AJC talks GT playoff chances...

IMO, nobody will be talking about a "weak" ACC...if this happens in two weeks:

GT > UGAG
FSU > UF
Clemson > USCe
Louisville > UK
 
3GT said:
IMO, nobody will be talking about a "weak" ACC...if this happens in two weeks:

GT > UGAG
FSU > UF
Clemson > USCe
Louisville > UK
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One of these is not likely. The other three are very probable Clemson ain't beating the OBC
 
SoCal Jacket said:
OK, to bring the discussion back to potential outcomes for us, if we win the ACCCG and (as many desire) the CFP Committee decides to invite only Power 5 conference champions to CFP, which one of the 5 gets omitted for us to be one of the 4 playoff teams?



For example:
  • GA Tech, ACC;
  • Alabama, SEC;
  • Ohio State, B1G;
  • TCU/Baylor, Big 12; and
  • Oregon, PAC 12.
It would be difficult for Georgia Tech, with 2 losses, to be selected over those other four. Our wins at ugag and in ACCCG would need to be impressive.
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If Ohio State lost, I could see us jumping them. Very unlikely considering everyone's love affair with tOSU, but we beat VT in Blacksburg while they lost to them at home.
 
There was an analyst making a case for Tech on espn2 last night (assuming we beat UGA and FSU). And who was there to shoot it down? Pollock.
 
TechSBP said:
So does every other conference.

The ACC has five good teams: FSU (beat ND, Oklahoma State before QB injuries), GT, Clemson, Louisville, and Duke. One of those, Florida State, appears to be very good. It has four ok teams: Virginia Tech (beat Ohio STate), Boston College (beat USC), and North Carolina. The other five, NC State, Virginia, Pitt, Syracuse, and Wake aren't very good.

The SEC has six good teams: Alabama (beat West Virginia), Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Georgie, and Auburn (beat K State), and Missouri. One of those appears to be very good, Alabama. They have four ok teams: Texas A&M, LSU, Arkansas, and South Carolina. The others, Florida, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Tennessee don't seem like very good teams.

The Big 12: has four good teams, Baylor, TCU, K State, and Oklahoma. It has two ok teams: West Virginia and Texas. At this point, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas Tech are bad.

The ACC fits right in with those.
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You forgot Miami
 
I wouldn't call duke a good team. That was a bad loss for us. There's a reason we both have two losses and theyre not sniffing the rankings while we're #18. And our schedule isn't even that impressive.
 
gtrower said:
I wouldn't call duke a good team. That was a bad loss for us. There's a reason we both have two losses and theyre not sniffing the rankings while we're #18. And our schedule isn't even that impressive.
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That or their most recent loss was this past weekend against a not-very-good VT team :dunno:
 
It's simple. If uga wins the SEC after we beat them then we have a chance. If they dont, then our chance of getting in is almost zero.
 
GruffyMcGuiness said:
If Ohio State lost, I could see us jumping them. Very unlikely considering everyone's love affair with tOSU, but we beat VT in Blacksburg while they lost to them at home.
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I think at this point the way for Tech to get ahead is to beat UGA, who then goes on to beat Bama in the SECCG.

If OSU lost, then it would likely be in the BigXCG to Wisconsin/Nebraska and both would jump ahead of us based on reputation.
 
I don't think I've ever cared as much about any game not involving Tech as this one coming up Thursday night.
 
Still hard to believe that we are able to talk like this after the off season we had and the closes calls in the beginning of the season
 
Helluva Entrepreneur said:
It's simple. If uga wins the SEC after we beat them then we have a chance. If they dont, then our chance of getting in is almost zero.
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This is the ugly truth. If we beat ugag and FSU, we really need ugag to win the SECCG to help us out.

We could find ourselves having to hold our nose and cheer for the dwags against Alabama.

Because, although the committee won't select a 2-loss ACC Champ over a 1-loss Big10/Big12/Pac12 champ or even over a 2-loss SEC champ, they öööö well better select a 2-loss ACC Champ over a 3-loss SEC Champ. Especially if that 2-loss ACC Champ just beat the 3-loss SEC Champ.

To really improve our odds, we need some of these 1-loss teams to drop another game (i.e. Miss St to Ole Miss or any Pac12/Big10/Big12 1-loss team).
 
GTNUKE said:
To really improve our odds, we need some of these 1-loss teams to drop another game (i.e. Miss St to Ole Miss or any Pac12/Big10/Big12 1-loss team).
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It's sort of a double-edged sword. One-loss teams dropping games, this weekend anyway, is of benefit to both GT and UGA. The winner of COFH, and I'm confident GT can pull this one out, benefits further.

Just beat UGA. If UNC wins tomorrow night -great, we'll play in the ACCCG. I'd like a shot at FSU -but I want UGA bad this year; stop the streak, move up in the polls, at the very least an Orange Bowl berth; life would be good for the next 365 days.



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If we beat Georgia and don't get the Orange invite, I would be fine with us boycotting the bowl season.
 
GT65_UGA89 said:
If UNC wins tomorrow night -great, we'll play in the ACCCG. I'd like a shot at FSU -but I want UGA bad this year; stop the streak, move up in the polls, at the very least an Orange Bowl berth; life would be good for the next 365 days.
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I am hoping that the UNC game is not a distraction. Really, the kids need to be laser focused on everything they can do to beat UGA. If we get FSU a week after that, great! We really only have ONE GAME LEFT in the season to pay attention to...
 
gespacho_the_slender said:
I am hoping that the UNC game is not a distraction. Really, the kids need to be laser focused on everything they can do to beat UGA. If we get FSU a week after that, great! We really only have ONE GAME LEFT in the season to pay attention to...
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If that game is a distraction, ten days away, we are in big trouble.
 
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