I disagree. Playoff bid criteria is the same as what NY6 inclusion has been,

Oct 20, 2024
12:06:20pm

cougarfan84 Truly Addicted User

and just as recently as 2021 BYU was the "first team out" as a 10-2 team. Finishing 11-1 in the regular season - especially now in a P4 conference - should be a near guarantee of a playoff bid.

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This Saturdays game at UCF is huge for this reason

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Oct 20, 8:32am

Post this in the locker room, Kalani

Ted Lasso

Oct 20, 8:37am

Independence gave us zero room for error as we had to be perfect

jrifkin48

Oct 20, 8:38am

Nothing changed, except the auto-bid path. At-large still requires perfection.

seacougar

Oct 20, 11:35am

I disagree. Playoff bid criteria is the same as what NY6 inclusion has been,

cougarfan84

Oct 20, 12:06pm

Conference affiliation provides a pathway, but not respect. Still have to earn

seacougar

Oct 20, 11:36am

That's not how it works. It's all about resume. If BYU has a resume worthy of a

cougarfan84

Oct 20, 12:10pm

Biggest game since the Coastal Carolina fiasco is this week.

CasualFan

Oct 20, 8:40am

Luckily we have had time to scout and prepare.

VenomFarmer

Oct 20, 10:31am

Super important and underrated fact!

theonick

Oct 20, 2:45pm

Almost as much?? I think it's even more!

CougarLegend

Oct 20, 2:40pm

I think it is because a loss can be overcome by winning the conference

SoBlueitHurts

Oct 21, 12:03am

Huh? SMU and K-State are both undefeated apart from their losses to BYU

wildeone

Oct 20, 8:48am

He’s talking about future opponents

AZcougLawyer

Oct 20, 10:28am

Just win the Big12. We can afford a loss or two.

YOHONOMOTO

Oct 20, 8:58am

It feels like one loss is all we can afford to get to the big 12 championship.

Schrodizzy

Oct 20, 9:03am

Yep. The good news is we have a head to head tie breaker over KSU who

BackPacker

Oct 20, 9:12am

That game at ISU last night showed how UCF can be just as tough as OSU.

BackPacker

Oct 20, 9:05am

We have to be undefeated going into the ccg or we have to win the ccg.

here's to hoping

Oct 20, 9:05am

Any Big12 team with 11 wins is very likely in the playoffs. Lose Saturday and

NYC and Japan

Oct 20, 9:17am

We are now underdogs (+1.5). A win would be huge

chirocoug

Oct 20, 9:44am

Isn’t the same true for every game the rest of the season? Every loss will drop

Bald Eagle

Oct 20, 10:51am

I love that preseason we were talking about 4 wins and happy to go to a bowl.

TrueBlue58

Oct 20, 12:08pm

#justwinbaby

Bluecougarjay

Oct 20, 12:46pm

Hate to be Mr. Pessimist

Lavell4life

Oct 20, 1:36pm

Didn’t we beat UCF (Zach’s last bowl game) and USF (Puka’s jet sweep) in FL?

TrueBlue58

Oct 20, 3:41pm

Sorry we have won twice

Lavell4life

Oct 20, 10:17pm

Not so sure. Bye week is an

CougarLegend

Oct 20, 2:38pm

Some teams ahead of us may also lose while we are on a bye week.

RenoCoug

Oct 20, 3:46pm

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