Brutal. For starters, today was handed to them by the refs. Illinois won that game. The last drive had 2 awful calls (non-calls) and this one is so ridiculous.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...oss-to-no-3-michigan-im-extremely-pissed-off/
Now we have the Vols getting owned by South Carolina and USC down in a tough one at UCLA. Then UNC goes down to a garbage GT team at home, which hurts the ACC. Thank God for TCU pulling that great win off at Baylor and Clemson winning big.
If the Vols and Trojans were to lose, that means the only real guaranteed spots would be UGA and the winner of OSU/UM.
Beyond that...
1) TCU, assuming they hold serve at home against Iowa St next weekend, "should" be in as they'd be 12-0 heading into the B12 championship game and even if they lose to a pretty good KSU team they'd presumably have a good chance as they've had good wins this year.
2) Clemson - I caught a lot of crap for saying they had a chance, but I think they are the best chance at this point, but South Carolina next week looks like it could be a tougher game than hoped. Then UNC after that. If they win both, they should be in.
3) LSU - They'd have to beat UAB and then A&M these next 2 weeks, which should be done. Then they'd have to beat UGA., If they do, they have to be in as SEC champ and only 1 SEC loss all year.
No chance a 2 loss champ is getting in from any conference not named the SEC so we really need that to happen.
Bottom line, we need some comebacks tonight or 2 of the above 3 to make it on by force to keep UM out. Sucks that Illinois couldn't pull that off today to have that backstop. Total BS. The refs and conference should be ashamed to take that win away from Illinois, especially considering it also essentially took them out of the B10 west contention.
Side note, can we all laugh at how Iowa is almost certainly playing in the B10 title game again with what will be an 8-4 record in a garbage division and one of the worst offenses in football? So pathetic.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...oss-to-no-3-michigan-im-extremely-pissed-off/
Now we have the Vols getting owned by South Carolina and USC down in a tough one at UCLA. Then UNC goes down to a garbage GT team at home, which hurts the ACC. Thank God for TCU pulling that great win off at Baylor and Clemson winning big.
If the Vols and Trojans were to lose, that means the only real guaranteed spots would be UGA and the winner of OSU/UM.
Beyond that...
1) TCU, assuming they hold serve at home against Iowa St next weekend, "should" be in as they'd be 12-0 heading into the B12 championship game and even if they lose to a pretty good KSU team they'd presumably have a good chance as they've had good wins this year.
2) Clemson - I caught a lot of crap for saying they had a chance, but I think they are the best chance at this point, but South Carolina next week looks like it could be a tougher game than hoped. Then UNC after that. If they win both, they should be in.
3) LSU - They'd have to beat UAB and then A&M these next 2 weeks, which should be done. Then they'd have to beat UGA., If they do, they have to be in as SEC champ and only 1 SEC loss all year.
No chance a 2 loss champ is getting in from any conference not named the SEC so we really need that to happen.
Bottom line, we need some comebacks tonight or 2 of the above 3 to make it on by force to keep UM out. Sucks that Illinois couldn't pull that off today to have that backstop. Total BS. The refs and conference should be ashamed to take that win away from Illinois, especially considering it also essentially took them out of the B10 west contention.
Side note, can we all laugh at how Iowa is almost certainly playing in the B10 title game again with what will be an 8-4 record in a garbage division and one of the worst offenses in football? So pathetic.
