Week 14 Games

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Dan

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Week 14 news & games thread

Friday, December 1st

Oregon vs Washington (Pac-12 Championship, Las Vegas)
7:00pm CT - ABC

Saturday, December 2nd

Texas vs Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship, Arlington)
11:00am CT - ABC

Toledo vs Miami OH (MAC Championship, Detroit)
11:00am CT - ESPN

Georgia vs Alabama (SEC Championship, Atlanta)
3:00pm CT - CBS

Michigan vs Iowa (Big Ten Championship, Indianapolis)
7:00pm CT - FOX

Florida State vs Louisville (ACC Championship, Charlotte)
7:00pm CT - ABC
 
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BZuppke

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Seriously - what’s wrong with college football - UGA v Bama. Out side their fans who cares?
 
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BZuppke said:
Seriously - what’s wrong with college football - UGA v Bama. Out side their fans who cares?
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Maybe if the Oregon v Washington game was on Saturday Gameday would go to Vegas (that would be sweet). There is just no better game on Saturday than Bama vs Georgia. The other matchups have limited appeal in general outside of their fan bases, especially the crap fight in Indy.

I for one am very interested in watching the SEC Championship Game. The others on Saturday...not so much. I will say, Friday night will be the best game, and the one that more B1G fans will watch than the one on Saturday night.
 
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11/28 College Football Playoff Rankings [via]

1 Georgia (12-0)
2 Michigan (12-0)
3 Washington (12-0)
4 Florida State (12-0)
5 Oregon (11-1)
6 Ohio State (11-1)
7 Texas (11-1)
8 Alabama (11-1)
9 Missouri (10-2)
10 Penn State (10-2)
 
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Dan said:
11/28 College Football Playoff Rankings [via]

1 Georgia (12-0)
2 Michigan (12-0)
3 Washington (12-0)
4 Florida State (12-0)
5 Oregon (11-1)
6 Ohio State (11-1)
7 Texas (11-1)
8 Alabama (11-1)
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Georgia is essentially a lock to make playoff no matter what. I am going to assume Michigan wins easily. Winner of Washington/Oregon is a lock. Florida State is also a lock with a win.

However, Florida State is probably the most at risk of losing, given their loss of star qb. Which leads to: Does Ohio State maintain spot ahead of Texas (considering they win B12)? I think you have to go with Texas there. If Alabama wins SEC, it gets super interesting, as Texas beat Alabama earlier this year. I want to say Texas is in driver's seat if Florida State loses.

For Ohio State to make playoff, I believe Georgia, Michigan, and Washington needs to win, combined with Texas losing to Oklahoma State and Florida State losing to Louisville. Ohio State always seems to get lucky, so I envision the above scenario playing out and two B1G teams make playoff (and lose vs Georgia and Washington/Oregon in semi final).
 
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Orange Wave said:
Wow, Michigan and the under would be an interesting bet. Would never imagine seeing a line like this in a conference championship game.
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Definitely interesting bet, but one I would stay clear of completely. There would not be enough payoff (around +400 to +450 odds depending on the book) to justify Michigan covering the spread and the total being under. I have to think that Iowa somehow gets to 7 points in cleanup time somewhere in the second half after Michigan is in their 2nd to 3rd string defense (or Iowa's defense forces a TD). Still an insane line for a conference championship game. Given how bad Iowa's offense is, it still amazes me that they got to 10 wins (even with the great defense).
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

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wma500 said:
Fair bet it'll be the highest TV rated game of the weekend. It *is* college football, this weekend.
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Just for an interesting comparison of all this...

2022
SEC: 10.89 million for Georgia vs. LSU (3:00 pm on FOX)
Big Ten: 10.70 million for Michigan vs. Purdue (7:00 pm on FOX)
Big XII: 9.41 million for TCU vs. Kansas State (11:00 am on ABC)
Pac-12: 5.97 million for Utah vs. USC (7:00 pm on Friday on ABC)
ACC: 3.47 million for Clemson vs. North Carolina (7:00 pm on ABC)

2021
SEC: 15.28 million for Georgia vs. Alabama (3:00 pm on CBS)
Big Ten: 11.66 million for Michigan vs. Iowa (7:00 pm on FOX)
Big XII: 8.02 million for Baylor vs. Oklahoma State (11:00 am on ABC)
Pac-12: 4.25 million for Utah vs. Oregon (7:00 pm on Friday on FOX)
ACC: 2.66 million for Pitt vs. Wake Forest (7:00 pm on ABC)

For another funny comparison, Illinois has played in games that nearly matched or outdrew the 2021 ACC Championship Game five times in the last three years:

5.47 million at Michigan in 2022 (11:00 am on ABC)
3.77 million at Penn State in 2021 (11:00 am on ABC)
3.22 million vs. Nebraska in 2021 (12:00 pm on FOX)
3.22 million vs. Penn State in 2023 (11:00 am on FOX)
2.49 million at Nebraska in 2022 (2:30 pm on ABC)

While I am on a roll, just so it shows the value of getting to these types of games for exposure, these are the TV ratings our bowls have drawn since 2000:

19.00 million for 2007-08 Rose Bowl vs. USC (3:30 pm on ABC)
13.06 million for 2001-02 Sugar Bowl vs. LSU (7:30 pm on ABC)
4.18 million for 2010-11 Texas Bowl vs. Baylor (5:00 pm on ESPN)
2.34 million for 2013-14 Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Louisiana Tech (12:00 pm on ESPN)
2.30 million for 2011-12 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl vs. UCLA (12:30 pm on ESPN)
2.18 million for 2022-23 Tampa Bay Bowl vs. Mississippi State (11:00 am on ESPN2)
1.87 million for 2018-19 Redbox Bowl vs. Cal (3:00 pm on FOX)

Long tangent, but it just drives home what a bummer it is to miss out on a bowl game. It's even more of a bummer we barely missed on a truly elite bowl game last year, although I will note that our 2.18 million was by far the best ESPN2 rating of the season, over doubling the second place game, so we were kind of doomed with our spot.
 
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Mr. Tibbs

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Illini2010-11 said:
Georgia is essentially a lock to make playoff no matter what. I am going to assume Michigan wins easily. Winner of Washington/Oregon is a lock. Florida State is also a lock with a win.

However, Florida State is probably the most at risk of losing, given their loss of star qb. Which leads to: Does Ohio State maintain spot ahead of Texas (considering they win B12)? I think you have to go with Texas there. If Alabama wins SEC, it gets super interesting, as Texas beat Alabama earlier this year. I want to say Texas is in driver's seat if Florida State loses.

For Ohio State to make playoff, I believe Georgia, Michigan, and Washington needs to win, combined with Texas losing to Oklahoma State and Florida State losing to Louisville. Ohio State always seems to get lucky, so I envision the above scenario playing out and two B1G teams make playoff (and lose vs Georgia and Washington/Oregon in semi final).
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Should be interesting. Personally, I would like to see Oregon, Texas, Georgia and FSU but I don't think FSU will win. Wait, that means that Iowa would have to defeat Michigan:)
 
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IlliniFaninHoosierLand

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Herbstreit is gonna have a busy next few days. He's in Dallas for the Thursday night game tonight. He'll fly to Vegas and call the Pac-12 title game with Fowler tomorrow night. And then will likely take a red eye to get to Atlanta for College Gameday on Saturday morning.
 
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IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
Herbstreit is gonna have a busy next few days. He's in Dallas for the Thursday night game tonight. He'll fly to Vegas and call the Pac-12 title game with Fowler tomorrow night. And then will likely take a red eye to get to Atlanta for College Gameday on Saturday morning.
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I would love to have that job for a couple years and get his pay check but I would get burned out never being home in the fall to winter. He should never have taken the the Thursday game. Also the Saturday ABC or ESPN game should be where game day is