College Football 2016-17: Destination Tampa

[J.D.]

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If they win rest of their games, they will make playoff.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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Dude shut up already. I get you are a clemson fanboy, i'm not wasting my time arguing with you over this. I already gave you my rationale and you had a coronary. Like i said though, doesn't matter where clemson drops to.

Classy.

At least I can back up my arguments with actual, logical points.

So, USC, who has beaten exactly nobody, dominates Washington at Washington. Pitt, who now has wins over two Top 10 teams, lucks into a win at Death Valley. And somehow, getting dominated by USC is a better loss? Then, throw in that Clemson has the better victories, stronger schedule, and was higher ranked coming into the weekend. And yeah...Washington should be ranked ahead. Lunacy.

I get it, you are anti-Clemson, but I figured you would at least be someone who could follow reason and logic. Guess I was wrong.

 

[J.D.]

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I am anti clemson? That is news to me

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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I am anti clemson? That is news to me

It shouldn't be. BC treats Clemson as a rival.

 

[J.D.]

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I do love how pitt gets credit for beating a top 10 team in penn state when penn state was a totally different team back then. Yet usc hasn't beaten anybody even though they beat #12 Colorado. Try being consistent at least. But i'm sure now you'll tell me colorado is overrated.

 

[J.D.]

It shouldn't be. BC treats Clemson as a rival.

Haha that's funny. I don't know a single BC person who considers clemson a rival. You're barking up the wrong tree here. I am not anti clemson.

 

[Slap Shot]

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Dude shut up already. I get you are a clemson fanboy, i'm not wasting my time arguing with you over this. I already gave you my rationale...

Nice spaz and where is the rationale you provided? I haven't seen it.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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I do love how pitt gets credit for beating a top 10 team in penn state when penn state was a totally different team back then. Yet usc hasn't beaten anybody even though they beat #12 Colorado. Try being consistent at least. But i'm sure now you'll tell me colorado is overrated.

Okay, fine. Assuming arguendo that Colorado is not overrated, USC had beaten exactly 1 team with a winning record before beating Washington. Pitt still has 2 Top-10 wins and two other victories over teams with winning records. Even assuming that USC is marginally better than Pitt (which they aren't), is getting dominated by USC better than a freak loss to Pitt on a last second field goal? The answer is simply no.

This of course does not even factor in Clemson's significant advantages over Washington in Strength of Record, Victory, and Schedule, coupled with the fact that the Playoff Committee cares more about who you beat than who you lost to...and well, as we would say in law school, your argument is Swiss Cheese.

 

[J.D.]

Nice spaz and where is the rationale you provided? I haven't seen it.

Who are you again?

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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Haha that's funny. I don't know a single BC person who considers clemson a rival. You're barking up the wrong tree here. I am not anti clemson.

First this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football#Rivalries

Oh, and this

[T]he Boston College Gridiron Club decided in 2008 to fan the rivalry’s flames and tout its illustrious history by awarding the winning team of the Clemson-Boston College game the O’Rourke-McFadden Trophy and rewarding the MVP of the game a replica leather helmet.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...lemson-time-tv-schedule-online-streaming-2016

And this from the BC website:

When Boston College joined the ACC in 2005, it knew there would be new rivalries forged. Leaving behind the Big East and traditional schools such as Syracuse, the Eagles joined a newly-formed Atlantic Division with teams they rarely, if ever, played.

But if they were to form a rivalry with someone, it happened almost immediately with Clemson.

http://bceagles.com/news/2016/10/4/eagles-unlimited-bc-clemson-built-on-respect.aspx

 

[Slap Shot]

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Who are you again?

What's your rationale again?

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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Nice spaz and where is the rationale you provided? I haven't seen it.

J.D.'s "rationale" is that Washington will stay at 4 because they got dominated at home by USC, while Clemson will fall to 5 because they had a freak loss to Pitt. It doesn't make any sense, but he/she is clinging on to it with all his/her might. I would laud the effort if it wasn't so ridiculous.

 

[J.D.]

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That trophy is probably like the one UCF left on the bench at uconn. Nice to drum up rivalries but trust me, nobody at BC really thinks of it as one. There is no animosity. I am not anti clemson and neither are BC fans in general.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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Nice to drum up rivalries but trust me, nobody at BC really thinks of it as one.

Well, nobody at BC except the Gridiron Club (who I would have to imagine are probably the biggest supporters of the football team?) and whoever puts together BC Eagle football blog (again, who I would have to imagine are probably some of the biggest supporters of the football team?). Of course, I'm sure if I looked for more than five minutes I'd find dozens of other BC Football fans discussing the rivalry.

But yeah, nobody thinks of it as one...gotcha

 

[J.D.]

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I'm actually not clinging on to it at all. I said it once and have repeatedly said it is irrelevant because if clemson wins out they are in the playoff. I follow and watch a lot of football. I was using today's results as my primary factor. You want to point to other factors which is your right. I also think USC is much better than you are giving them credit for. They have been annihilating teams even if bad teams. They changed QBs and have been a totally different team. I also don't think pitt is nearly as good as you think they are. In the end it doesn't matter as i have explained. Didn't expect anyone to be so offended by it though.

 

[J.D.]

Well, nobody at BC except the Gridiron Club (who I would have to imagine are probably the biggest supporters of the football team?) and whoever puts together BC Eagle football blog (again, who I would have to imagine are probably some of the biggest supporters of the football team?). Of course, I'm sure if I looked for more than five minutes I'd find dozens of other BC Football fans discussing the rivalry.

But yeah, nobody thinks of it as one...gotcha

My dad is a member of the gridiron club. You're way off. I don't know why you are so hung up on this.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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My dad is a member of the gridiron club. You're way off. I don't know why you are so hung up on this.

It just seems odd to me that so many BC fans would not think of Clemson as a rival, and then go out of their way to create a trophy to recognize a rivalry, that they don't even think of as a rivalry. It's illogical.

 

[J.D.]

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This is akin to bob diaco starting a rivalry with ucf. Uconn fans don't consider it a rivalry. Nobody does except diaco. It's like every big ten game basically having a trophy attached to it. But not all those are legit rivalries.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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I'm actually not clinging on to it at all. I said it once and have repeatedly said it is irrelevant because if clemson wins out they are in the playoff. I follow and watch a lot of football. I was using today's results as my primary factor. You want to point to other factors which is your right. I also think USC is much better than you are giving them credit for. They have been annihilating teams even if bad teams. They changed QBs and have been a totally different team. I also don't think pitt is nearly as good as you think they are. In the end it doesn't matter as i have explained. Didn't expect anyone to be so offended by it though.

So using that logic, you should have USC ahead of Washington, correct? Based primarily on today's results, of course.

 

[Fighting Sioux 23]

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This is akin to bob diaco starting a rivalry with ucf. Uconn fans don't consider it a rivalry. Nobody does except diaco. It's like every big ten game basically having a trophy attached to it. But not all those are legit rivalries.

I see you like straw man arguments.