McMurfy
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ORIGINAL: djskillz FSU certainly has talent. But this year's team is not last year's team. They don't have a single win against a top 25 team. Not one. And they've won a LOT of close games. Think about that for a second. Honestly, if they didn't win it all LAST year (which should have no bearing on this year IMO) they might not make the playoff, even undefeated, with their body of work this year. As for the SEC, again, I don't get it. Mississippi State lost a close road game against the nation's best team. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Alabama is #1 in the new rankings. They're already #1 in Vegas and the "best" team in the nation according to them. There would not be a single team in the nation that would be favored in a neutral site game against them. Yet some suddenly feel Mississippi State is "exposed" by losing a road game to them? If anyone really thinks that Alabama is vastly better than Mississippi State/Auburn/Ole Miss/Georgia, and even LSU then we are clearly not watching the same games. Because all those teams are very, very close. So again, you either have to believe that they're ALL overrated and not that great, or they all are some of the best in the country. I know which one of those passes the smell test to me. I think at this point it's certainly going to be Alabama/Oregon/FSU/Miss. St. There's just no rational argument for a 1-loss TCU or Baylor team over a 1-loss Miss. St team. But again, ANY of the top 7-8 teams in the county could easily lose again. FSU to Florida, Bama to Auburn or in the title game, Miss. St. to Ole Miss, Oregon in the Pac12 title game, TCU to Texas (or anyone after their embarrassing showing against Kansas), Baylor to OKSt, Ohio St. in the Big10 title game.... Wouldn't shock me in the slightest to still see Ole Miss or Georgia sneak back into the playoff picture by the end of the next 3 weeks. At this point I would happy to see a 2 loss SEC Patsy like Georgia or Ole Miss get in. Oregon would only need to score about 15 points to win against them.
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