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Post by nforkbeav on Jan 3, 2018 21:29:55 GMT -8
...To make the college football playoffs.
To be upfront I'm not one who really cares about that being our goal. I'd be happy with winning seasons, and mid level bowl wins. A Rose Bowl victory over the BIG 10 Champ would be my idea of a perfect season, a true dream season, but not something I expect.
Anyhow, if Wisconsin who went undefeated in the regular season can't get in over a 1 loss SEC team who didn't even win their division, or UCF who won their conference and went 13-0 can't get in, what on earth would the Beavers have to do to ever get a shot at the CFP?
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Post by spudbeaver on Jan 3, 2018 21:36:14 GMT -8
I think they would have been in if the 2000 season had one. So replicate that magical time. Ready? Go!
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Post by nforkbeav on Jan 3, 2018 21:42:33 GMT -8
I think they would have been in if the 2000 season had one. So replicate that magical time. Ready? Go! IMO no way they take us over UW in 2000, or take two P10 teams. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Jan 3, 2018 21:53:15 GMT -8
I think they would have been in if the 2000 season had one. So replicate that magical time. Ready? Go! IMO no way they take us over UW in 2000, or take two P10 teams. Oh, then it will never happen. |
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Post by nforkbeav on Jan 3, 2018 22:24:27 GMT -8
IMO no way they take us over UW in 2000, or take two P10 teams. Oh, then it will never happen. Wisconsin has run one of the cleanest programs, holds high entrance standards for athletes, has been a consistent winner for 3 decades, produced several household name NFL players, appeared in and won several big bowl games and even they get left out in the cold after a 12-0 season. Doesn't give one much hope for a relative football nobody like OSU to ever get in barring a miracle undefeated season. As I predicted the playoffs are the same turd stuffed inside a different wrapper. Power brokers sitting behind closed doors figuring out how to screw some teams and protect others. lol that's college football and always has been, nothing new. |
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Post by rob85 on Jan 3, 2018 22:34:15 GMT -8
Go undefeated.
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Post by seastape on Jan 3, 2018 22:45:13 GMT -8
Go either undefeated in the Pac 12 (including the Pac 12 championship game) or got 12-1 with Pac 12 championship game win in a season in which the 3 remaining conferences besides the SEC have no teams with less than 2 losses.
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BeaverNut23
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WOOOOOO Feels dam Good to beat those Hogs! GO BEAVSSS!!
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Post by BeaverNut23 on Jan 3, 2018 23:08:17 GMT -8
.... Just so IF people didn't see my message on how the Beavers get to the College Football Playoffs.... I'll type it again.
1. Become the Giant Killers and beat 3 top 10 ranked teams.
2. Have a TOUGH non-conference schedule, play teams like, Miami, auburn and even Wisconsin and penn state
3. Win out in conference play(including a must win civil war) and win conference championship!!
But before all that, the Beavers haft to have a winning season of 7-5 or better in under three years from Coach Smith. Which may, or may not happen. It's a coin flip.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jan 4, 2018 1:00:49 GMT -8
If I remember correctly the Beavers were ranked behind UW and out of the top 4 before the bowls, no way they'd get in under a four team playoff with a repeat of the 2000 season. They'd have to go undefeated to ever get a chance at the current playoff setup. An 8 team playoff they'd have a shot IF they tied or better for first in the conference with a max of one loss. Wioth an 8 team playoff, two Beaver losses to STRONG teams, and a bay year for everyone else in multiple conferences there might be a shot but it would take a grand convergence of circumstances.
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Post by RenoBeaver on Jan 4, 2018 6:59:32 GMT -8
I think they would have been in if the 2000 season had one. So replicate that magical time. Ready? Go! I don't, but I do think they would have won it had they been in. FSU and OK simply were not that good. |
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Post by RenoBeaver on Jan 4, 2018 7:01:48 GMT -8
By the way, the answer to this question is simple, and applies to every P-5 team in the country.
Win your conference and go undefeated. Virtually an automatic qualifier unless somehow the other 4 P-5 conference champs are also undefeated. And you still have an 80% chance if that happened.
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Post by atownbeaver on Jan 4, 2018 9:04:32 GMT -8
Likely but I can see it if: 1. one loss or less 2. wins the conference championship 3. has an OOC schedule that includes a ranked team (or a team that becomes ranked by the end of the year). |
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Post by four2itus on Jan 4, 2018 9:06:18 GMT -8
Dont miss 3 FG's on the road.
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Post by nabeav on Jan 4, 2018 9:42:12 GMT -8
Oh wow....lots of things to agree and disagree with in this thread.
Things I agree with:
OSU probably doesn't get in to a hypothetical 2000 college football playoff. Oklahoma was undefeated and would've been the 1 seed. Florida State had the Heisman Trophy winner, averaged 42.4 points a game and their only loss was by three points on the road to 11-1 Miami the first week of October. Washington was also 11-1 and beat us head to head. Miami's only loss was to Washington, but also had wins over #1 Florida State and #2 Virginia Tech. I think you probably would've seen Oklahoma-Washington and Florida State-Miami in the semis....unless they didn't want to have a rematch. However, I think given that we've seen Alabama-Clemson three years in a row in the playoffs, that's not really an issue for the committee.
Had OSU somehow got into that playoff, I think there's a very good chance we would've won the whole thing. After re-watching the Fiesta Bowl over the holidays, I had forgotten just how incredible our defense was that year.
To get in now, I think Oregon State stands a good chance as a one-loss Pac-12 champion, provided you started the season as a highly ranked team. Wisconsin started the season as the AP #9 team, and never got higher than 4th. Oklahoma on the other hand started as preseason #7, but beat #2 Ohio State in week 2 to vault them into the conversation. The SEC is the anomaly here. Georgia started at #15 and didn't beat a top ten team all season until the SEC championship game. SEC is king, it's the way it is. That being said, Alabama did beat a Clemson team that nobody objected to being in the semis, and Georgia did the same to Oklahoma in what might've been the most entertaining Rose Bowl game since....well since USC-Penn State in 2017.
Things I disagree with:
That the playoffs this year were a turd. Did you watch that Rose Bowl? While I would've loved to see Wisconsin or UCF in the playoff, no way either of those teams give you a better game than Georgia-Oklahoma did.
I'm sure Georgia and Alabama will be an entertaining game as well.
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Post by beaverintheberg on Jan 4, 2018 9:42:22 GMT -8
Obviously the chances will greatly improve if the playoffs expand to 8 teams. This, I fully expect, will happen.
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