Anybody happen to know what results from this weekends slate would clinch the B1G Championship Game berth for the Hoosiers?
I know it's not likely, but I believe it would be cool to clinch the berth and hold a practice at Lucas Oil next week to get the lay of the land.
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Anybody happen to know what results from this weekends slate would clinch the B1G Championship Game berth for the Hoosiers?
I know it's not likely, but I believe it would be cool to clinch the berth and hold a practice at Lucas Oil next week to get the lay of the land.
IU can clinch this weekend while on a bye, if Oregon loses to USC and Michigan were to lose to Maryland. Both aren't likely but not impossible.
Our only way for IU to miss out is if we were to lose to PU, then have a 3+ way tie for second. We lose those 3 team tie breakers with all teams currently still alive in the race. If OSU takes care of Michigan and Oregon takes care of USC....then IU would win a h2h tie breaker with Oregon.
@yothn Yeah, it's a long shot to clinch this weekend. Just win next Friday night and party on in West Lafayette for the Hoosier fans traveling
@yothn Yeah, it's a long shot to clinch this weekend. Just win next Friday night and party on in West Lafayette for the Hoosier fans traveling
I agree. We need to beat PU because first and foremost, Puck Furdue. Beyond that, a win against them is very likely to lock up a bye in the CFP and render the B1G title to nothing more than determining who is the 1 seed and who is the 3 seed.
@yothn I don’t think you can say 3 seed with certainty with a loss. It may be a 4 or if things really go sideways it just might be a 5. It’s gonna come down to how the game actually goes combined with how other teams look.
@yothn I don’t think you can say 3 seed with certainty with a loss. It may be a 4 or if things really go sideways it just might be a 5. It’s gonna come down to how the game actually goes combined with how other teams look.
Before Bama lost, yes. But now, I dont see it. The winner of the SEC would pass IU if we lost and the only other team that could pass IU would be Texas Tech. The lower of the SEC will be 4 of 5. The loser of the B1G will be 3 or 4.
Obviously nothing is definite, but I think one factor if we lose to Ohio State is that the committee would not want to pit us as the four seed against Ohio State in a potential semifinal. I think when push comes to shove, they would want conferences in opposite sides of the bracket unless they just blew the doors off of us.
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It's not terribly far fetched for a scenario to play out where Indiana, Oregon, and Ohio St. all receive CFP byes into the quarterfinals.
There is some probability that Oregon is the second or third best team in college football this season.
@hoosier-nati - My assumption is thats why they have kept IU and OSU 1 and 2. Sliding us into 1 and 3 seeds after the title feels quite convenient.
Oregon would need some magic to get inside the top 4. This week is the SEC cupcake.week they pretend they dont have. So no SEC teams above Oregon will lose.
Next week, Ole Miss plays Miss St., Georgia plays Georgia Tech, and T A&M plays Texas. The committee will not punish an SEC team and place a conf title game team below Oregon, regardless of the games outcome. So thats why I believe once we see the final rankings assuming IU and OSU are 1 and 2, and SEC is 3 and 4, they will just massage the seeds to put the B1G winner #1, the SEC winner #2, and the kosers of those games 3 and 4, based on the outcomes. If both are close, or the B1G loser is closer, the B1G loser will be the 3 seed. If th B1G koser gets beat convincingly compared to the SEC loser, the B1G loser will be the 4 seed.
There is no upside for OSU or IU to play this game. OSU is number #1 already and for IU the difference between 1 and 2 is negligible. Georgia sitting at 4 and probably not playing in the CCG is in the prime position.
I would be down to just be named co-champions and use it as another rest week, but it will likely be the highest viewed game of the season prior to the NCG assuming both IU and OSU go in undefeated. There’s no way the B1G won’t capitalize on all that extra revenue. If they expand the playoffs I think they need to eliminate conference championships. That’s just too many games and the way the rules are now ND is an example of a team that could get a first round bye without playing in a conference championship which saves them from playing 1-2 extra games.
Also, apparently Oregon can get in above IU if UM beats OSU and Oregon wins out. If IU beats PU in that case it would be Oregon #2 vs IU#1 and if IU loses to Purdue it would be UM#2 vs. Oregon#1 which is crazy to me with the emphasis they put on H2H. It devalues the H2H matchup if your tiebreaker includes more than 2 teams apparently. I didn’t realize that was even a possibility until reading a couple different articles about how the B1G tiebreaker works.
