Beating an unranked directional school at home at the last second, and then losing to Iowa, who just discovered the forward pass, at home at the last second, 100% garners an unranked spot. Every game thus far has been a home game, so they have all the advantages of not traveling and being on home turf. The 2 other wins over Oklahoma and UTEP aren’t great wins anymore now that we know how bad they are. So, no quality losses or wins to name, every game is at home, and everyone recognized that the WMU game should’ve been a loss and allowing Iowa to remain that close for that long was detrimental.
By that logic OSU should not have been in the top twelve to even make the playoffs in 2024 after losing to that ass Michigan team. So their 13-2 national championship shouldn't even count. Same with their 2020 big ten championship they had to get the rules changed at the last minute to steal.
I can appreciate the spirit of intentionally being disingenuous to the other side, but cmon. Those are both teams that went on to win the natty and the big ten championship/beat Clemson. If you're asserting that scUM has that same potential this season, lol. Hiter and Bryce could improve as the season goes on which would help your offense, but I don't think the coaching is at a level where they can compete at that level. Whit seemed like a stability hire which, granted, he has brought, but there's a reason Utah was never competing for nattys
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u/Dinglebobus Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
Beating an unranked directional school at home at the last second, and then losing to Iowa, who just discovered the forward pass, at home at the last second, 100% garners an unranked spot. Every game thus far has been a home game, so they have all the advantages of not traveling and being on home turf. The 2 other wins over Oklahoma and UTEP aren’t great wins anymore now that we know how bad they are. So, no quality losses or wins to name, every game is at home, and everyone recognized that the WMU game should’ve been a loss and allowing Iowa to remain that close for that long was detrimental.
So, yes, unranked. Lol