Big Ten team will make it in unless two SEC teams get in. The Big 12 will be punished for not being able to play a conference championship unless one of their teams can really stand out in the next couple weeks. K-State has a chance, but I think they lose at least one of their last four.
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The way it's going so far, I think you can bet the house that 2 SEC teams will be in.
 
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kujirakira said:
The way it's going so far, I think you can bet the house that 2 SEC teams will be in.
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It's a distinct possibility, but I think Alabama will run the table and knock everyone else out. They haven't beaten anyone besides a horribly over-ranked A&M team, but they do get Auburn and Missst at home. I'd hope Ole Miss just eliminated themselves, but who knows. The committee could have the audacity to keep them in the top 10 with 2 losses in a row.
 
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Really would have been nice if Stanford would have Stanford'd Oregon again, it would have cleared up the playoff picture a bit. Oregon is going to have a fairly easy path to the PAC-12 championship now. Utah is their only remaining roadblock, and they have looked good at times this season, but I don't think they'll be able to out shoot the Duck. I think Arizona State will face Oregon and get beat.
 
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SloopyHangOn said:
Had they not lost to VT would you say the same?
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There was no victory to be had in playing Va Tech. Unfortunate, because for more than a decade they've had some decent teams, but this year they sucked - and it was at the 'shoe. Like Woody on passing, "Only three things can happen and two of them are bad." The Bucks would have had to kick Va Tech the way they kicked Illinois to get anything even remotely good out of the contest.

Which means the Bucks need to win their bowl game - would love to see them somehow paired up with Notre Dame - and they need Sparty and Nebraska to win too or their Big Ten schedule is going to work against them in next year's playoff selections too.
 
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SloopyHangOn said:
Had they not lost to VT would you say the same?
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Yes. Ohio State's schedule strength is in the region of #60 on most of the computers. They've played to two teams with a heartbeat on defense, losing to one and getting shut down for a half against the other. I understand the injury issue last week, but that aside, they also got stopped on three drives by Illinois yesterday in the first half that a championship team would have walked.

This is a very good team. I love to watch them. But, when Braxton Miller went down, the championship was over. My reservations are not so much about the team, as with the cremepuff schedule.

It is not Ohio State's fault that they play one team ranked in the top 40 of the computer ratings (I'll use Massey as it's easiest). Next year could be worse, if things stay about the same, then the OOC SOS includes these powerhouses: Virginia Tech (#48), W Michigan (#81), Northern Illinois (#84), Hawaii (#102). Outside Sparty (#11), Maryland (#42), and Minnesota (#47), there's not a B1g team ranked above #60 on the schedule. Three (Indiana, Illinois, and Rutgers) are below #70. For comparison, in the SEC, only Kentucky (#46) and Vanderbilt (#91) are outside the Top 40.

Now, take a walk back in time (using Marsee's historical SOS rankings http://www.marsee.net/fb.html). Look where the Buckeyes were in the late 1990s when Andy Geiger was around.

It is absolutely disgusting that the B1G has come to this. Right now, the B1G sucks. It is something to which Ohio State's AD and the B1G's Mr Delaney better be applying their minds, because an undefeated Ohio State may not play for a national championship next year either, if this holds.
 
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Steve19 said:
Yes. Ohio State's schedule strength is in the region of #60 on most of the computers. They've played to two teams with a heartbeat on defense, losing to one and getting shut down for a half against the other. I understand the injury issue last week, but that aside, they also got stopped on three drives by Illinois yesterday in the first half that a championship team would have walked.

This is a very good team. I love to watch them. But, when Braxton Miller went down, the championship was over. My reservations are not so much about the team, as with the cremepuff schedule.

It is not Ohio State's fault that they play one team ranked in the top 40 of the computer ratings (I'll use Massey as it's easiest). Next year could be worse, if things stay about the same, then the OOC SOS includes these powerhouses: Virginia Tech (#48), W Michigan (#81), Northern Illinois (#84), Hawaii (#102). Outside Sparty (#11), Maryland (#42), and Minnesota (#47), there's not a B1g team ranked above #60 on the schedule. Three (Indiana, Illinois, and Rutgers) are below #70. For comparison, in the SEC, only Kentucky (#46) and Vanderbilt (#91) are outside the Top 40.

Now, take a walk back in time (using Marsee's historical SOS rankings http://www.marsee.net/fb.html). Look where the Buckeyes were in the late 1990s when Andy Geiger was around.

It is absolutely disgusting that the B1G has come to this. Right now, the B1G sucks. It is something to which Ohio State's AD and the B1G's Mr Delaney better be applying their minds, because an undefeated Ohio State may not play for a national championship next year either, if this holds.
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I hear what you're saying but what can OSU do? OOC games like VaTech and Cal were scheduled back when both teams were annually top 10 teams. The B1G's been a dumpster fire for damn near a decade now although it slowly looks like they're starting to get their shit together.
 
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