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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin" data-source="post: 1808100" data-attributes="member: 4069"><p>Unfortunately, this thinking is about a decade out of date. </p><p></p><p>In the CFP era, teams can't just win, they need to impress the committee, and they have to consider making impressive final scores. </p><p></p><p>It's a widely held belief that OSU doesn't make the 2015 CFP (which they won) if they don't run up the score in their final game to sneak in as a 4 seed. I think every coach in the hunt knows this now, and plays accordingly. Michigan is likely to be in the 4-6 range given their very weak non-conf schedule, so the score could well be a factor in whether or not they get into the CFP. </p><p></p><p>In this era, if you want a team to stop scoring, play better defense, or keep their offense off the field by driving it down the field yourself. There's too much at stake for teams to step off the gas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin, post: 1808100, member: 4069"] Unfortunately, this thinking is about a decade out of date. In the CFP era, teams can't just win, they need to impress the committee, and they have to consider making impressive final scores. It's a widely held belief that OSU doesn't make the 2015 CFP (which they won) if they don't run up the score in their final game to sneak in as a 4 seed. I think every coach in the hunt knows this now, and plays accordingly. Michigan is likely to be in the 4-6 range given their very weak non-conf schedule, so the score could well be a factor in whether or not they get into the CFP. In this era, if you want a team to stop scoring, play better defense, or keep their offense off the field by driving it down the field yourself. There's too much at stake for teams to step off the gas. [/QUOTE]
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