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There are a bunch of people who know this process a lot better than I do, so I wanted to throw this out there:

If North Carolina beats Duke tonight, Notre Dame beats Louisville at home on Saturday, Georgia beats Georgia Tech, and South Carolina beats Clemson, would we be going to the Orange Bowl?

In that scenario, Georgia Tech would go the ACCCG against Florida State and probably lose. All of those teams would fall out of the rankings, with Miami creeping back up. The highest ranked team at the end of all of it could be Miami.

I realize this is pie-in-the-sky, and that if all those things happen, Miami will probably lose to Pittsburgh or something like that. But do we have a reason to care about the game tonight?
 
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is the orange bowl required to take an acc team? Couldnt they just take someone else to fill the slot if fsu cant go for obvious reasons.
 
I'd rather the Canes play in a mid-December bowl and get a win over a team that they can dominate athletically, which is the only kind of win that an Al golden coached team has ever shown it can do consistently.

If we PR our way into a BCS caliber bowl we'll have to face a real opponent with real coaching. We don't need that right now. We need a bowl win to keep the faux-mentum going. :)
 
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GoldenShowertheGators said:
Would we still be a **** pick as a 4 loss team? Has the OB committee ever selected a 4 loss team?
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I'm not that sharp on the process (which is why I started the thread), but I think the highest-ranked ACC team goes to the OB. Or is it based on W/L (which would be Duke in this scenario)?
 
A 9-3 Duke or 9-3 GT are better choices for the OB than Miami. A toss up between us and an 8-4 Clemson. I believe they can still tie in Notre Dame into it too though. So the winner of Notre Dame/Louisville will most likely get the bid.
 
DMoney said:
GoldenShowertheGators said:
Would we still be a **** pick as a 4 loss team? Has the OB committee ever selected a 4 loss team?
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I'm not that sharp on the process (which is why I started the thread), but I think the highest-ranked ACC team goes to the OB. Or is it based on W/L (which would be Duke in this scenario)?
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The OB gets the #1 choice after any Playoff bids. I don't think they HAVE to pick anyone based on records or ranking. Peach Bowl used to get the #2 choice, but since they are rotating hosting a Playoff game I'm not sure where that fits in.

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It looks like an ACC team can be skipped over all together for a better At Large Bid.

Capital One Orange Bowl
ACC Champ/A-L vs. B1G/SEC/ND Miami Gardens, FL
Sun Life Stadium Wed., Dec. 31
8:00 p.m. ET
 
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BoroCane83 said:
A 9-3 Duke or 9-3 GT are better choices for the OB than Miami. A toss up between us and an 8-4 Clemson. I believe they can still tie in Notre Dame into it too though. So the winner of Notre Dame/Louisville will most likely get the bid.
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Georgia Tech would have 4-losses in that scenario including 2 straight. And Notre Dame is not part of the tie-in.

The question would be Miami or Duke.
 
The College Football Playoff committee not only chooses the Top 4, but they also choose the teams that play in the major bowls. The Orange Bowl MUST feature an ACC team, so, under your scenario DMoney, the committee would decide if UM is the best choice among the other options.

Edit: The bowl actually chooses the replacement ACC team, but the CFP committee chooses who would play the ACC team in the OB.
 
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BoroCane83 said:
A 9-3 Duke or 9-3 GT are better choices for the OB than Miami. A toss up between us and an 8-4 Clemson. I believe they can still tie in Notre Dame into it too though. So the winner of Notre Dame/Louisville will most likely get the bid.
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"Better" being exclusive of tv ratings and actual attendance, right?
 
Notre Dame does not replace an ACC team in the OB, but they are eligible to be an opponent vs. an ACC team
 
Tad Footeball said:
BoroCane83 said:
A 9-3 Duke or 9-3 GT are better choices for the OB than Miami. A toss up between us and an 8-4 Clemson. I believe they can still tie in Notre Dame into it too though. So the winner of Notre Dame/Louisville will most likely get the bid.
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"Better" being exclusive of tv ratings and actual attendance, right?
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You would think that tv ratings and attendance would be the main consideration, but if it was than we would have been in the OB or Chick-Fil-A bowl in Shannon's 9-3 season or our 9-3 season last year. I certainly don't know the weighting of record vs monetary value in their decision, but choices have been made over the last several years that appear to have gone one way or the other.

My comment was that a 9-3 Duke or a 9-4 GT are more likely better bets on being selected than Miami.
 
#1 The Capital One Orange Bowl versus SEC #2, Big Ten #2, or Notre Dame.....Miami
#2 The Russell Athletic Bowl versus Big 12 #2.....GT
#3/4/5/6 The Music City Bowl or The TaxSlayer Bowl versus SEC #3 or 4.....Clemson
#3/4/5/6 The Belk Bowl versus SEC #7......Duke
#3/4/5/6 The Hyundai Sun Bowl versus Pac-12 #5......Lville
#3/4/5/6 The New Era Pinstripe Bowl versus Big10 #7......VT
#7 The Military Bowl versus AAC.....BC
#8 The Duck Commander Independence Bowl versus SEC #9......UNC
#9 The Quick Lane Bowl versus Big10 #8......NC State
#10 The St. Petersburg Bowl versus AAC.....?
 
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A Louisville SBC nation site brought up this scenario for Louisville(obviously). But yes if the things you mentioned happened then Miami could be the pick. I believe it actually is all about the rankings. So if Miami was the highest ranked team we would have to be the pick. The question would be would the committee rank us ahead of GT after losing to them straight up? You'd have to hope that they get embarrassed against UGA and again against FSU in the title game.
 
ufayg is going to beat fsu. They will be playing at an emotionally mega high level, and fsu won't be able to pull that 2nd half nonsense like they did with us and everyone else.
 
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