I agree to a point, Jay.

by Bryan (IrishCavan), Howth Castle and Environs, Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 18:00 (3068 days ago) @ Jay

Had we looked better against BC, it would have been seen as a hiccup. Two weeks in a row against bad teams...something is amiss.

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#6 Wow. - Captain Robb, 2015-11-24, 16:10
- A 1-point win over TCU - JN, 2015-11-24, 17:05
  - What happens if Baylor blows out TCU this weekend? - NDTerp, 2015-11-25, 06:30
  - A TCU team that was missing Boykin and Doctson - Brendan, 2015-11-24, 17:20
  - superb rant - Jay, 2015-11-24, 17:09
- why now? - Jay, 2015-11-24, 16:58
  - Because they watched the Wake Forest and BC games? - Bill, 2015-11-24, 17:18
    - that's not the answer - Jay, 2015-11-24, 17:59
    - But what I don't get is - Pete, 2015-11-24, 17:56
    - They waited until now to watch the Wake game? - Jeff (BGS), 2015-11-24, 17:48
    - Still... - KGB, 2015-11-24, 17:30
    - Per ESPN, Clemson "romped" Wake Forest by 20 - JN, 2015-11-24, 17:23
      - Total Yardage: Clemson 552, Wake Forest 152. - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 17:51
        
        total yardage against WF is irrelevant - Jay, 2015-11-24, 17:57
        
        In fact, "solidly in" despite that gruesome 28-7 win - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 18:07
        
        Just a little hiccup. - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 18:25
        
        I agree to a point, Jay. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2015-11-24, 18:00
        
        I'm not the one making the Wake comparisons. - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 17:59
      - OU beat Tulsa by 14, allowed 38 pts and over 600 yds - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:27
    - Yep. - Bingo, 2015-11-24, 17:21
    - I must be some kind of Neanderfuck, but we won 28-7 - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:21
  - They had to clear us out prior to Stanford. - KGB, 2015-11-24, 17:08
    - They beat Kansas by 6 2 weeks ago? - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 17:53
    - TCU's opponents are 34-62, so they're good - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:11
  - Because it is fixed, and they were going to do it. - MattG, 2015-11-24, 17:00
    - It's a message to the Big 12 - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:05
  - the pretext of the BC "close win" - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:00
    - We just didn't look good in either game. - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 17:54
    - In fairness - CK08, 2015-11-24, 17:29
      - The Cheeseburger corollary - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:37
    - We "escaped Fenway with a win". - KGB, 2015-11-24, 17:13
- This BS is all about page views. - Grantland, 2015-11-24, 16:36
- I'm really not sure why you guys are surprised. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2015-11-24, 16:28
  - Call me paranoid, but I think the committee - oviedoirish, 2015-11-24, 17:06
    - I think you might be a bit paranoid. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2015-11-24, 17:25
      - Don't hate to be the guy - IrishGuard, 2015-11-24, 17:40
    - At the very least, we will force them to admit - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:07
  - they'll make up whatever rule we want - HumanRobot, 2015-11-24, 16:40
- Maybe SOS counts every other week? - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:24
  - Lost in all this 1-loss drama - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:44
- Fucked from the start - Kevin, 2015-11-24, 16:20
  - The committee just pretty much guaranteed a shitstorm - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:30
    - It'd be logical - Greg, 2015-11-24, 16:33
      - Nothing would be different - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:37
        
        Didn't Alvarez bone a UW student? - Kevin, 2015-11-24, 16:54
        
        No, he didn't - Jack, 2015-11-24, 17:27
        
        My parents and their cohort are friends with the Alvarezes - MattG, 2015-11-24, 17:51
        
        A google search will confirm it for you - Jack, 2015-11-24, 18:00
        
        They condoned the parrot - Greg, 2015-11-25, 06:50
        
        Link? - MattG, 2015-11-24, 18:05
        
        F*ck him anyway. - Kevin, 2015-11-24, 17:33
        
        It's not your fault - Greg, 2015-11-24, 16:52
        
        Exactly. We are hosed unless OU loses. - NDNFO, 2015-11-24, 16:41
- well if the team needs a chip to play well, there it is - Pat, 2015-11-24, 16:16
  - also, thanks for not kicking the extra point Patterson - Pat, 2015-11-24, 16:20
  - How we can be ranked behind any other 1-loss team baffles. - Pete, 2015-11-24, 16:19
    - at least Stanford is ranked ahead of Oklahoma St. - Pat, 2015-11-24, 16:26
    - Long just stated "that combination - NDNFO, 2015-11-24, 16:26
      - I think that's defensible - Mike (bart), 2015-11-24, 16:27
        
        I don't think that's defensible - HumanRobot, 2015-11-24, 16:43
        
        they make up the rules on a team-by-team basis - HumanRobot, 2015-11-24, 16:36
        
        In MSU's case, yes. In OU's, no f*cking way. - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:33
        
        Except MSU lost to middling Nebraska... - ndroman21, 2015-11-24, 16:43
        
        It's consistent with their stated criteria - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:45
        
        I listened to the SEC shill, Schlabach, last - Grantland, 2015-11-24, 16:51
        
        Forget it, Dylan. It's Chinatown - Geoff, 2015-11-24, 16:38
        
        This really is the only explanation - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 17:14
        
        Even the committee selection is cynical...to the world, - Jason93, 2015-11-24, 17:20
  - This. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2015-11-24, 16:18
    - close win < bad loss < good win - Dylan, 2015-11-24, 16:25
    - Is. - Geoff, 2015-11-24, 16:19
      - Sparta! - Buck Mulligan, 2015-11-24, 16:25
        
        it all comes down to the Heroes Game™ - Mike (bart), 2015-11-24, 16:30
- Meh - Mike (bart), 2015-11-24, 16:14
  - Nah, they pretty much fucked us this week. - KGB, 2015-11-24, 16:35
    - They beat 7-4 Tennessee. Whoopity F'n doo. - Chris, 2015-11-24, 16:42
    - 1. I think we can worry about that once we beat Stanford - Mike (bart), 2015-11-24, 16:39
      - No, fuck "so be it". - KGB, 2015-11-24, 16:42
        
        what happened last year is only meaningful because TCU - Mike (bart), 2015-11-24, 16:47
        
        Well, I'm not playing this Saturday... - KGB, 2015-11-24, 16:49
  - I'm with you - Greg, 2015-11-24, 16:26
- What a pile. - Irish96, 2015-11-24, 16:12
- The Long Con - Geoff, 2015-11-24, 16:12
  - This - Jeff (BGS), 2015-11-24, 17:46

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I agree to a point, Jay.