Baylor is going to repeat their confy title....

[Bookcat]

and Nebraska is going on 16 years without one.

The generational shift is nearly complete. Pelini is recruiting guys born in 1998.

[Bookcat]

eff i'm getting old.

[steve dave]

ok bookcat

[SdK]

Banking on a three way split?

[SdK]

Odd.

[meow meow]

Banking on a three way split?

Wut

[star seed 7]

More like booksquawk

[Rage Against the McKee]

We are going to take Baylor apart piece by piece.

[CNS]

Have we heard if Green has any shot at coming back this year?  I mean, I like our chances more with him in than I do with him out.

[bshea85]

Is it crazy to think that TCU will drop the game against UT and that KSU has a chance to actually beat Baylor and win the ENTIRE BigXII?  Like, not a piece of the BigXII, but the whole damn thing?

Would it then be crazy to expect KSU in the playoffs after winning the BigXII?

Also, is it a pipe dream that Collin Klein does a Tebow prayer on the 50 yard line after KSU beats Baylor?  Just saying, that would be awesome.

[CHONGS]

Is it crazy to think that TCU will drop the game against UT and that KSU has a chance to actually beat Baylor and win the ENTIRE BigXII?  Like, not a piece of the BigXII, but the whole damn thing?

Would it then be crazy to expect KSU in the playoffs after winning the BigXII?

Also, is it a pipe dream that Collin Klein does a Tebow prayer on the 50 yard line after KSU beats Baylor?  Just saying, that would be awesome.

In order of likeliness (IHMO) from MOST to LEAST

KSU beats Baylor
TCU loses to Texas

IMPOSSIBLE
KSU in playoffs

[bshea85]

Is it crazy to think that TCU will drop the game against UT and that KSU has a chance to actually beat Baylor and win the ENTIRE BigXII?  Like, not a piece of the BigXII, but the whole damn thing?

Would it then be crazy to expect KSU in the playoffs after winning the BigXII?

Also, is it a pipe dream that Collin Klein does a Tebow prayer on the 50 yard line after KSU beats Baylor?  Just saying, that would be awesome.

In order of likeliness (IHMO) from MOST to LEAST

KSU beats Baylor
TCU loses to Texas

IMPOSSIBLE
KSU in playoffs

I'm inKleined to believe you on the latter.  I really don't know what to expect from the playoff committee after all is said and done in conference play.  The Committee said they would heavily favor conference champions and conference champions would get top priority in the playoffs.  Why, then, are they releasing rankings before all is said and done?

Am I to believe, that if USC or UCLA were to beat Oregon in the Pac12 championship, USC/UCLA would get a bid in the playoffs?  Am I to believe that if Missouri were somehow to manage an SEC championship, they would be invited in the playoffs?  Am I to believe that if Georgia Tech were to knock off FSU in the ACC championship, the YellowJackets would be in the playoffs?

The way things are playing out... I have a feeling the playoffs are going to be all SEC-SEC-SEC, regardless on who wins the championships.

Sorry if this post belongs in another thread.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

i'm struggling to imagine a (reasonable) scenario that doesn't have 2 SEC teams in the playoff.  The way auburn has looked lately, the chances of bama losing to them at home, or to the sec east champion just seems very unlikely.  if Ole Miss beats MSU they likely just trade places.

[meow meow]

Ole Miss has 2 losses.  If the committee takes a 2 loss 2nd place SEC west team over a 1 loss Big 12 champ, then we may as well just give up.  Maybe the Big 12, Big 10, Pac 12 and ACC should just break away, don't play the SEC in anything, and at the end of the season the champs of our 4 leagues play in a playoff.  SEC can call their conference champ the national champ if they want, don't care.

[Yard Dog]

Banking on a three way split?

So. . .Baylor loses to OSU, TCU loses to UT, and we lose to Baylor?

[BIG APPLE CAT]

I don't disagree I'm just saying look at the committee's top 10.  I wouldn't say the committee has exactly been harsh on the SEC.  Hell, look at Auburn.  You think if k state lost at home to OSU (arguably as dogcrap as tamu) and then went to TCU (arguably much better than georgia) and got piss pounded that the cats would still be in the top 25? let alone the top 15.  I think the same applies to any team from any of the other non-sec power 5 conferences.

[HerrSonntag]

Banking on a three way split?

So. . .Baylor loses to OSU, TCU loses to UT, and we lose to Baylor?

For it to be a split, we'd have to lose to KU, TCU lose to Texas and us beat Baylor.  Three was split, automatic berth going to probably TCU (highest in polls)

[Rage Against the McKee]

Banking on a three way split?

So. . .Baylor loses to OSU, TCU loses to UT, and we lose to Baylor?

For it to be a split, we'd have to lose to KU, TCU lose to Texas and us beat Baylor.  Three was split, automatic berth going to probably TCU (highest in polls)

Do we even still have a bowl game with an automatic berth?

[HerrSonntag]

Banking on a three way split?

So. . .Baylor loses to OSU, TCU loses to UT, and we lose to Baylor?

For it to be a split, we'd have to lose to KU, TCU lose to Texas and us beat Baylor.  Three was split, automatic berth going to probably TCU (highest in polls)

Do we even still have a bowl game with an automatic berth?

Cotton Bowl

[bshea85]

Ole Miss has 2 losses.  If the committee takes a 2 loss 2nd place SEC west team over a 1 loss Big 12 champ, then we may as well just give up.  Maybe the Big 12, Big 10, Pac 12 and ACC should just break away, don't play the SEC in anything, and at the end of the season the champs of our 4 leagues play in a playoff.  SEC can call their conference champ the national champ if they want, don't care.

Hell Yes.  Would Take.

[TownieCat]

Banking on a three way split?

So. . .Baylor loses to OSU, TCU loses to UT, and we lose to Baylor?

For it to be a split, we'd have to lose to KU, TCU lose to Texas and us beat Baylor.  Three was split, automatic berth going to probably TCU (highest in polls)

Do we even still have a bowl game with an automatic berth?

Cotton Bowl

It's the Sugar Bowl, so this year we don't have one.

[Cartierfor3]

you guys TCU and Baylor will split the 'ship and finish 5/6 in the playoff poll and people will get so upset.

[kim carnes]

you guys TCU and Baylor will split the 'ship and finish 5/6 in the playoff poll and people will get so upset.

Hardly anyone outside of the big 12 region will care.  Honestly, if Oregon, Miss st, bama, and fsu win out I would have no problem with them getting in over TCU.  We're tcu's best win.

[Steffy08]

80% chance K-State gets in the playoff is we win the conference outright.  There is likely going to be a two-loss team in the playoff.  And a two-loss conference champion from the Big 12 or Pac 12 will get in over a two-loss SEC non-champion.

This happens every year.  People expect that every highly-ranked team will win out.  Have you seen the individual odds for each team winning out?

Did you know that LSU was SEVENTH in the BCS heading into the last weekend in 2007?  See also Florida State 1998.

[Mr Bread]

Yeah steffy, kick 'em in the lips.