Other sports: one person having a great or terrible day can change the outcome

Dec 1, 2022
2:35:36pm

moknowssports Playmaker

Other than maybe for a QB, that isn't the case in football. Even then, if the defense is terrible, a great offense can't overcome that. It truly requires a team effort.

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Give every conference an auto-bid, and every few years we'll get to see this...

shoganai

12/1/22 12:19pm

Doubtful. Those big powerful teams aren't gonna be overlooking anybody

FieroCoug

12/1/22 12:22pm

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chilawcoug

12/1/22 12:25pm

Not every few years for sure. It could happen. But to make the playoffs its

FieroCoug

12/1/22 1:11pm

Yet, every year in the basketball tournament we get this highlight reel..

shoganai

12/1/22 12:26pm

Basketball sees a ton more upsets than football. There's far less

FieroCoug

12/1/22 1:09pm

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chilawcoug

12/1/22 1:15pm

And far fewer teams in the playoff

FieroCoug

12/1/22 2:08pm

You really don’t think a Michigan or Alabama

XORCoug

12/1/22 12:40pm

No cause in the playoffs it won't be a total nobody.

FieroCoug

12/1/22 1:13pm

Yep, no one gets overlooked, no upsets, even in March Madness

akbarishiwatsu

12/1/22 3:37pm

They might happen once every 10 years or so. Maybe longer.

FieroCoug

12/1/22 3:52pm

Probably more like every 10 years

SolidBlue

12/1/22 12:24pm

Significantly more often than that if other NCAA sports are any kind of an

shoganai

12/1/22 12:28pm

Football is very unique in the distribution of talent because there are so many

FieroCoug

12/1/22 2:10pm

Other sports: one person having a great or terrible day can change the outcome

moknowssports

12/1/22 2:35pm

You really won’t… upsets like that happen early in the season

Noni Fruit

12/1/22 12:25pm

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chilawcoug

12/1/22 12:26pm

Yeah, who ever heard of "cinderella" teams beating the big boys in a college

shoganai

12/1/22 12:26pm

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chilawcoug

12/1/22 12:27pm

Says Ohio State after being thrashed by Michigan. Reality = winning, not polls

Happy As Larry

12/1/22 12:35pm

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chilawcoug

12/1/22 12:39pm

I could give a thousand examples of upsets late in the season in any league but

canofpicante

12/1/22 12:55pm

But the trade off for one of those games is sitting through 30 or more 72-10

Emmett Fitz-Hume

12/1/22 11:10pm

The reason that happens early season is because expectations are out of whack

krindorr

12/2/22 3:47am

But couldn't the reverse also be true: because they lost to App State they went

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