NCAA FOOTBALL 2024 MEGA THREAD - WELCOME TO THE PLAYOFF ERA
Just 8 days until Florida State plays Georgia Tech!
A lot happened while you were away:
Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC
The Pac-12 went out in a blaze of glory:
Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA are headed to the B1G
Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado are headed to the B12
Cal and Stanford along with SMU are somehow headed to the ACC
Poor old Wazzu and Oregon State are now aligned with the MWC in some sort of in-flux relationship
The conferences are huge now, and the schedules are wildly imbalanced. Florida might have the hardest schedule in the history of the sport, while Missouri's playing a sun-belt slate.
FSU and Clemson play each other, but then play ZERO common ACC opponents
Utah/Baylor and Arizona/Kansas State play non-conference games against conference opponents
LSU and USC play in Vegas!
Boise goes to Oregon, a team they've never lost to!
Texas at Michigan!
Alabama at Wisconsin!
Notre Dame at ATM!
Clemson vs Georgia!
And there are some incredibly juicy new conference matchups:
Texas @ ATM is back!
Texas vs Georgia
Oregon vs Ohio State
USC @ Michigan
USC vs Penn State
And then the bizarre:
UCLA @ Rutgers is now a conference game
Syracuse plays home and away against Cal and Stanford for some reason
Half the teams have new coaches, transferred quarterbacks, or both!
Let's get it on!
Texas just not used to playing in the snow.
Good championship not sure who i want to win more whoever annoys more people.
Sawyer-Skatbro cage match would do big PPV numbers imo.
as much as I hate Day and have no confidence in this team, I think they crush ND
7 v 8, just like we expected.
Whats the line? I had the hedge bought to +7.5, of course. The perfect play effed in the a$$.
Yeah, I think that’s right. 4 wasn’t enough, because there was still enough quality, on average, in 5-8. 12 is too much, especially because it forces teams from lesser conferences. But I’d rather have 12 than 4.
Occasionally, the 9th best team will also have a chance. But more likely than not, 9-12 will be drawing dead. And some years, that will even stretch into 8, 7, etc.
And the above is meant from the perspective of team ranks and not seeding.
8 seed vs 7 seed. Favorites have won every game. Maybe the committee was terrible?
Ryan Day is America's underdog!
Why play in the cold weather most of the season just to play 3 dome games in January
in the final
Whats the line? I had the hedge bought to +7.5, of course. The perfect play effed in the a$$.
Well I'm pleased it's only 9.5 and under -400, thought it could be pushing 13. I picked a Notre Dame vs. Ohio State final with Irish winning a couple weeks ago, getting +750 on it. So I hedged tonight on Texas +7.5 and now on OSU -380. Same old same old ... the defensive scores at the end of the game are a one way street for this punter.
OSU -10 close to blowout projection. I don't understand it but some people with some good knowledge and $ believe strongly ND is going to get boat raced.
It reminds me of the 80s-90s SBs where the NFC team was always a huge favorite and generally covered.
For 58 minutes Texas played OSU close to even, first and goal at the 1. And Texas was +6.
