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Posted By: Nittany Lion
Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 11:31 AM
South Carolina knocked them out of the playoff picture. If the SEC gets more than one team in the final 4 this year it will be the first time a two loss team made it.
Posted By: Jtrapper
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 02:26 PM
Tenn. wasn't expecting that from SC, enjoyed watching that game.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 06:40 PM
That was totally unexpected, lol. Hope Georgia doesn’t fall to the same fate.
Posted By: la4wd54
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 07:40 PM
Kinda hoping Georgia does...
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Posted By: hippie
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 07:53 PM
Watched some highlights and none of the top teams looked real good considering the opposition. Might've been holding back some?
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 07:59 PM
Holding back or looking ahead to next week. I think both Michigan and Ohio State may have been looking ahead. Should be a good game next Saturday.
Posted By: Gary Benson
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 08:09 PM
And another one bites...another one bites.....another one bites the dust..ahhh
Posted By: Flicker Shad
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 08:34 PM
Watched some highlights and none of the top teams looked real good considering the opposition. Might've been holding back some?
Sometimes good teams play down to the level of their opponent. Just come out flat.
Posted By: Jtrapper
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/20/22 10:20 PM
Im just glad im not having to rank teams this year, what a nightmare! And Oh state and Mi. play one another so one of them will lose, crappy as both are hard to tell which one it will be. At any rate who ever is in the final 3 will be destroyed by Georgia in the National Championship game.
Doubt Alabama can even beat Auburn this upcoming weekend, sorriest Bama team ive seen since the 90's.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 01:20 AM
Hey Jtrapper, Alabama shut out Austin Peay yesterday, that should put them back in the hunt.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 01:24 AM
Now I know this won’t be popular with my SEC brethren, but if a Number 2 plays a Number 3 and number 2 loses to number 3 shouldn’t they just swap numbers?
If Number 2 beats Number 3, well isn’t that expected anyways? Why should number 3 drop?
And this is based on ZERO losses at the time.
Just some random thoughts…
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 03:16 AM
Now I know this won’t be popular with my SEC brethren, but if a Number 2 plays a Number 3 and number 2 loses to number 3 shouldn’t they just swap numbers?
If Number 2 beats Number 3, well isn’t that expected anyways? Why should number 3 drop?
And this is based on ZERO losses at the time.
Just some random thoughts…
Holy cow, a SEC fan that makes sense.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:06 AM
Tenn. wasn't expecting that from SC, enjoyed watching that game.
They still beat Alabama. That's a successful year no matter if they lose the other 11. Everybody likes watching Alabama get beat.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:10 AM
Now I know this won’t be popular with my SEC brethren, but if a Number 2 plays a Number 3 and number 2 loses to number 3 shouldn’t they just swap numbers?
If Number 2 beats Number 3, well isn’t that expected anyways? Why should number 3 drop?
And this is based on ZERO losses at the time.
Just some random thoughts…
Well, when Tennessee lost to GA they dropped them more than one spot. OSU and Michigan have poor strengths of schedules compared to the other teams around them in the polls. Going in to this past weekend I think Tennessee's SOS was 3, OSU was 60, Michigan was 82. No way they should just switch spots if 3 beats 2. They've literally skated through easy schedules. Don't reward that kind of scheduling.
Posted By: mike mason
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 10:45 AM
SEC schools have a hard time with math!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 11:35 AM
Now I know this won’t be popular with my SEC brethren, but if a Number 2 plays a Number 3 and number 2 loses to number 3 shouldn’t they just swap numbers?
If Number 2 beats Number 3, well isn’t that expected anyways? Why should number 3 drop?
And this is based on ZERO losses at the time.
Just some random thoughts…
You can bet that's what will happen. I just hope in the playoffs Georgia gets to beat both Ohio St. and Michigan.
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 02:47 PM
Now I know this won’t be popular with my SEC brethren, but if a Number 2 plays a Number 3 and number 2 loses to number 3 shouldn’t they just swap numbers?
If Number 2 beats Number 3, well isn’t that expected anyways? Why should number 3 drop?
And this is based on ZERO losses at the time.
Just some random thoughts…
You can bet that's what will happen. I just hope in the playoffs Georgia gets to beat both Ohio St. and Michigan.
Well that's not possible, lol. They could beat one in the playoffs and one in the championship though.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:07 PM
Maybe they could, but they won't.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:13 PM
I would say the same “should’ve” happened with GA and Tenn, but Tenn would’ve lost their chance after SC.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:17 PM
It’s going to be interesting after this coming weekend for sure. TCU and Kansas St…K State could beat them. Then of course either O state or Michigan will lose. GA Tech is coming off a win and will be pumped. Then we have the SEC Championship. Could be a really weird ranking after the next two weeks.
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:45 PM
Maybe they could, but they won't.
Are you saying GA won't win the Championship?
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:57 PM
Yes, if Georgia played in the Big 10 East they would have 3 L's.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 05:58 PM
Have you watched any Georgia games this year?
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 06:02 PM
Yes, if Georgia played in the Big 10 East they would have 3 L's.
Wanna lose another bet to me?
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 06:17 PM
Why are you folks so impressed with Georgia? Their only impressive win was against Oregon. They only beat a 4 and 7 Kent State team by 17 points, they squeaked by a 5 and 6 Missouri by 4 points, and only beat a 6 and 5 Kentucky team by 10 points. I know, they beat Tennessee by 14 points but a 4 loss South Carolina team destroyed the Volunteers.
Posted By: hippie
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 06:56 PM
Georgia's good, but the powers to be highly overrated Bama to start the year.
Had the been a 15th ranked team to start the season, they'd have climbed to around 10th beating un-ranked teams and then dropped when they lost to ranked teams. Its easier for teams to succeed when they're set up to by being over ranked to start.
Why are you folks so impressed with Georgia? Their only impressive win was against Oregon. They only beat a 4 and 7 Kent State team by 17 points, they squeaked by a 5 and 6 Missouri by 4 points, and only beat a 6 and 5 Kentucky team by 10 points. I know, they beat Tennessee by 14 points but a 4 loss South Carolina team destroyed the Volunteers.
Nittany who can beat Georgia right now?
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 07:45 PM
I guess that's a no, lol. I don't blame you. I'd not bet against Georgia either.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 07:51 PM
Where do you get it is a no? I don't know who is playing who so how can we form a bet at this point in time.
KY/Coyote, Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State to name 3.
Posted By: hippie
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 07:51 PM
How do ya know?
Bring them up to..say Michigan where its below freezing and they would probably get beat buy a team acclimated to the climate.
Where do you get it is a no? I don't know who is playing who so how can we form a bet at this point in time.
KY/Coyote, Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State to name 3.
Penn St. doesn't have a prayer....Ohio St. and Michigan are more realistic, but I still think they are significantly over-matched also.
You seem to wonder why GA has had some close games, and seem to reason that since they have, it may indicate weakness.
Don't be fooled!
How do ya know?
Bring them up to..say Michigan where its below freezing and they would probably get beat buy a team acclimated to the climate.
That's cool, but then Michigan has to play GA in the Everglades.
Then we can average the win margins....GA still wins!
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 09:42 PM
Apparently you don't know much about Penn State. They have a very young team that is starting to jell. For the past 3 games 4 starters have not played of which 2 of them are arguably their best two players, their replacements for the most part are freshmen getting lots of experience. Not making injury excuses because Penn State has won those 3 games by lopsided scores. They know how to play defense which is something the SEC teams don't seem to know much about. You my friend are the one that should not be fooled. I hope I live long enough to see this Penn State team play at least another season.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 09:46 PM
Are you saying Georgia is in the Everglades? That is something I never knew.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 10:04 PM
Georgias issue, unfortunately, is they play to the level of the team they are playing. If it’s an unranked team, they play like they are unranked. If they play a ranked team, they play like they are ranked.
They don’t win by very large margins against unranked teams, but generally embarrass ranked teams. Take the Michigan game last year…and that was to play for the Championship.
Nah, GA is not in the Everglades, was just making a point about the temperature extremes....Would the Okefenokee swamp be more to your liking?
I'm not fooled, Penn St. isn't in the same league as GA...Not even close.
Posted By: hippie
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 10:44 PM
Nah, GA is not in the Everglades, was just making a point about the temperature extremes....Would the Okefenokee swamp be more to your liking?
I'm not fooled, Penn St. isn't in the same league as GA...Not even close.
That's where the championship games are played, that's my point.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 10:49 PM
We will not know this year. I guess the only common foe was Auburn. Georgia won by 32 at home and Penn State won by 29 at Auburn.
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 11:29 PM
But Auburn is literally second from last in the SEC this year so that doesn't say too much... this season. Other years an Auburn win would be something to crow about, this year not so much.
I think Penn St might have a real good year next year Nittany and I hope for your sake that they do.
Bet would be that IF GA plays either OH ST or MICH in the championship... GA wins. But we can wait until it's closer.
Nah, GA is not in the Everglades, was just making a point about the temperature extremes....Would the Okefenokee swamp be more to your liking?
I'm not fooled, Penn St. isn't in the same league as GA...Not even close.
That's where the championship games are played, that's my point.
You think the South in winter is a disadvantage for Northern teams?
C'mon.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/21/22 11:55 PM
But Auburn is literally second from last in the SEC this year so that doesn't say too much... this season. Other years an Auburn win would be something to crow about, this year not so much.
I think Penn St might have a real good year next year Nittany and I hope for your sake that they do.
Bet would be that IF GA plays either OH ST or MICH in the championship... GA wins. But we can wait until it's closer.
I don't know what happened to my reply, I will try to reconstruct it.
I never said Auburn was a power house this year. I simply said they were a common foe for both Georgia and Penn State. I heard a number of times how tough it is to play at Auburn and Penn State did play at Auburn and almost beat them by as much as Georgia did when Georgia played them at home. Surly you can see my point.
If Ohio State plays Georgia I will be game for a bet.
Georgia knew exactly what it would take to beat Auburn, and did just enough to get the win.
Penn St. didn't really know what they were getting into, and beat a weak Auburn team.....Penn St. lucked out to play them when they did at home.
If it were say the National Championship Penn State's win spread would not be comparable to a Georgia win spread.
Surely you can see my point.
Posted By: yotetrapper30
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 12:15 AM
I'm interested to see if Bama can beat Auburn this year, lol. Auburn sucks, but so does Bama, and Auburn plays their heart out at the Iron Bowl.
Posted By: Wanna Be
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 12:18 AM
I'm interested to see if Bama can beat Auburn this year, lol. Auburn sucks, but so does Bama, and Auburn plays their heart out at the Iron Bowl.
Yeah, not looking too good for Bama. That’s the thing about these home state rivals…anything can happen. One team is too cocky and the other has nothing to lose.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 12:27 AM
You are right about one thing KY, Auburn was lucky to play Penn State when they did. Penn State is a much better team now then they were back in September
Lol, hang in there Nittany.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 03:21 AM
Yes, if Georgia played in the Big 10 East they would have 3 L's.
There's not 3 teams in the entire nation that could beat GA right now. The Big 10 east ain't got crap. Penn St is like 1-15 against top 15 teams, and OSU and Michigan have played Div II schedules up to this point. It'll be a repeat of last year. One of them will get paired up against Georgia and get dragged. Again.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 03:24 AM
Why are you folks so impressed with Georgia? Their only impressive win was against Oregon. They only beat a 4 and 7 Kent State team by 17 points, they squeaked by a 5 and 6 Missouri by 4 points, and only beat a 6 and 5 Kentucky team by 10 points. I know, they beat Tennessee by 14 points but a 4 loss South Carolina team destroyed the Volunteers.
List up the quality, emphasis on QUALITY, wins of OSU, MICH, and PSU. OSU and Mich are being based off of what, beating PSU? That's like beating the special needs kid. Compare schedule strengths. There's zero comparison. Georgia's will remain number 1 until someone beats them. It's that simple.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 03:28 AM
Where do you get it is a no? I don't know who is playing who so how can we form a bet at this point in time.
KY/Coyote, Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State to name 3.
How much you wanting to put on that? Penn St won't get a chance so they're out. GA has the defense to match up with either OSU or Michigan. Michigan ain't gonna beat anyone if their running game gets stopped, that was proven by Illinois last weekend. GA has the secondary to shut down OSU's passing game. Tennessee has receivers as good or better than OSU and GA put 5 stars on them and shut them down. I believe you don't actually watch any football outside of the Big10 footprint.
Posted By: sneaky
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 03:36 AM
Apparently you don't know much about Penn State. They have a very young team that is starting to jell. For the past 3 games 4 starters have not played of which 2 of them are arguably their best two players, their replacements for the most part are freshmen getting lots of experience. Not making injury excuses because Penn State has won those 3 games by lopsided scores. They know how to play defense which is something the SEC teams don't seem to know much about. You my friend are the one that should not be fooled. I hope I live long enough to see this Penn State team play at least another season.
Their starting QB is like 40 lol. Hardly young. How did their defense do against Michigan? PSU is 23rd in total defense. When Missouri played Tennessee they were 13th in total defense, Tennessee knocked them down to 31st. GA is 5th. Michigan is currently 1st, but have played one of the weakest schedules in the country. We'll see which team gets exposed this weekend between OSU-MICH.
Posted By: Nittany Lion
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 09:56 AM
The quarterback is a sore spot with me. They have a freshman quarterback that I wish would be starting. The defense has come on big time since the Michigan game. It took some time for the first year defensive coordinator to make an impact.
Posted By: jbyrd63
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 10:19 AM
Defense and offense rankings can be misleading. If your a division 1 school playing against high school talent of course your stats should look good !
Just saying
Posted By: Kart29
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 04:17 PM
I don't really care that much who wins the national championship. Who get into the playoffs is just a popularity contest anyway.
But, undefeated Michigan and OSU meeting to play for the Big10 championship is a much anticipated game.
National championships are to sell TV commercials. In college football, it's the conference championships, bowl games, and traditional rivalries that are all the fun.
Posted By: warrior
Re: Tennessee bites the dust - 11/22/22 04:26 PM