How do Alabama and Ohio State have an easier path?

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Nov 21, 2024
12:11:08pm

RealTaysomHill Truly Addicted User

How do Alabama and Ohio State have an easier path?

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RealTaysomHill

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There has been a lot of argument on this board about the playoffs being unfair. I guess I'm a little surprised that

kimdaddy35 Former Fly Half

11:13am

This. We have a chance. And as I keep telling people, if we make the playoff

Tricky

11:25am

I'm with you.

Eddie

11:31am

I really think there was a viable path this year for the B12 to get 2 teams in.

JJCoug

11:37am

I'm not going to say never.

Eddie

11:47am

I think 100% of us can agree that it is much better than it was. Should also be able to agree that the system is still

mvtoro

11:33am

How do Alabama and Ohio State have an easier path?

12:11pm

Let's take Ohio St. They have a worse SOS than BYU and the same amount of losses. They are at #2

kimdaddy35

12:31pm

The is is pretty easy, tbh.

12:40pm

LOL, did you look at the teams they beat? Apparently not. If BYU's SOS is better than Ohio State's, they have

kimdaddy35

12:47pm

I’m not sure you understand how strength of schedule works

2:27pm

Wow you are great. "BYU hasn't beaten an elite team", just the current team leading the ACC

kimdaddy35

2:36pm

Penn State’s resume is poor? Their strength of schedule is one spot behind BYU’s

2:56pm

And yet they struggled against Nebraska. Or did you just leave that out? Nebraska is rated one spot

kimdaddy35

3:40pm

I obviously didn’t leave Nebraska out. Again, you’re being disingenuous with your arguments here

3:55pm

Oh the old "trap game" argument. BYU struggles, but Nebraska just has trap games.

kimdaddy35

4:00pm

A trap game is when a good team uncharacteristically struggles against an inferior opponent because they are overlooking

4:07pm

"No metrics show that BYU is better than Ohio St"

kimdaddy35

4:29pm

I didn’t think I’d have to clarify “metrics actually used, not metrics that some random person threw together,” but here

4:49pm

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