Locked On College Football called Saturday a look-ahead spot. The trap is not Auburn. The trap is that beating Auburn buys Ole Miss nothing at all. Their host laid it out on Wednesday: Halloween look-ahead week, Georgia eight days later in a third meeting inside 365 days, and a home trap game Ole Miss has to survive or miss the playoff. My answer was that the Texas loss is what removes the trap - you do not stroll into Saturday after giving one away. Segment two is the résumé math. Beating Auburn does not move you. The win that was supposed to carry this schedule was Louisville, and Louisville is 4-3 with a defense that has struggled all year - call them 8-4 when it is done. That does not carry a two-loss team into the field. So it is binary. Win out and you are almost certainly in, and probably in Atlanta. Lose one and it is over. Style points no longer matter - win the last five by three apiece and you are still playing in December. To be fair: their host pushed back and put a two-loss Ole Miss that beats Georgia around seventh or eighth, where teams can pass you. He might be right. It still ends the same way. What is your number? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #Auburn #SECFootball #CFBPlayoff #RebelsFootball
Locked On College Football called Saturday a look-ahead spot. The trap is not Auburn. The trap is that beating Auburn buys Ole Miss nothing at all.
Their host laid it out on Wednesday: Halloween look-ahead week, Georgia eight days later in a third meeting inside 365 days, and a home trap game Ole Miss has to survive or miss the playoff. My answer was that the Texas loss is what removes the trap - you do not stroll into Saturday after giving one away.
Segment two is the résumé math. Beating Auburn does not move you. The win that was supposed to carry this schedule was Louisville, and Louisville is 4-3 with a defense that has struggled all year - call them 8-4 when it is done. That does not carry a two-loss team into the field.
So it is binary. Win out and you are almost certainly in, and probably in Atlanta. Lose one and it is over. Style points no longer matter - win the last five by three apiece and you are still playing in December.
To be fair: their host pushed back and put a two-loss Ole Miss that beats Georgia around seventh or eighth, where teams can pass you. He might be right. It still ends the same way.
What is your number? Tell me in the comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits - quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #Auburn #SECFootball #CFBPlayoff #RebelsFootball