Heading into conference championship week, these are the outcomes I believe would lead to our optimal CFP scenario:
Bama beats Florida: secures #1 seed.
ND beats Clemson: secures #2 seed.
Ohio St beats NW: secures #3 seed.
Big12: do not care
PAC12: do not care
Not sure who would fill in the #4 spot and I’m not sure it even matters. Someone will have to offered up as a sacrificial lamb in for Alabama on New Year’s Day in the Sugar Bowl, I just hope it’s not Clemson because it would irk me to see the Tigers lose 2 games and never once fell out of the top-4. Especially since the Buckeyes are over-punishes and dramatically dropped anytime we stub our toe.
A semi-final matchup between Ohio State & Notre Dame would be ideal. I think we’d run the Irish off the field, then we’d have to play our best game of the year to hang with The Tide and have a shot to beat them in the 4th qtr.
What do you guys think the Playoff matchups will be? And what do you want them to be?
This is what I want to see:
1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Ohio State
4. Anyone but Clemson
This is what I think we will see:
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Notre Dame