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I agree with what's been said in this thread here.  I'm happy for Indiana,  but if they're in the SEC,  they'd be having a totally different season.  Agreed that, South Carolina would definitely pick them apart.  Not even sure Indiana beats Vandy. 

Right when I was all but certain Georgia wins the whole thing,  they get picked apart by Ole Miss!  I haven't seen the rankings yet since that.  I'm thinking Georgia at the moment still has a chance. Have to see how it plays out rest of the way. 

I maybe wrong but with Georgia losing,  doesn't that make Tennessee kinda in the driver's seat,  in the SEC east? Can't remember for sure how many losses Tennessee has. 

I'd really like to see Ohio St win it all.  I'm not necessarily a OSU fan,  I just follow their conference pretty heavy.  OSU player's have huge NIL deals. It equals up in the multi millions.  Even with all that money for those players,  not sure it's enough to push them to the title.  Especially vs the SEC teams. 

What happens if Colorado wins out and wins their conference? Would they have a shot at the playoffs?

To the bolded:

- SEC will be the top two teams. Tiebreakers past head-to-head get convoluted to say the least. The first two to three aren't too bad, but if I'm not mistaken, the final tiebreaker is a coin-flip. This week's game between Georgia and Tennessee and the game between Texas and Texas A&M will have a huge say in who plays in Atlanta.

- I may be in the minority here, but I think a three loss Georgia (at Alabama, at Ole Miss in the rain, and vs. Tennessee) should still get into the playoff. That may or may not happen, but I still think that's a pretty impressive resume, especially if they beat a Georgia Tech team that's beaten "playoff" (mentioned) teams like Clemson and Miami.

- If Colorado wins out, they go to the Big XII Championship game, probably beat BYU or SMU there, and get an automatic bid/first round bye and top 4 seed. They're most likely the #4 seed in that scenario and we see them play an Ohio State/Oregon or Georgia/Texas in the 2nd round and get rolled, but they control their own destiny.


Also agree that Vanderbilt beats Indiana, at least in a one-off during the regular season. Think Indiana obviously has a good coach and that if you gave them prep time against Vanderbilt then it might be different ('Dores do run a unique system that no one has really built a blue-print that every team can run against them yet, and their resume is better so far). I wasn't impressed with what I saw from the Hoosiers against Michigan.

Vanderbilt is exactly where I'd draw the line for Indiana in the SEC continuum though-- Georgia, Texas, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, and Texas A&M would roll them; South Carolina and Ole Miss beat them by two to three TDs; Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma and Arkansas probably beat them because they're supposed to; Missouri is the wild card, always a Paper Tiger, but easily good enough to beat them if both play their best; Vanderbilt is the hot team that you could see going either way; nothing surprises you with Kentucky, is it the team that played Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee or the one who played South Carolina, Auburn, and Florida???; Mississippi State is the most sure-thing, but even then...


Basically agree with all that you said except wanting to see Ohio State win; they're definitely capable, but the Buckeyes and Volunteers are two teams I can't bring myself to cheer for.

That's some nice point's there and I agree with everything you said.  I definitely can't pull for Tennessee either.  Ohio St., I follow their conference.  Got some buddies that are die hard OSU fans.  They poke fun at me often for being a UK fan.  So if OSU goes down in the playoff I'm okay with that lol

I definitely agree with you about Georgia.  Even if they lose to Tennessee,  their three loses are not really bad. Not bad enough to do them much damage in the rankings at least. 
I'm glad you mentioned Georgia Tech.  I'd forgotten about Georgia playing them here soon.  And yes,  them knocking off Clemson and Miami,  will help Georgia if they win that game.  I believe Miami and Clemson was ranked up there pretty good when Tech beat them.  Man Georgia really has a strong schedule.  Plus I believe they got ripped off last year,  by being left out of the playoff.  I believe Georgia beats Tennessee,  at least I hope anyways. 

Like you CJ or someone else was talking the other day, about the expansion of the SEC and how loaded the conference is.  Are the SEC teams just beating each other up? Especially to where no SEC team is undefeated.  Even with the rough year UK has had,  we beat Ole Miss and took Georgia to the wire.  Then we played Tennessee tougher than expected. Another thing I agree with,  if UK is in any other conference,  we're definitely bowl eligible.  Some of these teams being talked about for the playoffs,  if they played the Cat's schedule,  we wouldn't be talking about them either. 


I believe the strength of schedule of the SEC teams, will definitely show out in the playoffs.  I heard some guys on Espn talking last night.  About how for years big 10 teams have been wanting to play SEC teams in the playoffs,  at big 10 stadiums,  on their home turf.  They been saying come up north,  play us on our home fields,  in our colder weather,  and see what happens.  I say to them, be careful what you wish for!