MavHockey14
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Re: College Football 2015-16: The Big Ten Rises
I think it's a good thing for Stanford that OSU didn't play Northwestern, FWIW. I also think it may hurt Stanford that the Big Ten has 5 teams in the Top 15. If you're a Stanford fan, I think you want Iowa to win the B1G. An MSU win can give the committee the "Well, OSU lost one game to a CFP team and beat Michigan by 30 or whatever two weeks ago, as well as use the leverage of the NW(B1G) loss against Stanford, as well as the MSU win over Oregon. To me it's clear the committee likes the B1G a lot, so should be interesting to see how it all unfolds.
Heard a lot of different scenarios if Iowa loses where they'll end up. I really, really want the Rose Bowl if the playoff is out, but it sounds like the committee is going to take the highest CFP team. Rumor has it they may use the end of regular season, or current CFP rankings, as that way an undefeated division champion isn't penalized for playing in the conference title game.
Kirk Ferentz has had two other B1G Champion teams that should've been Rose Bowl teams but both times ended up in the Orange Bowl both times due to sharing those titles. Wouldn't be surprised if Kirk took another team to a NY6(old BCS) bowl for the third time, without a trip to Pasadena. Hopefully I won't have to worry about the loss scenarios after Saturday.
I think it's a good thing for Stanford that OSU didn't play Northwestern, FWIW. I also think it may hurt Stanford that the Big Ten has 5 teams in the Top 15. If you're a Stanford fan, I think you want Iowa to win the B1G. An MSU win can give the committee the "Well, OSU lost one game to a CFP team and beat Michigan by 30 or whatever two weeks ago, as well as use the leverage of the NW(B1G) loss against Stanford, as well as the MSU win over Oregon. To me it's clear the committee likes the B1G a lot, so should be interesting to see how it all unfolds.
Heard a lot of different scenarios if Iowa loses where they'll end up. I really, really want the Rose Bowl if the playoff is out, but it sounds like the committee is going to take the highest CFP team. Rumor has it they may use the end of regular season, or current CFP rankings, as that way an undefeated division champion isn't penalized for playing in the conference title game.
Kirk Ferentz has had two other B1G Champion teams that should've been Rose Bowl teams but both times ended up in the Orange Bowl both times due to sharing those titles. Wouldn't be surprised if Kirk took another team to a NY6(old BCS) bowl for the third time, without a trip to Pasadena. Hopefully I won't have to worry about the loss scenarios after Saturday.
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