This is what the quarter final should be: #1 Oregon vs #12 Arizona State #2 Georgia vs #9 Boise State #3 Texas vs #6 Ohio State #4 Penn State vs #5 Notre Dame This shows the stark difference between what it should be to the stupid result the committee created, which took 18 months. #3 Texas playing playing #12 Arizona State, instead of #6 Ohio State, that's a complete fail.
Interesting that Texas has better odds of winning the national championship than UO/OSU combined. Seems to indicate that if Oregon somehow, unexpectedly manages to against all odds survive the impossible gauntlet presented by the clearly vastly superior Buckeyes, they will yet again be an underdog should they have the incredible misfortune of facing the SEC runner-up in the semi-final. Also strange that Georgia is favored over the Irish, yet Notre Dame has better overall championship odds. Kinda makes no sense.
It's almost like they created those odds to create talking points than actual performance on the field. Ah, the stupid world with which we live in lol.
Most of the top teams are pretty close IMO. A turnover could decide them all. Texas gets a boost by playing ASU, which is not a top team iMO, then essentially a home game in Dallas. That gives them a slight advantage .......which is still only 27%. If we were to have played Boise State or ASU on January 1 and then play at the Rose Bowl.....I bet those odds would drastically change.
Perhaps you missed the fact that Texas plays the winner of UO/tOSU. For Texas to have better odds than the two of them combined, said oddsmakers would already be declaring Texas a favorite over either potential opponent.
Yeah, that is exactly my point, because in either case, Texas will essentially be getting a home game by playing in Dallas. That is a huge advantage and the odds makers know it.
One thing that annoys me is that I keep reading about how if tOSU hadn’t been called for a questionable PI, they would have beaten the Ducks the first time around. Of course, that totally overlooks the fact that if the refs hadn’t bungled an interception call, OSU wouldn’t have scored one of their touchdowns. Looking forward to seeing the Ducks smack the Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl.
A lot of the process of the oddsmakers is baiting bettors as much as it is coming up with the right line.
Or if Holden hadn't spit on the guy on the goal line. Or if we hadn't gone for 2. There was like 4 or 5 different things that ended up costing us points. The game shouldn't have been that close. We should have been up 7-10 points on them.
for Oregon, this could impact Ja'Maree Caldwell, Kobe Savage, George Silva....maybe a couple of others
Shit, we’re on a private jet HA! Just hoping the WiFi is strong enough to at least LISTEN to the game!
On that tip, how do I listen? Like I know on iHeart radio, you can’t listen the the Blazer games. Just the pre and post game shows. Assuming iHeart shuts off the feed of the Duck game too?
If anyone is concerned about tOSU... I went back and looked up all the points we left on the field. Missed INT of Howard: 7 points for OSU Missed 2PT: -1 point for Oregon (I think this was the botched PAT kick) Missed FG: -3 points for Oregon Missed 2PT: -1 point for Oregon (trying to make up the lost PAT) Kicked field goal after spitting: -4 points (Oregon was 1st and goal on the 9 and then spitting put them back on the 25. Kicked a field goal. 4th and goal Turnover on downs: -3 points (didn't kick the FG) Overall if you add it all, the missed INT and then all the points that Oregon left on the field because of stupid ****, that's a 19 point difference. Final score could/should have been: Oregon: 43 OSU: 24
