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Pokes Stay in Top 10, Get Notre Dame in Fiesta!

December 5, 2021
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STILLWATER – Oklahoma State back home following the 21-16 loss to Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas did not gather for any watch event. Not much of a need as the College Football Playoff was out of reach. However, the Cowboys got a tremendous consolation prize as they will meet college football icon Notre Dame for the first time.

2022 Play Station Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 1, 2022, Noon (CT), Glendale, Arizona (9) Oklahoma State (11-2) vs. (5) Notre Dame (11-1)
Head Coach Mike Gundy, 17th Year, 148-69 Marcus Freeman, 1st Game, 0-0
Best Win Oklahoma 37-33 Wisconsin 41-13
Worst Loss Baylor (Big 12 Championship) 21-16 Cincinnati 24-13
Best Offensive Player Jaylen Warren, RB Jack Coan, QB
Best Defensive Player Malcolm Rodriguez, LB Isaiah Foskey, DE
Most Famous Alum Garth Brooks, Barry Sanders Joe Montana, Regis Philbin

The Cowboys will meet the Irish at noon, central time in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. on Jna. 1, 2022.

The rankings set up this scenario in the CFP:

CFP Semifinal, Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Dec. 31, 2021 (1) Alabama (12-1) vs. (4) Cincinnati (13-0)
CFP Semifinal Capitol One Orange Bowl, Dec. 31, 2021 (2) Michigan (12-1) vs. (3) Georgia (12-1)

Here were the rankings as they were released initially by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and ESPN:

College Football Playoff Rankings Teams
1. Alabama (12-1)
2. Michigan (12-1)
3. Georgia (12-1)
4. Cincinnati (13-0)
5. Notre Dame (11-2)
6. Ohio State (10-2)

The CFP Selection Committee announced the rest of the rankings at 1:30 (ct) on Sunday.

7. Baylor (11-2)
8. Mississippi (10-2)
9. Oklahoma State (11-2)
10. Michigan State (10-2)
11. Utah (10-3)
12. Pittsburgh (11-2)
13. BYU (10-2)
14. Oregon (10-3)
15. Iowa (10-3)
16. Oklahoma (10-2)
17. Wake Forest (10-3)
18. North Carolina State (9-3)
19. Clemson (9-3)
20. Houston (11-2)
21. Arkansas (8-4)
22. Kentucky (9-3)
23. Louisiana (12-1)
24. San Diego State (11-2)
25. Texas A&M (8-4)

These were the other New Year’s Six Bowl match-ups:

Rose Bowl Game, Jan. 1, 2022 Utah (10-3) vs. (6) Ohio State (10-2)
Allstate Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1, 2022 Baylor (11-2) vs. Mississippi (10-2)
Play Station Fiesta Bowl, Jan. 1, 2022 Oklahoma State (11-2) vs. (5) Notre Dame (11-1)
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Jan. 1, 2022 Pittsburgh (11-2)  vs. Michigan State (10-2)

 

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Pokes Stay in Top 10, Get Notre Dame in Fiesta!

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CaliforniaCowboy
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1:12p, 12/5/21
Figures.... ND should have been in over UGA... hands down.

this is so embarrassing for college football.
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In reply to CaliforniaCowboy • 1:13p, 12/5/21
No way Georgia should've been left out. They're way more deserving than ND this year. It's unfortunate that we'll probably see an UGA - Bama rematch in the title game, but I think the committee got the top 4 right.
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In reply to CaliforniaCowboy • 1:18p, 12/5/21
They should NOT reward a team like ND who doesn't play in a conference championship. If ND wants to get that nod, they need to join a conference and play in a championship game.
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In reply to Ryan Breeden • 1:21p, 12/5/21
Ryan Breeden said:
No way Georgia should've been left out. They're way more deserving than ND this year. It's unfortunate that we'll probably see an UGA - Bama rematch in the title game, but I think the committee got the top 4 right.
and there in lies the problem..... who is "deserving"

there is no need for UGA to be there, they lost embarrassingly to a top 4 team at the end of the year. ND lost to a top 4 team too, but long ago, and not is such a bad manner.

who gets to "decide" which teams or conferences "deserve" what?

There should NEVER EVER be two teams from the same conference if there is another reasonable choice, like a separate 11-1 major college team.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM.

you can claim whatever you want, and I don't and won't agree with you.

THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED for the outcome that they want.
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In reply to SirPokesAlot • 1:30p, 12/5/21
SirPokesAlot said:
They should NOT reward a team like ND who doesn't play in a conference championship. If ND wants to get that nod, they need to join a conference and play in a championship game.
says you.

yeah, and TCU should be left out because the B12 only made them "co-champions".... how undeserving!


we need to go back to the biased reporters voting for the top 2 teams and let the rest of college football get back to having fun. It worked for 150 years.

it is IMPOSSIBLE to "fairly" determine a playoff champ in college football.... it's rigged in Div 1-AA and worse in 1-A. College football is like no other sport in the world, there are simply too many teams.

There is no rule that says a team had to be in a conference, and UGA did not even win their conference, so they are no different than ND in this instance, except UGA got embarrassed by a top 4 team.
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1:37p, 12/5/21
PROUD OF THIS COWBOY TEAM. I AM SORRY FOR ALL OF US AND DISAPPOINTED AGAIN. TOO MANY ERRORS YESTERDAY AND I AM SHOCKED THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE TO WIN IT AS TIME RAN OUT. THE CFP NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED BY NEXT YEAR AND REALLY MAKE IT INTERESTING. I AM TIRED OF SEEING THE SEC DOMINATE THE ENTIRE CFP. THE SEC EXPANDED SO THEY CAN HAVE 4 TEAMS IN THE EXPANDED VERSION EVERY YEAR. THEY MAY DO IT AND WE CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT. TIME FOR SOME OTHER TEAM TO RISE UP AND STOP THEM. UNTIL THEN......GO POKES!!!
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In reply to TUSKAPOKE • 1:43p, 12/5/21
I thought the ACC, B1G and 12Pac said they were not expanding BECAUSE they opposed an expanded playoff
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In reply to CaliforniaCowboy • 2:03p, 12/5/21
It's about having the 4 best teams, no matter the conferences. Often times they don't get that right. This year they did.

The committee, which is full of people who decide who is deserving of being in, determined that Georgia is better than Notre Dame. Georgia played a harder schedule and has one of the most dominant defenses we've seen throughout a season.

Notre Dame played a lackluster schedule and didn't have a conference title game. The committee values conference titles and ND didn't get to play in one. Feels like a pretty easy choice for the top 4.
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2:05p, 12/5/21
Clearly RA has not seen ND play much this season with him naming Jack Coan their best offensive player. They have one of best TE's in the country in Michael Mayer. But I would say ND's main weapon is their tailback Kyren Williams. Very good RB. Coan is a more of a game manager.
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2:11p, 12/5/21
Which side of the stadium is the orange side?
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In reply to Ryan Breeden • 2:12p, 12/5/21
The only difficult game on Georgia's schedule this year was Alabama
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In reply to backphil • 2:16p, 12/5/21
They beat Clemson, Arkansas, Auburn and Kentucky. That's much better than ND can say. Their best win is Wisconsin who isn't even ranked anymore.
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In reply to Jally • 2:22p, 12/5/21
I agree Mayer is an excellent player, and like you said Clan is more a game manager certainly not an Ian Book.
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2:44p, 12/5/21
Silver lining? Maybe this heart rending loss will pay a dividend. Perhaps players that Might not have returned for their super senior year will do so seeking to atone for the Baylor game. Just a thought. Trying to see something positive.
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In reply to Ryan Breeden • 5:55a, 12/6/21
No Sale.

That is all made up nonsense. UGA had their shot, and that great "defense" turned out to be not great, the SEC turned out to be weak.

No.... just not buying. ND should be in, not UGA. Period.

no lame excuses or mumbo jumbo can make it right for 2 SEC teams to be in when there is another deserving team.

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In reply to Ryan Breeden • 6:01a, 12/6/21
oh my... and who "ranks" said teams...

come on man.... rigging a system to get the results that you prefer does not make it a good system, or a good set of "data points".

now we're down to ... hey the mediocre teams that UGA beat were better than the mediocre teams that ND beat?

seriously?

when tOSU lost how far did they drop? below the 11-1 teams.... UGA should have dropped below ND... they blew it.

The whole thing was always rigged.



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