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They just need to post a poll on espn of who gets in between Miami and notre dame and that team will get in

It would be a landslide for us. The only people that don’t think we should get in are notre dame people and the cfp committee
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I felt the opposite in Dallas, although I certainly see your point. I turned to a friend when we got the ball at 6 minutes left and said "A good team ends the game on offense right here". I am aggressive by nature, but in a situation like that, when you're in full control on offense, you just squeeze the life out of the game. JMO. That's how I'd have played it, but it sure as **** didn't work, so I'm not saying that's the only or even the right way.

I do agree on the PA stuff last week. I said it several times, and if you missed my posts, I said many times how predictable we'd been on short yardage for essentially half the season. We didn't throw the ball on a single short yardage situation for literally 5 games. I can't even believe I'm writing that, but it's true. We did last week, so I was probably too harsh in the post you replied to. I don't think the offense is different, but I do think we at least broke some tendencies against NC State, so at a minimum, that should help.

2nd drive, 2nd and 2 from the 38, we took a deep shot to Toney. We had literally run the ball almost 30 straight times on a 2 or less to go situation.
Next play, we throw it again on 3rd and 2, again, something we didn't do ONCE for 5 games. First down to Marion.
Next drive, 3rd and 2, we throw to Moore. Incomplete. Mario probably wanted to shoot Dawson in the face because it didn't work, but ****, at least you're trying to do something different.

Other than that, we didn't really have any short yardage plays. I guess that's what happens when you have 20+ plays of 10 or more yards.

As you said, I'm very interested to see how they play these in tighter games against a good defense. Prior history tells us we're just going to turn and hand the ball to a back, and be thrilled if we gain 2 yards on 3rd and 1, or 3 yards on 2nd and 2.
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But Miami was passing the ball when they were trying to kill off the SMU game. Threw incompletions, had a flag on Beck's ridiculous Vinny vs. Oklahoma scramble to keep the play alive, and then the no call PI on a deep shot on 3rd down.

After the FG to go up 20-17, on Miami's next drive they had 4 pass calls (Beck had to scramble on one) and 4 running calls. We threw on 3rd down instead of just trying to run out the clock, and threw on 2nd down as well.
 
Notsince1985 said:
But Miami was passing the ball when they were trying to kill off the SMU game. Threw incompletions, had a flag on Beck's ridiculous Vinny vs. Oklahoma scramble to keep the play alive, and then the no call PI on a deep shot on 3rd down.

After the FG to go up 20-17, on Miami's next drive they had 4 pass calls (Beck had to scramble on one) and 4 running calls. We threw on 3rd down instead of just trying to run out the clock, and threw on 2nd down as well.
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You need first downs in that situation. If you can just line up and run the ball 3 plays and get a first down, that’s ideal. But probably not logical. I wasn’t saying “they need to end the game right here by running the ball 10 straight times”. More, if you’ve got a good offense, and you get the ball with 6 minutes left up by 3, the other team never sees the ball again. Or if they do, you’re up by 10. You don’t punt it back to them with a chance to tie or win. But our offense isn’t great, so that’s exactly what we did. And we lost.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't AAC Conference champion Tulane, need to be ranked in top 12, to get a bid for the CFP?
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
Their plan has been public and obvious from the first week rankings were published back in September. We all saw how many SEC and BIG10 teams were ranked in the top 25. Putting them in to start ensures they remain ranked for as long as possible. Even now Tennessee is clinging to #25.

None of this has been a secret. The real issue now is all of those "criteria" they bragged about in Aug/Sept are not working to their advantage... Criteria has been changed....

Everyone knew ND would be in unless they totally imploded. They want them for ratings, etc. Now they are having to protect them with teams like Baylor and UTah because by rights, they shouldn't be where they are.

Pathetic. I hope the noise continues.
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