College Football - Week 5

[Varking]

Just now, OUCPFL said:

It'll effect them in the CFP rankings as well. You can't continue to struggle win vs meager opponents and not get docked for it. 

Plus, USC will lose to Oregon, Washington, hell maybe even another team because of that atrocious defense. Their schedule down the road is brutal. 

But ultimately it doesn’t matter. You have to make the playoffs to win a championship. Doing your job and winning will get you in. Don’t lose. Control your own destiny and then pretty points won’t matter. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Yeah, early season polls are crucial.

The pollsters are still trying to figure out where everyone stacks up. Everyone knows a Lincoln Riley team is going to be all offense and no defense. They always have been. What is new about this?

[OUCPFL]

Just now, Varking said:

But ultimately it doesn’t matter. You have to make the playoffs to win a championship. Doing your job and winning will get you in. Don’t lose. Control your own destiny and then pretty points won’t matter. 

But if you're winning by a meager margin as FSU showed the year after winning the Natty, you'll get docked as you'll finish 3rd or 4th in the Playoff. Which results in a tougher opponent. That's why FSU got murdered by Oregon. This year it might not matter, as there isn't a true definitively great team. But maybe. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Whoa, who the hell is this new poster in here lol?

He won't last long. He never does. He's been banned multiple times already. He'll make an egregious personal attack soon and get bounced again. He never learns.

[OUCPFL]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, early season polls are crucial.

The pollsters are still trying to figure out where everyone stacks up. Everyone knows a Lincoln Riley team is going to be all offense and no defense. They always have been. What is new about this?

Now you're moving the goalposts. I asked if it didn't matter, then why would they move up and down the polls when they have struggle wins. Why would teams start out low in the CFP if they're undefeated? Now you're talking about Riley's offense and defense. Alright man. This has been a pleasure. 

[Varking]

1 minute ago, OUCPFL said:

But if you're winning by a meager margin as FSU showed the year after winning the Natty, you'll get docked as you'll finish 3rd or 4th in the Playoff. Which results in a tougher opponent. That's why FSU got murdered by Oregon. This year it might not matter, as there isn't a true definitively great team. But maybe. 

But it doesn’t matter. If you are a National Championship caliber team you will have to face 2 of the 4 best teams in the league to win in. And again, it won’t matter if you win by 6 or 60. You can be the National Champ with the lowest point differential in history but you’d still be a national champion. 

[OUCPFL]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He won't last long. He never does. He's been banned multiple times already. He'll make an egregious personal attack soon and get bounced again. He never learns.

Ha. I've been here over a few months now. Haven't seemed to attack anyone personally. I usually don't take the internet posters serious. 

Hell, this place is losing traffic by the day anyway because of how bad the Panthers are.

I recall when CFB threads weren't even a thing on the main Forum. 

[SCMunnerlyn1]

About time people started noticing that Clayton White was just as big of an issue as Satterfield was last year. 

Tenn isn't as good as they were last year but unfortunately now the gamecocks aren't either. 
Feel bad for Rattler and Legette. Those guys are looking like potential solid pros. 

[OUCPFL]

1 minute ago, Varking said:

But it doesn’t matter. If you are a National Championship caliber team you will have to face 2 of the 4 best teams in the league to win in. And again, it won’t matter if you win by 6 or 60. You can be the National Champ with the lowest point differential in history but you’d still be a national champion. 

Sure. But usually if you're beating the Colorado's of the world by 7 points when you're favored by 25. You'll get schooled by a good-great team eventually. I've seen it way too many times. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by OUCPFL

[Varking]

Remember when they randomly made Tennessee #1 for a week last season the week they were going to play Georgia? Then they lost to Georgia and it didn’t matter that they spent a week as the #1 team? Georgia should never have not been #1 but that’s what pollsters do. Ultimately UGA won a national championship and Tennessee didn’t make the playoff. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, OUCPFL said:

Now you're moving the goalposts. I asked if it didn't matter, then why would they move up and down the polls when they have struggle wins. Why would teams start out low in the CFP if they're undefeated? Now you're talking about Riley's offense and defense. Alright man. This has been a pleasure. 

You claim to be such a college football expert but seem utterly ignorant of the reality that early season polls always fluctuate significantly. Maybe USC will slip a spot or two for the final score being close against Colorado even though the majority of the game wasn't competitive. Maybe they would've bumped up a spot or two of they had held onto a blowout margin. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. A sport or two difference in an early October poll is irrelevant.

[Varking]

2 minutes ago, OUCPFL said:

Sure. But usually if you're beating the Colorado's of the world by 7 points when you're favored by 25. You'll get schooled by a good-great team eventually. 

That’s why you play the games. Sometimes a UGA loses to a South Carolina team that’s not ranked and then they run the table. But you’d think if they lose to an unranked team than surely they will lose to the harder teams…. But then they didn’t. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by Varking

[SCMunnerlyn1]

14 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Damn Bru McCoy just had a nasty ankle injury against South Carolina.

Unfortunately it's hard to feel bad for that fanbase after they caused and then cheered for the injuries to Marcus Lattimore and Nick Chubb. 

[Varking]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

You claim to be such a college football expert but seem utterly ignorant of the reality that early season polls always fluctuate significantly. Maybe USC will slip a spot or two for the final score being close against Colorado even though the majority of the game wasn't competitive. Maybe they would've bumped up a spot or two of they had held onto a blowout margin. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. A sport or two difference in an early October poll is irrelevant.

USC isn’t even going to drop. If they do it’ll be a spot. 11 struggled and 10 lost. How far are you dropping USC for winning?