EASIEST COACHING PATHS TO THE PLAYOFF

[TexasExes98]

What the hell does the past 60 years have to do with COLLEGE FOOTBALL playoff pathways?
This was a discussion about pathways to the playoff (in existence since 2014).
Games that were played 30 years ago have no freaking bearing on the path to the playoffs for any program.
Texas OOC In the era of college football playoff:
2014- UCLA
2015 - ND
2016- ND
2017 -USC
2018 - USC
2019 - LSU
2020 - LSU
2021 - Ohio State
2022 - Ohio State
2023 - Michigan
2024 - Michigan

Imagine that, the exact teams I listed earlier.

I was wondering the same thing. Not really sure what the last 60 years has to do with the current playoff format now. Gotta give it up to the Gator though; took him a whole day to research that info.....

 

[Gator]

What the hell does the past 60 years have to do with COLLEGE FOOTBALL playoff pathways?

Nice deflection. Your comment was and I repeat.

TEXAS cannot get away with 3 powder puffs. It is under immense pressure (just like other premier name schools) to play high profile games.

My post was to show how erroneous that statement is. UT HASN'T played much in the way of OOC games over the past17 seasons.

This was a discussion about pathways to the playoff (in existence since 2014).
Games that were played 30 years ago have no freaking bearing on the path to the playoffs for any program.
Texas OOC In the era of college football playoff:
2014- UCLA
2015 - ND
2016- ND
2017 -USC
2018 - USC
2019 - LSU
2020 - LSU
2021 - Ohio State
2022 - Ohio State
2023 - Michigan
2024 - Michigan

Imagine that, the exact teams I listed earlier.

So NOW UT is GOING to schedule decent OOC games for the playoffs and NOT for their fans. However, since you haven't played any of these teams and no knows WHAT they will be like when you do play them, what is the point of listing them. Also, one game per year DO NOT make a tough schedule (see Boise State). UT's chances for the playoff depend more on the state of the Big XII than on one OOC game.

 

[Tin Man]

Hornsstampede2.0

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but...

Here we go again with the “legend in your own mind” posts.



In the 17 seasons of the so called BCS + era (1998-2014)
Texas is 49-10 in OOC games in the regular season.
Only 4 were AP ranked with all 4 in the top 10 (1-3).
Only 17 of those 59 opponents were majors (9-8)
and only 9 of the 17 had winning records (4-5)!

Of the remaining 42 games, one was against an FBS team, 27 were against non-majors WITHOUT winning records (i.e., 0.500 or lower), and 14 were against nonmajors WITH winning records.

So....of the 59 games only 24 were against opponents with winning records (1 FCS, 14 were NONmajors and 9 were Majors). Over that same span Baylor has played 7 Major opponents with winning records.

And


The last time you played OSU in the regular season was 2006.
The last time you played Notre Dame in the regular season was 1996.
The last time you played USC in the regular season was 1967.
The last time you played LSU in the regular season was 1954.
Texas has NEVER played Michigan in the regular season.

In the past 60 seasons, UT has played ND 2x, OSU 2x, USC 4x, LSU 0x, and Michigan 0x.
If 8 games in 60 seasons satisfy the UT boosters then the UT boosters are indeed easily satisfied.

That is textbook

 

[Tin Man]

What the hell does the past 60 years have to do with COLLEGE FOOTBALL playoff pathways?
This was a discussion about pathways to the playoff (in existence since 2014).
Games that were played 30 years ago have no freaking bearing on the path to the playoffs for any program.
Texas OOC In the era of college football playoff:
2014- UCLA
2015 - ND
2016- ND
2017 -USC
2018 - USC
2019 - LSU
2020 - LSU
2021 - Ohio State
2022 - Ohio State
2023 - Michigan
2024 - Michigan

Imagine that, the exact teams I listed earlier.

 

[Tin Man]

Come on, yout two! Show Sparty and the Angry Weasel how it's done!

 

[BeaverShaver]

can we gets some football in here, STAT

 

[outofyourmind]

Nice deflection. Your comment was and I repeat.



My post was to show how erroneous that statement is. UT HASN'T played much in the way of OOC games over the past17 seasons.



So NOW UT is GOING to schedule decent OOC games for the playoffs and NOT for their fans. However, since you haven't played any of these teams and no knows WHAT they will be like when you do play them, what is the point of listing them. Also, one game per year DO NOT make a tough schedule (see Boise State). UT's chances for the playoff depend more on the state of the Big XII than on one OOC game.

When they start losing those OOC games, they'll wish they hadn't scheduled better.

When you are Texas and Oklahoma it doesn't matter what your OOC is.

 

[TROJAN-MAN]

The easiest path completely ignores the pressure of scheduling

TEXAS cannot get away with 3 powder puffs. It is under immense pressure (just like other premier name schools) to play high profile games.

The Horns have to schedule teams like USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame, LSU, and Michigan to satisfy the boosters.

A team like Baylor can get away with 3 FCS teams and no booster will care...

The same applies to other big name schools like Bama, FSU, USC, Nebraska...etc

USC really? some heads would roll if USC scheduled OOC opponents like most SEC teams do

 

[tech_iceman]

What the hell does the past 60 years have to do with COLLEGE FOOTBALL playoff pathways?
This was a discussion about pathways to the playoff (in existence since 2014).
Games that were played 30 years ago have no freaking bearing on the path to the playoffs for any program.
Texas OOC In the era of college football playoff:
2014- UCLA
2015 - ND
2016- ND
2017 -USC
2018 - USC
2019 - LSU
2020 - LSU
2021 - Ohio State
2022 - Ohio State
2023 - Michigan
2024 - Michigan

Imagine that, the exact teams I listed earlier.

trying to argue with a Cleveland Browns fan

 

[HuskerOC]

Clemson at #5?

Is there a more overrated team annually than Clemson?

Don't we all know that Clemson will "Clemson" somewhere along the way? Especially with Dabo Swinney as the head man in charge?

 

[Tin Man]

I sense something... a presence I've not felt since... There's a Stewart Mandel reader posting to this thread!

 

[Gator]

The sad thing is these Baylor honks might actually prove that playing a bunch of cupcakes can pay off for them. That would be a sorry sight to behold if they ever get into a playoff after playing Ryder Truck Driving Academy and Cyrus T. Clement's School of Applied Fertilizer Science in nonconference games.

I think that HAS been proven by Boise State. Baylor's schedule last season (rated #34 by Massey) was more difficult than ANY schedule played by BSU from 1998-2014. Last season BSU's schedule was rated as #66. They lost to Ole Miss in game 1 (35-13) and to Air Force in game 5 (28-14). But, a 13-0 BSU would have been in the playoff. In the regular season, BSU played ONE team rated #50 or better (#13 Ole Miss). Baylor played 6 teams rated # 50 or better. So IF the committee is going to CONSIDER a BSU team for the playoff THEN it removes ALL rationale for P5 teams to schedule GOOD OOC teams. Instead they should schedule pansies for OOC and go for an undefeated season. ANY P5 team's IN-conference schedule will push them past the BSU's.

 

[nddulac]

The easiest path to the playoffs as a coach is the one Lane Kiffin took. You screw up at every head coaching job you ever hold. then you sign on as an assistant under Nick Saban. Next thing you know you are coaching in the playoffs!