CFP semi-final: #1 Michigan against a school named after a type of Chili or #2 Michigan vs. a team who couldn't even win the SEC

[romad1]

Academic rankings later.

[romad1]

ND not in the playoffs.  Sad face.

[romad1]

So, IF Michigan can get a win on the road at the Cotton Bowl or the Orange Bowl, they would play in Indy again!?  That's very interesting.

[romad1]

Games are December 31 whichever venue. 

[lordstanley]

Playoff selection show on ESPN now. 

[buddha]

5 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Playoff selection show on ESPN now. 

draaaaaaaaaaaaging out the announcement......

[gehringer_2]

AP dropped Georgia to 4th. Be nice if the selection committee agreed.

[gehringer_2]

ND above OSU. LOL

[lordstanley]

“Georgia is a more dangerous team now”

[gehringer_2]

Bama will not play Georgia in the Semi. Would never have guessed....

[lordstanley]

#2 Michigan vs #3 Georgia in Orange Bowl is official. 

Edited December 5, 2021 by lordstanley

[buddha]

georgia opens as a 7 point favorite.

[gehringer_2]

no western time zone teams. again

Edited December 5, 2021 by gehringer_2

[lordstanley]

Can’t decide what was the funniest moment of the show. A) Panel joking that Alabama’s preference for Cotton Bowl might because more temptations in Miami for players to get in trouble or b) the Georgia correspondent explaining that rather than meeting as a team the Georgia players will be emailed the semi-final schedule by coaches at 1pm: “it is final exam week at Georgia after all, so a very busy time for these student  athletes”  

 

 

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Can’t decide what was the funniest moment of the show. A) Panel joking that Alabama’s preference for Cotton Bowl might because more temptations in Miami for players to get in trouble or b) the Georgia correspondent explaining that rather than meeting as a team the Georgia players will be emailed the semi-final schedule by coaches at 1pm: “it is final exam week at Georgia after all, so a very busy time for these student  athletes”  

 

 

Herbie did have one good point though the rest blew him off - Georgia had zero to play for yesterday.

Edited December 5, 2021 by gehringer_2

[lordstanley]

25 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

AP dropped Georgia to 4th. Be nice if the selection committee agreed.

Alabama got 50 of 62 first place votes, Michigan 9, Cincy 3. 

[romad1]

Orange Bowl is better for Michigan. 

[MichiganCardinal]

At the end of the day you have beat the best if you want to be the best. All four teams are very good, I don’t mind who we play first.

[MichiganCardinal]

47 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Herbie did have one good point though the rest blew him off - Georgia had zero to play for yesterday.

I don’t know. Maybe at some point in the game this became true, but they were playing for an undefeated season and an SEC Championship. That’s not nothing, it’s not like they played backups the whole time.

[RandyMarsh]

I also think there was some motivation to win just so they could potentially keep Bama out of the playoffs and not have to worry about running into them in the playoffs.  There was definitely more at stake for Bama though since they were essentially win or go home in terms of making the playoffs but that doesn't mean Georgia had nothing to play for or no motivation. 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, MichiganCardinal said:

I don’t know. Maybe at some point in the game this became true, but they were playing for an undefeated season and an SEC Championship. That’s not nothing, it’s not like they played backups the whole time.

But how much does any  of that matter if they win the big one at the end?  Maybe one thing is that if Georgia beat 'Bama they wouldn't have to face them again. So sure - that and going undefeated counts for something. But even with that Herbie's point was that they  weren't in the position of any of the other three teams -  who all would have been out of the playoff if they had lost. That is a little different level of desperation. So I thought he had a fair point based on that comparison. 

[buddha]

6 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Herbie did have one good point though the rest blew him off - Georgia had zero to play for yesterday.

finally beating alabama and winning the sec title isnt something to play for?  herbie is all wet, georgia just got their asses kicked by bryce young.

[gehringer_2]

14 minutes ago, buddha said:

finally beating alabama and winning the sec title isnt something to play for?  herbie is all wet, georgia just got their asses kicked by bryce young.

as noted above, there were some motivations for them, but they were not playing for the chance to stay in the playoff. There is no bigger motivation than win or go home and all the teams but Georgia had it. It was valid point. But since there is a good chance (sadly) they are going to get a rematch in the title game, we'll probably get to see if Ga plays any better with all the chips on the table or not. Not that I wouldn't be perfectly happy not to see it happen....

Edited December 6, 2021 by gehringer_2

[buddha]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

as noted above, there were some motivations for them, but they were not playing for the chance to stay in the playoff. There is no bigger motivation than win or go home and all the teams but Georgia had it. It was valid point. But since there is a good chance (sadly) they are going to get a rematch in the title game, we'll probably get to see if Ga plays any better with all the chips on the table or not. Not that I wouldn't be perfectly happy not to see it happen....

the point that georgia had "zero" to play for is false.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

the point that georgia had "zero" to play for is false.

well, that was my quick paraphrase so don't dump on KH for that.