Thanksgiving Weekend Rooting Interests

[GDuck]

Who should we be rooting for in the games this weekend? I’m thinking we want favorites to win unless they are playing a team that has no shot for the playoffs (root for Mississippi St to beat Ole Miss). I hope Oregon wins tomorrow obviously, but with 2 losses I would think we would want maybe Ohio State and Texas A&M to win.

[squintsdd]

My main ones, I'm m rooting for every higher ranked SEC to lose, Notre Dame to lose, Ohio State to lose, and Miami to lose

[droop10]

My main ones, I'm m rooting for every higher ranked SEC to lose, Notre Dame to lose, Ohio State to lose, and Miami to lose

I'm incredibly torn on Ohio St. losing. It would be absolutely hilarious if they lost to Michigan again, but I absolutely have no interest in the Ducks playing in the B1G championship game, plus it's not like Ohio St. losing would knock them out of the playoffs or anything. So, as gross as it is to say, I kind of want them to win this game, but I won't so far as to say I'm rooting for them to win it. Tough spot. Another hilarious outcome would be UCLA beating USC, which if Nico is back, isn't completely farfetched, though unlikely.

[Phalanx]

USC is Oregon's best win; we need a victory of UCLA. Iowa over Nebraska, Northwestern over Illinois.

[droop10]

USC is Oregon's best win; we need a victory of UCLA. Iowa over Nebraska, Northwestern over Illinois.

Ducks control their own destiny at this point, so I don't worry too much about USC losing. If Ducks lose this weekend, I'll hope they sneak in, but will understand them being left out of playoffs. I don't think USC's outcome this weekend will have any bearing on whether they make it or not. USC is turning this into a huge recruiting weekend for them, so to have a devastating loss to UCLA would be a chef's kiss, and could hurt their recruiting momentum a little bit. Plus, it's just always gratifying to see their fan base get knocked down a peg.

[UofDuck]

Any one of Ol Miss, Georgia, and/or Alabama losing.

BYU and TTech losing would help too.

[OregonFan4Life]

I’m rooting for Miss St, I really want Oregon to get the 6th seed assuming Ohio State wins tomorrow and in the B1G championship. We’d get a nice 3 week break to get healthy before hosting a team like Virginia or SMU (outside change of the G6 team if SMU wins the ACC and is ranked lower) then only about 10 days til the bowl game. Plus we are ahead of Ole Miss but I’m just rooting for Miss St to remove any possibly drama if Oregon and Ole Miss both win, I wouldn’t put it past the SEC loving committee to jump Ole Miss back to 6 and drop Oregon to 7.


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[droop10]

I’m rooting for Miss St, I really want Oregon to get the 6th seed assuming Ohio State wins tomorrow and in the B1G championship. We’d get a nice 3 week break to get healthy before hosting a team like Virginia or SMU (outside change of the G6 team if SMU wins the ACC and is ranked lower) then only about 10 days til the bowl game. Plus we are ahead of Ole Miss but I’m just rooting for Miss St to remove any possibly drama if Oregon and Ole Miss both win, I wouldn’t put it past the SEC loving committee to jump Ole Miss back to 6 and drop Oregon to 7.


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The SEC loving committee already jumped the Ducks over Ole Miss, and the Ducks play a more difficult opponent this weekend. Unless Ole Miss backs into the SEC title game and wins it, I don’t see any scenario that they pass Oregon. That said, I want chaos in the SEC in general, so I’d be ok with MSU winning.

[Phalanx]

USC is Oregon's best win; we need a victory of UCLA. Iowa over Nebraska, Northwestern over Illinois.

Ducks control their own destiny at this point, so I don't worry too much about USC losing. If Ducks lose this weekend, I'll hope they sneak in, but will understand them being left out of playoffs. I don't think USC's outcome this weekend will have any bearing on whether they make it or not. USC is turning this into a huge recruiting weekend for them, so to have a devastating loss to UCLA would be a chef's kiss, and could hurt their recruiting momentum a little bit. Plus, it's just always gratifying to see their fan base get knocked down a peg.

I understand that you would like to see USC lose - I get it. But the win over the Trojans is one of the main bullet points in Oregon's resume either for making the playoffs at 10-2 or seeding in the playoffs at 11-1. It is the first thing everyone looks at after overall record. We need a USC victory, period. Iowa's victory helped a little as well, but at 8-4 they may not be ranked at selection time. USC is Oregon's only ranked win, and we need that ranking to be as high as possible.

[StevensTechU]

This is the post I thought I was going to write...

I think Oregon has five potential opponents still-

#5 vs. #12 (North Texas, Tulane, James Madison)
#6 vs. #11 (SMU, Virginia)

But then I remembered...

If Cal hangs on against SMU, Duke makes the ACC championship and if they win, the ACC champ won't get into the playoffs. It would mean that we'd still play one of the teams above, but it would be only from the first line as the AAC champ and JMU (if they don't drop their conference championship game) would get in over 8-5 Duke who recently lost to UConn.

[squintsdd]

This is the post I thought I was going to write...

I think Oregon has five potential opponents still-

#5 vs. #12 (North Texas, Tulane, James Madison)
#6 vs. #11 (SMU, Virginia)

But then I remembered...

If Cal hangs on against SMU, Duke makes the ACC championship and if they win, the ACC champ won't get into the playoffs. It would mean that we'd still play one of the teams above, but it would be only from the first line as the AAC champ and JMU (if they don't drop their conference championship game) would get in over 8-5 Duke who recently lost to UConn.

I think if duke wins the ACC championship, it's quite possible the committee might try to find a way to get Miami in

[OregonFan4Life]

This is the post I thought I was going to write...

I think Oregon has five potential opponents still-

#5 vs. #12 (North Texas, Tulane, James Madison)
#6 vs. #11 (SMU, Virginia)

But then I remembered...

If Cal hangs on against SMU, Duke makes the ACC championship and if they win, the ACC champ won't get into the playoffs. It would mean that we'd still play one of the teams above, but it would be only from the first line as the AAC champ and JMU (if they don't drop their conference championship game) would get in over 8-5 Duke who recently lost to UConn.

Isn’t the ACC champ guaranteed a spot in the playoffs?


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[StevensTechU]

I've had the same thought but my god it would take some blatant shenanigans, because their loss to SMU gets worse if Cal wins this.

[StevensTechU]

This is the post I thought I was going to write...

I think Oregon has five potential opponents still-

#5 vs. #12 (North Texas, Tulane, James Madison)
#6 vs. #11 (SMU, Virginia)

But then I remembered...

If Cal hangs on against SMU, Duke makes the ACC championship and if they win, the ACC champ won't get into the playoffs. It would mean that we'd still play one of the teams above, but it would be only from the first line as the AAC champ and JMU (if they don't drop their conference championship game) would get in over 8-5 Duke who recently lost to UConn.

Isn’t the ACC champ guaranteed a spot in the playoffs?


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No, it's the five highest ranked conference champs. You'd think that would mean the ACC would get in every year, but if Duke wins it then they'd be 8-5 and you'd be comparing their resume with 1-loss James Madison.

[pdxduck2013]

Let's go SMU! Come back and win this so that it guarantees Miami misses the playoff no matter what.