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Going undefeated is incredibly difficult. Ohio State has done it 6 or 7 times in 130 seasons.They'll have an off game. They almost always do.
Going undefeated is incredibly difficult. Ohio State has done it 6 or 7 times in 130 seasons.They'll have an off game. They almost always do.
Yeah, they proved they could throw in a clunker this year. Maybe, someone else will step up. The ACC, the Big 12 and the PAC 12 really need 2-4 teams to step it up a notch or two.Unlikely unless the next QB plays out of his mind. Oregon should still win the conference, but they'll lose to OSU and at least 1 game in conference.
They'll have an off game. They almost always do.
I was just pointing out that no matter how it looks on paper, favored teams almost never run the conference slate. Even when they are heavy favorites.
Some of it is depth/ injuries which is always an issue. Pac teams aren't nearly as deep as the national brands. Some of it is the very different schemes on both sides of the ball. It's very hard to excel above all of them even if you have more talent across the board.
It's just super rare.
The ducks got away with it in '10 because no one could solve the hurry up. Once teams had a plan for it someone bit them every year thereafter.
Yeah, they proved they could throw in a clunker this year. Maybe, someone else will step up. The ACC, the Big 12 and the PAC 12 really need 2-4 teams to step it up a notch or two.
Isn't a game you lose always an off-game?
Yeah, nearly every team has at least one clunker of a game. Some are able to stumble through it and get a win ala It helps when the clunker comes against one of the really bad teams in the conference. If you stumble against one that is decent and a problematic nightmare, you usually don't get through it or barely do. Clem vs UNC and OU vs K-State this year. Clem got through it and OU didn't.They'll have an off game. They almost always do.
Yeah, nearly every team has at least one clunker of a game. Some are able to stumble through it and get a win ala It helps when the clunker comes against one of the really bad teams in the conference. If you stumble against one that is decent and a problematic nightmare, you usually don't get through it or barely do. Clem vs UNC and OU vs K-State this year. Clem got through it and OU didn't.
Texas ain't very good. Not bad by any means but they can look very pedestrian a lot of the time. They were awful against TCU and Baylor.We'll see how Utah does against Texas. Certainly they can be that #2 team.
I hear ya. Check out Baylor's season. Talk about living on the edge. They were just some bad calls being reversed and a couple of breaks going the other way and they are 8-4. Razor thin wins against the likes of Tech, TCU and West Virginia. And a close win against a good ISU team as well.To be honest, Oregon escaped versus WSU, UW, and Cal this season. Any of those 3 could have been losses.
Texas ain't very good. Not bad by any means but they can look very pedestrian a lot of the time. They were awful against TCU and Baylor.
Even if you have a win probability in every game of 90% by the time you play 12 games your probabiloty of being undefeated is less that 8%. That is why it is nearly impossible to end up with 5 undefeated teams(The CFP nightmare).
I hear ya. Check out Baylor's season. Talk about living on the edge. They were just some bad calls being reversed and a couple of breaks going the other way and they are 8-4. Razor thin wins against the likes of Tech, TCU and West Virginia. And a close win against a good ISU team as well.
I guess it could with some people. I would think most true CFB fans know beating Texas isn't the notch in the belt it previously was.Sure, but if Utah comes out and dominates (especially defensively), that will help conference perception.
I think it's happened a couple seasons in the BCS era...definitely not ideal.
I agree totally with your first part. Baylor's defense does play hard. And Baylor's offense was painful to watch at times. Their offensive line wasn't too swift in several games.Baylor really isn't all that good, but they do play some defense. Rhule has that side of the ball playing hard; you have to give him a lot of credit for that.
Georgia has them severely out-talented in that game, but both offenses are a bit inept. Not sure Georgia has a lot to play for, while Baylor is a team looking for more. Could be the difference unless UGA can get on them early.
5 teams undefeated in a single season prior to bowl season?
Name one.
2004