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[Rusty Shackelford]

I'm shocked they're still in a bye position.

It doesn't matter if Clemson also wins out? They do have one more loss overall than Miami, so I think you're right.

But possibly not if it gets to the convoluted tiebreakers:
°𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬

°𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

°𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬)

°𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

°𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

°𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐞

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

It doesn't matter if Clemson also wins out? They do have one more loss overall than Miami, so I think you're right.

But possibly not if it gets to the convoluted tiebreakers:
°𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬

°𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

°𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬)

°𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

°𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

°𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐞

One of the commentators for the Clemson-Pitt game just said that even if Clemson wins today, they need UM to lose a game to get to the conference championship game. So UM just needs to win out and doesn't have to worry about tiebreakers. That's a load off my mind. That also means losing last week didn't matter at all, unless they happen to be knocked out of the top 4 despite winning out.

 

[GreenDolphinSt]

One of the commentators for the Clemson-Pitt game just said that even if Clemson wins today, they need UM to lose a game to get to the conference championship game. So UM just needs to win out and doesn't have to worry about tiebreakers. That's a load off my mind. That also means losing last week didn't matter at all, unless they happen to be knocked out of the top 4 despite winning out.

If UM wins out they are assured of a top 4 seed, and a bye. They can't be "knocked out". Only minor thing loss to GT might mean is between #3 and 4 seed. I think if BYU wins out it's BYU 3 and UM 4, but if Colorado wins out, it'll be UM 3, Buffs 4.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

UM moved up one, both overall and in terms of conference leaders. I think just because BYU lost. Unless we look at the final bracket and think UM would've had a better match-up or side of the bracket if they were unbeaten, the one loss won't matter.

I was shocked to find out that Notre Dame can never have a first round bye because they're not in a conference. I thought they were given special treatment like they always are.

 

[GreenDolphinSt]

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UM moved up one, both overall and in terms of conference leaders. I think just because BYU lost. Unless we look at the final bracket and think UM would've had a better match-up or side of the bracket if they were unbeaten, the one loss won't matter.

I was shocked to find out that Notre Dame can never have a first round bye because they're not in a conference. I thought they were given special treatment like they always are.

ND is probably given special treatment if needed based on their legends and history and fanbase, but don't need it this year. Unless they somehow lose to Army. They surely can join a major conference if they want to. (And might do it moving forward).

 

[GreenDolphinSt]

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UM moved up one, both overall and in terms of conference leaders. I think just because BYU lost. Unless we look at the final bracket and think UM would've had a better match-up or side of the bracket if they were unbeaten, the one loss won't matter.

I was shocked to find out that Notre Dame can never have a first round bye because they're not in a conference. I thought they were given special treatment like they always are.

Yep UM's loss doesn't matter, except that there's no leeway to lose to WF or Syracuse. I guess maybe if they beat GT and went to the ACC Championship undefeated and lost a close game they MIGHT have snuck in as a 10-12 seed at large bid? Depending on how other games went.

 

[fishfanmiami]

Just beat Wake

One game at a time

 

[fishfanmiami]

 

[BC Phins4Life]

It is great with Miami doing so well...9-1 and with that I get to see many games even up here in Northern Canada.

With that, watching them today is frustrating LOL. They look dominant and then do something dumb and turn the ball over.

Nevertheless, it is fun to watch and as I write this they got 2 sacks to knock Wake Forest out of FG range 20-14 Miami!

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

It is great with Miami doing so well...9-1 and with that I get to see many games even up here in Northern Canada.

Wow. Do you have pet polar bear? You must see them every day.

 

[BC Phins4Life]

Wow. Do you have pet polar bear? You must see them every day.

Of course and it would like to meet your pet Alligator one day.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

It's a good thing today's game didn't need to be a beauty contest(Unless UM loses the ACC championship game but still has a chance to get into the playoffs). If it did, we'd have to hope the poll voters only looked at the score and didn't watch the game. It was 20-14 until there was 10 minutes left in the game. Just looking at the score would give anybody a completly wrong impression of the game. The defense played with their food in the first half and the offense probably did that the whole game but were bailed out by the defense at the end. Maybe UM played down to the level of their competition?

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

It's a good thing today's game didn't need to be a beauty contest(Unless UM loses the ACC championship game but still has a chance to get into the playoffs). If it did, we'd have to hope the poll voters only looked at the score and didn't watch the game. It was 20-14 until there was 10 minutes left in the game. Just looking at the score would give anybody a completly wrong impression of the game. The defense played with their food in the first half and the offense probably did that the whole game but were bailed out by the defense at the end. Maybe UM played down to the level of their competition?

I forgot that their RB that was terrorizing UM and I think missed the whole second half. He was injured right before halftime. Maybe that explains why Wake Forest was shut out in the second half and not UM's defense.

 

[fishfanmiami]

I forgot that their RB that was terrorizing UM and I think missed the whole second half. He was injured right before halftime. Maybe that explains why Wake Forest was shut out in the second half and not UM's defense.

They has zero passing yards the second half. How about giving our team some credit for playing well ?

5 sacks , a pick 6 and the D gave up a total of 7 points

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

They has zero passing yards the second half. How about giving our team some credit for playing well ?

5 sacks , a pick 6 and the D gave up a total of 7 points

Yeah, you're probably right.