Friday: Ducks vs. Utah (Ducks got this one. Book it, Danno) Saturday: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin (can you say repeat blowout?) Saturday: Oklahoma vs. Baylor (Oklahoma has been climbing the ranks. Don't count them out of the playoffs) Saturday: LSU vs. Georgia (GO Bulldogs!!!!) Gotta love this time of year! What fixes all this, though, is an 8-team playoff. *sigh*
Yeah, this time of the season is fun but I actually prefer the regular season where I can get a feel on which teams are good and which are not.
Honestly I think the ducks lose by a fairly big margin. Their offense isnt good, Utahs Defense is really gold. Oregon will have to make it a low scoring game, but with as awful as they are offensively they put their defense in terrible positions.
That's funny, I think the Ducks' offense and defense are pretty damn good, most of the time. Remember, the Utes lost to a fairly poor USC team so they don't always play so great either.
I love "Conference Championships Saturday"! I kinda get the same feeling when NFL playoff games take up the weekend.
Oregons defense is really good. I think their offense is the worst amongst the top 15-20 teams in the nation though. They just aren't very explosive. Example against Arizona state they scored on the first drive of the game and didn't score again until they were way down in the 4th quarter. I believe they didn't score at all in the first half vs cal. They blew out USC but the defense gave them good field position on 2 of their scores, and defense / special teams had 14 of their points. The offense maybe doesn't "suck" but It's not an elite unit either IMO.
LOL...well, my worst fears were realized. The Dawgs simply did not show up but I have to tip my hat to LSU, they are by far, the superior team. I mentioned earlier that if LSU completely destroyed Georgia and Clemson destroyed Virginia and if OSU did not win convincingly, LSU should leapfrog the Buckeyes for the #1 seed...I don't think who the #4 seed ends up being because I don't think they have a chance vs the other 3.
FINAL PREDICTIONS #1 LSU #2 Ohio State #3 Clemson #4 Oklahoma #5 Florida #6 Penn State #7 Baylor #8 Georgia #9 Oregon #10 Auburn
Mine looks just a little different...I like LSU/Clemson at 1 and 2....I also put Georgia ahead Florida because the Dawgs beat them and ahead of Baylor (another 2 loss team) because, well, I just think the Dawgs are better.(and yes, personal bias entered into my decision)..lol. #1 LSU #2 Clemson #3Ohio State #4 Oklahoma #5 Penn State #6Georgia #7Florida #8Baylor #9 Oregon #10 Auburn
How do we judge Clemson? Second half of the season theyve blown everyone out, but theres probably 5-6 teams who could done the same thing if they played Clemsons schedule. I think they’re the biggest question mark to me.
Yeah, you're right, TB...Clemson may very well stay at #3 and they may be playing OSU in the first round regardless. Granted their conference is not as strong as the SEC or the Big 10 but I also considered that they are the reigning Champs and talent-wise, because they are so damn deep, I think they may be just as good as they were last year. As far as LSU after yesterday's massacre, I'm still wrestling with whether Georgia simply did not show up or LSY is just that damned good, I'm leaning toward the latter.
Whats interesting is I think OSU, LSU and Clemson all have great offenses, I have no idea which team is capable of getting stops when their playing each other.
I think it was a combination. I also think LSU is going to have a tougher time with Ohio State than they did with Georgia. I doubt that Oklahoma wins another game.
Low scoring. I think its one of those games where both teams kind of thrive on dominating the lines, will be super interesting which team can do it. Ive been kind of down on Herbert, but it would be nice if he got his “moment” before he goes to the NFL. The PAC12 really needs to perform well in bowl games IMO.
