Utah is in even if they lose as USC with a win goes to the CFP
What bowl for PSU, info and speculation thread
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I’m very happy for the players, Franklin and the staff that they’re in the mix for NY6. It’s a great honor. The team had a good season and this would be a nice reward for it. But they had a good season no matter where they go and I’ll be watching them.
I wish we had lost to Northwestern....then everyone could just have one big group sobbing party.
It's BWICAC policy to ***** and moan about things not under "our" control.
Remember...."We deserve better."
He'll hear about it from the deranged, frothing , silver faced fan base.
True. If you can’t be happy with the season— 10 wins— you’re denying yourself some pleasure, and it’s not wrong to be pleased this year. They have some nice young players, and nice recruits and it’s looking like Franklin might be in the process of adding some more recruits.
If Utah loses, another team like Washington could go to the Rose as the PAC-12 rep
Possible, but I would think UW would get the invite with only two losses and Utah was there last year.
If they're truly looking for the best teams, in my opinion Alabama probably belongs. Look at their two losses. They very easily could or should be undefeated. If I'm Georgia, that's the last team I'd want to play in the first game.
Yeah, that game was played on the second because it was the NC game and they wanted it to be all by itself. Not the same with the outdated Cotton Bowl.They won’t play on Jan 1 due to the NFL (it’s a Sunday).
Plus, one of PSU’s greatest victories happened on Jan 2. In 1987 against Miami in the Fiesta Bowl - which also happened to be may 22nd Birthday.
And you have OSU players, including Stroud, say he wouldn't play in a non-CFP bowl.
Possibly, but some on the fence may hang around for a Rose Bowl game
I think we all feel pretty good on 10-2 season where the odds were 8-9 wins, with a 6-6 downside before the season started. This team accomplished a lot and look at the list of players who were injured and missed a good part of the season. if someone told you before the season we would lose JPJ, Parker, most of the OL, be down to only 2 FR RBs, etc = that we would win 10 games you would think they were crazy. OBTW - we would would out gain tOSU and have -4 TO's and still keep game tight to the end. It was a good season.
For the NY6 bowls, I thought that the CFP Committee chooses who goes where. We should be #8 as of today, and it should look like:
Top 4 = UGA, UM, TCU,USC
Next 4 = Bama, tOSU, Tenn, PSU
I think we all want to play a team where our guys will not opt out and also play at 100%. Playing Bama, Tenn, Utah, Washington, Clemson in either Orange, Rose or Sugar would be good. Playing a team nobody has heard of in the Cotton is probably going to have a lot of opt outs, and not the effort you want to see. The Memphis game was harder than it should have been, and we were 10x that team in talent. And that game was without opt outs.
And they don't travel more than 10 minutes from the pizzeria. So.....that too....
But he expects excellence.
CBS Sports is projecting PSU to the Cotton Bowl against Tulane.
This is turning out to be the Lame Duck coaches bowl, present Tulane coach rumored to GT.
And Franklin to Tulane, which could be awkward.
Kansas State beats TCU; Utah beats USC, then OSU to playoffs and Penn State to Rose Bowl? Neither of those is a big stretch according to betting lines.
I thought you have to be in the top 14 teams to qualify for NY6? Tulane no way will be ranked that high. Is this some type of automatic everyone gets a ribbon bowl?
Here's one.
I live in San Antonio and was able to speak with JoePa and even watch an actual Bowl practice.
And the game itself was real ... and spectacular.
The highest ranked G5 team gets a bid (as long as they are ranked high enough, but not sure what that is). If Tulane beats UCF, they will move up after the Championships and easily qualify.
Penn State is 3-3 vs Michigan in their last six games.
CFP selection comittee ranks 25 teams and puts the highest ranked G5 conference champion into a NY6 bowl. If no G5 champion is ranked, the selection committee compares them and picks one for a NY6 bowl.
This Year?!?!
I aim to be pleased at least once a week.
He will switch every change in possession. So he will end up coaching against himself.
Fumi has always wanted to live in New Orleans. James is tired of being forced to fill 100,000 seats every Saturday and longs for a stadium smaller than Vanderbilt's.
They're as good as gone.
Ok imagine this
UGa gets destroyed by 3 loss LSU
Michigan loses by 21 to however many loss Purdue.
TCU loses by 25 in the Big 12 championship to K-Stare
USC craps the bed against Utah.
They all drop significantly. PSU ends up in CFP.
Wins it all by defeating OSU and Alabama.
It could happen.
UGa gets destroyed by 3 loss LSU
Michigan loses by 21 to however many loss Purdue.
TCU loses by 25 in the Big 12 championship to K-Stare
USC craps the bed against Utah.
They all drop significantly. PSU ends up in CFP.
Wins it all by defeating OSU and Alabama.
It could happen.
The highest ranked G5 conference champion gets a NY6 slot regardless of how high they're ranked. If none are in the top 25, the CFP selection comittee will choose one.
Utah is the 1 in USC's 11-1 regular season. If Utah wins again, it's (almost) certain USC is out the playoffs and likely that tOSU as the only 1 loss team is in, putting PSU in the Rose.
That's what I'm cheering for next Saturday, anyway.
