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Four in B1G end up in Final AP Top 10

tOSU at 1

Oregon at 3

Penn St at 5

Indiana at 10

Interesting that the writers took into account the whole season rather than just the playoff games.

Oregon beat the number 1, number 5 and number 8 teams this season. But fell flat on its face in the playoffs vs the eventual national champs.

Also interesting that Oregon was voted number 3 in the AP Top 25 Preseason....and ended up exactly there at the end.

Very disappointing to get creamed out of the gate and go nowhere in the Rose Bowl, but nice consolation prizes of a B1G Championship plus a final ranking of number 3. Nothing beats a crystal football, of course, but I'd rather go down being in the hunt for one than not.

TEE, like many of you, only get joy from a national championship, so hopefully better things lie ahead for our quacks...

15 comments

15 Comments

Masked Man

Jan 22

Woulda Shoulda Coulda

Buckeyes won the Natty on a Neutral Field......not Autzen

LA Duck

Jan 22

Replying to

Yep, so true, Masked Man.

Speaking of which, you coming up for the game? If so, see you at Autzen on November 22nd!

firenze5

Jan 21

Playing in a conference championship game is detrimental to your national championship aspirations. The best thing to happen to Ohio State was losing to Michigan. It focused them and they avoided a game of no value.

As did the frauds Notre dame.

LA Duck

Jan 21

Replying to

Agree 100% - the CCG is a dinosaur that needs to go extinct by 2026.

But that said, it was fun winning one after going undefeated in a brand new conference that didn't really want you to begin with.

Daystalker

Jan 21

So do all B1G member schools get a slice of that bowl/playoff coin, or did they do away with that? UCLA needs to buy new tarps, so anything helps.

Java

Jan 21

Replying to

I’m curious if the half shares uw and uo get also apply to playoff money

Wouldn’t that be ironic if uo helped earn an extra 10 million and only got to keep half their own share of it.

Purdue has to be thanking God every day they were born where they were and that they were a founding member of that conference.

On another note am I the only one looking at Maryland and Rutgers thinking “what are YOU doing here?”

Java

Jan 21

I find it interesting that after all the whining and complaining about smu Boise and asu being there. And about iu and their supposed meltdown versus nd.

That when the AP had a chance to rectify it. Punish those teams and show the committee who should have been there? They still included smu asu. Boise and iu all as playoff teams

And in fact the only team they dropped. Was perennial new blue blood climpson. The only mistake the committee made was putting Clemson in and in reality they had no choice.

Ole Miss allegedly was more deserving. But at 11 not by much. And at 11 after it’s all over that’s not much of a snub that maybe they were at 13 going in. Shoot. Maybe they were 11 but couldn’t get in because of conference champion commitment slots.

so while I don’t like the format. I don’t like 12 teams. If we are going to have 12 I think the committee got it right and the AP agrees

Java

Jan 21

You spent over $20 million on that roster. It was not even the same playing field. Your team contacted guys on other rosters and paid them to come. Paid them to leave their teams and come play for UO Got or bought every recruit you wanted.

Steamrolled the regular season and got punched out when the lights went on.

I’m just not sure how anything short of a NC could be considered success here for a team that did and played like that. I wanted UO to win and while I don’t care like you do. I consider the entire season horribly disappointing in that regard

Sawtooth 24

Jan 21

Replying to

So TEE, when you are typing Sweeny, are you talking Dabo?

If so, you do realize he doesnt use or believe in the transfer portal. I dont care who you hire , in this day and age of NIL and the transfer portal, if you don’t use that lever, you probably not gonna a win one.

TEE

Jan 21

Replying to

Dabo took 3 players from the portal this year. But he hasn’t needed to. He develops players. If he had a top NIL he would be winning Natties again. But he doesn’t. But he can Coach, motivate.

firenze5

Jan 21

Replying to

Playing in a conference championship game is not worth it. The best thing to happen to Ohio state was losing to Michigan and not playing in the conference championship game. Notre Dame benefits from this system, while they can’t get a by they don’t have to play a conference championship game which is better. And boy were they put in the easiest side of the bracket. I might not be an Ohio State fan but their road was brutal.

4 straight top 10 teams, including the only two teams with as talented rosters as theirs.