It's hard to keep dominating. But, I’m not sure I’ve seen anything like this. I saw some games in ’82, but I don’t remember anything. It feels like the way things ended in ’02, ’07 and almost ’12. You know, we just sort of got on a roll to end those years and dominated our rivals and bowl games.
But we’ve come out of the gate doing this and put ourselves in position. I keep thinking about what is in hand – the possibility of walking out of Everbank Field undefeated. We did that in ’68 (had two ties), ’71, ’80 and ’82, but most of us reading this don't remember it.
Florida has done that in ’95 (Sanford), ’96, and ’09. That should tell you something. In the last 50 years, a team has walked out of the cocktail party undefeated and untied only 6 times. The results? Played for 4 National championships, Won 2 national championships. 4 SEC titles. ’09 Florida lost to Bama. ’71 Dawgs lost to Auburn and Bama was undefeated in conference. The ’68 team won the SEC, incidentally.
So, walk out of Jax with a victory and there’s a 2/3 chance you’re playing for the natty. Them’s just numbers. Of course, that means nothing. It does mean it is, indeed, historic. We don’t need any help. We just need to win. And that’s nice.
Oh, haven't you heard? We don't have a chance of making it to the Natty. Following from a 'genius' at Gridiron Now. BTW...them Huskies is somethin' else.
ReplyDelete#SEC Our updated College Football Playoff, bowl projections
By Mike Huguenin Posted on October 17, 2017 SHANNA LOCKWOOD/USA TODAY SPORTS
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Here are the second GN playoff and bowl projections of the season.
Our four projected playoff teams this week: Alabama, Oklahoma, Penn State and Washington.
Yes, we’re aware that Washington is coming off a loss. But four of the Huskies’ remaining five games are at home (though the lone road game is against Stanford), and there is zero chance U-Dub lays another egg like the one it laid at Arizona State on Saturday night. As for the one-loss Sooners, we like their chances to win out, as well. Yes, Big 12 foe TCU is unbeaten, but when it comes down to it, who do you trust more: Baker Mayfield or Kenny Hill? That’s not even close, folks.
Wisconsin and Clemson are are the wild cards. The Badgers should be unbeaten when they play in the Big Ten championship game. But the thought here is that the Badgers lose that, other one-loss teams will have more impressive overall résumés because of Wisconsin’s lack of marquee wins. As for Clemson, it wouldn’t be that big a surprise if the Tigers lose again; the Tigers seem overly reliant on Kelly Bryant.
I agree Clemson may very well loose again, but Ohio state will beat Penn State, and Washington and Oklahoma both have very bad losses. At least Ohio state lost to a good team.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you project if Alabama and Georgia meet in the SEC Championship, both are undefeated and it's a really close game? Number 1 looses a close one to number 2 or vise versa. Could you justify leaving the looser of that game out of the playoff to allow Washington or Oklahoma in, when both those teams have bad losses?