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Game Thread Fiesta Bowl 2016 - tOSU vs Notre Dame, Friday 1/1 @ 1pET, ESPN

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Gcashwell said:
Sounds good to me. I admit, I'm nervous about what Cook can do.

I was hoping ND would get in to the playoff. They definitely don't pass the eye test.
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You should be somewhat nervous.

Lots of folks being way too dismissive of MSU's chances.

I'm not rooting for anyone but I will have some $ on MSU. They are a good bargain.

Nothing personal.

EDIT- of course should Bama win I'll be happy for you personally. You are alright spider.
 
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I'm a little disappointed in this- I think we got screwed getting jumped by Stanford and probably should have been picked for the Rose Bowl. But I can take it because my hatred for notre lame is second only to my hatred for ttun. I hope we give them a monster beat down. The chance to wipe out both of those teams is fantastic.
 
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It's interesting that Notre Dame finished the season ranked 8th while Houston finished 18th. Since Notre Dame lost to Clemson and Stanford, the two best Ws they posted appear to be Navy and Temple. Houston beat both those teams by bigger margins than the Irish did.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
they better get on the 8 team playoff train and soon IMO.... And it's really not that difficult to do it. I agree that it may be difficult to have the quarter finals be neutral field since 3 post games may be asking too much from parents/fans financially if their team goes all the way. But have the first round 2 weeks after the end of the conference championships at the top seeds home field.... Go 8 team playoff!
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4 conferences, each with 2 divisions, hence 8 division winners.

The CCGs are round one of the playoffs. The 4 conference champs meet in round two. Then the two winners meet in the NCG. That's the only reasonable way to to it.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
4 conferences, each with 2 divisions, hence 8 division winners.

The CCGs are round one of the playoffs. The 4 conference champs meet in round two. Then the two winners meet in the NCG. That's the only reasonable way to to it.
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I still think an 8 team playoff after the championship games is perfectly feasible. The 5 P5 champs then have the committee (or a BCS like formula) pick 3 at-large teams. Seed them and first round games at home for the top 4.
 
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Brian "The Weatherman" Kelly is going to look like a real asshat when they get rolled by tOSU. This is really the year for the B1G to shut everyone up by winning the playoff, Rose, and Fiesta.
 
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DEBuckeye said:
I'm a little disappointed in this- I think we got screwed getting jumped by Stanford and probably should have been picked for the Rose Bowl. But I can take it because my hatred for notre lame is second only to my hatred for ttun. I hope we give them a monster beat down. The chance to wipe out both of those teams is fantastic.
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Getting jumped by Stanford didn't change anything for us, and the Rose Bowl said they'd take the higher ranked team which turned out to be Iowa. Had Sparty rolled them I'd expect to be over them but given how that game ended I don't have a huge gripe about our spot. As for the second part - Amen. :cool:
 
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exhawg said:
Brian "The Weatherman" Kelly is going to look like a real asshat when they get rolled by tOSU. This is really the year for the B1G to shut everyone up by winning the playoff, Rose, and Fiesta.
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One of those things is likely to happen. The other two, I'm not so sure.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
I still think an 8 team playoff after the championship games is perfectly feasible. The 5 P5 champs then have the committee (or a BCS like formula) pick 3 at-large teams. Seed them and first round games at home for the top 4.
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There must be an echo in here or great minds think alike. I've been preaching that, too. Supposedly there are five power conferences, so why are the committee sitting around trying to decide who to eliminate? And if the two best teams are in the same conference, how likely are both to get in with 4 teams?

Make conference championships matter then use the other three spots to address the issues, above.
 
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Jake said:
There must be an echo in here or great minds think alike. I've been preaching that, too. Supposedly there are five power conferences, so why are the committee sitting around trying to decide who to eliminate? And if the two best teams are in the same conference, how likely are both to get in with 4 teams?

Make conference championships matter then use the other three spots to address the issues, above.
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Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever get home field games. The warm weather schools will fight it tooth and nail as will the bowls. I think it's telling that they created six access bowls, so that the four non-semi bowls can easily slip into the role of quarterfinals. Plus, I just think that Delany and the Big Ten ADs are so attached at the teet to the Rose Bowl that they won't put up a fight.
 
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