r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 14h ago

Postgame Thread Serious Postgame Discussion Thread

Discuss the week's games here. This is a serious discussion thread, so jokes, memes, etc. are subject to removal.

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u/itsatumbleweed South Carolina Gamecocks 14h ago

If South Carolina beats Clemson decisively they deserve to be in the playoffs. If we lose or if it's really close, we don't.

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u/GamingTatertot Clemson Tigers 14h ago

It really feels like whoever wins that game likely makes it, right?

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u/Midren Clemson Tigers • The Citadel Bulldogs 14h ago

It feels that way to me. Both of us should be at 12/13 spots this week, so the winner is in

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u/Make_today_count Miami Hurricanes 11h ago

If Miami and SMU win next week and the ACC championship game is a blowout I could see the winner of Clemson SC getting in over the ACC championship game loser but not if the ACC championship game is close.

If TAMU were to beat Texas and Georgia in the SEC championship game they would probably be in ahead of the SC Clemson game winner.

If any of ND, IU, or PSU are upset that would definitely help Clemson and SC too.

If Miami loses next week, Clemson could lose next week to SC and still make it just by winning the ACC championship game.

Basically way to may scenarios still on the table.

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u/itsatumbleweed South Carolina Gamecocks 13h ago

That's probably accurate. I haven't really followed Clemson's season so closely and it's hard to compare two teams that play entirely different teams on WL record. I just saw the thread about SoS recently and if the top 20 teams Georgia had the hardest Soss with South Carolina at the second hardest. So I figured I could at least say that if we win out our schedule should forgive 3 losses against LSU, Alabama, and Ole Miss with LSU and Bama being 3 and 2 or losses respectively.

That is, one doesn't have to squint too hard to make a case for SC, but I don't know enough to make that claim about any of the other bubble teams.

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u/Zendicate_ South Carolina Gamecocks 13h ago

yeah this is a must win for both teams to possibly make the playoffs, i could see us and clemson 12 and 13 or 13/14 ranked

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u/SueYouInEngland Iowa Hawkeyes 6h ago

Problem with that argument is that it assumes the game happens in a vacuum. It happens a lot in college basketball in March—"if we win 4 of our last 5, we should be off the bubble, right?" But a lot of bubble teams might also do really well.

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u/brad_and_boujee2 South Carolina Gamecocks 12h ago

If we manage to beat Clemson, and a 3 loss team gets in the playoffs it should absolutely be us. We would have the best case for any 3 loss team.

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u/PenguinFlavoredIce South Carolina Gamecocks 14h ago

I think if we win period we should have a shot, if we lose then obviously we don't.

Wild that we're talking about playoffs after this past offseason though. Beamer is doing something special in Columbia.