2018 Atlas CFB Pick Em Contest

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Trevor Lawrence concussed and out

God dammit.
Dabo better be regretting right now.

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UCF cannot possibly make the playoff. Maybe if they scheduled P5 opponents other than Pitt.

Perhaps they will jump to a power conference if they have another good season?

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Looking forward to seeing Notre Dame cement their playoff record and beat another ranked team this week (Virginia Tech).

Awful damn confident huh?

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LSU upset against Florida.

The SEC's best hope of getting two teams in the playoffs lie with Georgia.


In addition, #8 Auburn losing to Mississippi State in the Fourth Quarter.

THe fact that the SEC is being brought down to only two main contenders makes me doubt they can have two teams. With no spoiler like Auburn Alabama and Georgia will play and knock one out.

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Lots of chaos today lol

Yeah, this might be upset week this year. Glad Clemson has a bye.

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Congrats Tom! And more importantly, congrats America! The witch is dead!

I'm pretty sure the witch is still undefeated and sitting in the number 1 spot.

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Taking Boston College over Clemson...wish me luck!

What gives you any faith whatsoever that the Fightin’ Dabos won’t obliterate BC the way they did their last four opponents?

Clemson had a lot of trouble with both Syracuse and Texas A&M, so a Boston College win is very possible.

Question: have you watched a Clemson game this year and can you tell me who was under center for those early season games? (Particularly second half Syracuse)

Kelly Bryant and Trevor Larwence split the time until Bryant left. Chase Brice was in against Syracuse in the 2nd half. Both Larwence and Brice look much improved.

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How loudly will Oklahoma and tOSU fans be cheering for Alabama on Saturday?

A Georgia upset almost certainly means that Ohio State and OU miss the playoff and 2 SEC teams get in again.

I've got Georgia winning, actually.

I think Alabama wins...and while I have Oklahoma winning, I wouldn't be stunned to see the Sooners lose too.

As for Ohio State, they should beat Northwestern, but I keep having Purdue flashbacks.

Maybe we have

1. Notre Dame

2. Georgia

3. Alabama

4. UCF/Michigan, whichever of Ohio State/Oklahoma looks better in defeat.

If Alabama/Ohio State/Oklahoma all lose.

An undefeated conference champion Clemson will be in the playoffs.

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Matchups:
#1 Bama [SEC] v. #4 Oklahoma [Big 12]
#2 Clemson [ACC] v. #3 Notre Dame [IND]



https://twitter.com/CFBPlayoff/status/1069284719974641671

Exactly what I expected, even if I don't agree with it.

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Ok, one question I have about the committee selection process:  are the seeds placed at certain bowls prior to the teams being known?  For example, does the 1-vs-4 matchup have to be the Orange Bowl due to contractual terms, or could the committee has sent Bama and OU to the Cotton?

For purely $$$ reasons (which is really what the playoff is all about), Dallas is a way better site for the Bama-OU matchup and sending Clemson-ND to the Orange would actually preserve the pre-playoff tie-ins associated with that game.

I believe they did that because Dallas is closer to Norman than Tuscaloosa, and the 1 seed is always at the location closer to their home than the 4 seed, so they're playing in Miami.

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This isn't part of the contest, but I think the national championship game will be Notre Dame vs Alabama, with Alabama winning it all again.

Boooo

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Awful lot of points for the Alabama and Clemson defenses.

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Clemson up 20 on Notre Dame at the half.

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Georgia: "We should've been in playoffs"
Also Georgia: Lost to Texas.

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BAMA CAN SUCK IT!!!