2015 General College Football Discussion

• Ironman92

  

  Azubuike24;1758811 wrote:Things getting even clearer after this week.
  
  Goodbye FSU.
  Goodbye Utah.

  Iowa still alive
• sportswizuhrd

  One top-25 matchup next weekend....(11) Notre Dame at (22)Temple on ABC at 8.
  
  If UNC cracks the top 25, it would be 2 matchups. They play at Pitt on Thursday.
• Classyposter58

  

  superman;1758800 wrote:Georgia Tech just erased the Michigan play from craziest ending of the year.

  No MSU still takes the cake
• sherm03

  

  Georgia Tech and USC both helping ND out with their wins tonight.
  
  Still a long shot for the playoffs, but with the craziness of the FBS this year, ND is still very much alive.
• Azubuike24

  

  ND is still alive because they could essentially have a loss to an unbeaten team and end up with a comparable win (Stanford) of the other contenders. Fair or not, the name "Notre Dame" won't hurt them.
• Fly4Fun

  

  sherm03;1758824 wrote:Georgia Tech and USC both helping ND out with their wins tonight.
  
  Still a long shot for the playoffs, but with the craziness of the FBS this year, ND is still very much alive.

  I'll give you USC, but don't kid yourself about GT.
  
  With the win tonight they have moved to 3-5.
• redstreak one

  

  Mulva;1758801 wrote:I was under the impression that a blocked kick that lands past the LOS is dead.

  A field goal is a punt that can score.
• sherm03

  

  Fly4Fun;1758828 wrote:I'll give you USC, but don't kid yourself about GT.
  
  With the win tonight they have moved to 3-5.

  Doesn't matter what GT's record is. They took out FSU who was ahead of ND. So Georgia Tech helped ND with their win last night.
• ts1227

  

  Mulva;1758801 wrote:I was under the impression that a blocked kick that lands past the LOS is dead.

  I believe it has to do with whether it was blocked in front of (dead) or behind (live) the LOS.
• Fly4Fun

  

  sherm03;1758847 wrote:Doesn't matter what GT's record is. They took out FSU who was ahead of ND. So Georgia Tech helped ND with their win last night.

  Gotcha, I thought you were talking about quality wins for the resume.
• sherm03

  

  Fly4Fun;1758939 wrote:Gotcha, I thought you were talking about quality wins for the resume.

  My bad. I didn't clarify. I don't think ND has any quality wins at this point. So the only way I see them getting in is with the teams ahead of them losing and dropping out.
• Al Bundy

  sherm03;1758951 wrote:My bad. I didn't clarify. I don't think ND has any quality wins at this point. So the only way I see them getting in is with the teams ahead of them losing and dropping out.

  It will be tough for them, but strange things have happened in November before. I see a Big 10 champ, Big 12 champ, SEC champ, and Clemson getting in before them. I think they would need 2 losses from one of the previous 4 groups listed.
• sherm03

  

  Al Bundy;1758960 wrote:It will be tough for them, but strange things have happened in November before. I see a Big 10 champ, Big 12 champ, SEC champ, and Clemson getting in before them. I think they would need 2 losses from one of the previous 4 groups listed.

  I'll be interested to see the first set of rankings from the playoff committee. That will give a much better idea of who ahead of ND will have to lose to open up the door for them.
• Al Bundy

  sherm03;1758971 wrote:I'll be interested to see the first set of rankings from the playoff committee. That will give a much better idea of who ahead of ND will have to lose to open up the door for them.

  But there are also undefeated teams behind them who would pass them at some point
• sherm03

  

  Al Bundy;1758974 wrote:But there are also undefeated teams behind them who would pass them at some point

  I don't think that's necessarily true. Oklahoma State would if they stayed undefeated because they'd have wins over TCU, Baylor, and Oklahoma. I don't think there's any way they beat all three of those teams. Iowa might stay undefeated and I guess could possibly jump ND. But I think they get crushed in the B1G championship game against either OSU or Sparty so it wouldn't matter. Outside of those two, I don't think Houston, Memphis, or Toledo would jump Notre Dame.
• Mulva

  

  Russell done for the season, as expected. Tough for Baylor.
• wildcats20

  

  Baylor looked like hot garbage with their backup on Saturday. They are done.
• sleeper

  

  Baylor is terrible anyway. I hope they make the playoffs and Ohio State gets them in the first round.
• sportswizuhrd

  wildcats20;1759142 wrote:Baylor looked like hot garbage with their backup on Saturday. They are done.

  LOL. He was in for 1 possession, threw 1 pass (for a TD), hot garbage?
• Automatik

  

  sleeper;1759145 wrote:Baylor is terrible anyway. I hope they make the playoffs and Ohio State gets them in the first round.

  I would love this.
• Sonofanump

  Mulva;1758801 wrote:I was under the impression that a blocked kick that lands past the LOS is dead.

  It's a live ball until the kicking team secures it or it comes to a stop with no one attempting to secure it.
• Sonofanump

  superman;1758803 wrote:A missed field goal is basically a punt.

  That is high school.
• Sonofanump

  redstreak one;1758837 wrote:A field goal is a punt that can score.

  That is high school.
• Tiernan

  What happens if Memphis & Houston are undefeated and every major has one loss?
• superman

  Sonofanump;1759222 wrote:It's a live ball until the kicking team secures it or it comes to a stop with no one attempting to secure it.

  Maybe I'm misreading this, but how is that different from a punt?