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Penn State and Indiana's Path to the College Football Playoff
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11/5/2024
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Let's go to tier number two, Joe, to look at some of those more minus money prices.
00:09
Again, Penn State in the narrative of Saturday in Happy Valley is not good, but it was not
00:15
impactful really for the Nittany Lions playoff outlook.
00:19
They will be a hefty favorite in their final four games of the year.
00:23
There is an argument, I believe a sound one, that Penn State's game in Madison against
00:28
Wisconsin two Saturdays ago so much more significant for their resume than that of an Ohio State
00:35
game.
00:36
Had they won that, they're a shoo-in for the college football playoff, and the strength
00:39
of schedule or a marquee win for the Nittany Lions is not overwhelming or impressive, and
00:45
yet Penn State is going to see the college football playoff if they can win out.
00:50
How about Indiana?
00:51
The Hoosiers a perfect 9-0 for the first time in program history, minus 250.
00:57
Two touchdown favorite this week against Michigan, then a bye, a road trip to Ohio
01:02
State where IU will be the underdog.
01:05
Will that game even matter if Indiana can't win their following one against Purdue?
01:09
They'll be a heavy favorite for that, but how will the committee judge Indiana based
01:15
on its strength of schedule so far?
01:18
Notre Dame also minus 250, the blemish and a bad one against Northern Illinois, but against
01:24
non-MAC teams, the Irish have looked incredibly dominant.
01:27
Tennessee minus 230, that huge win over Alabama and a couple of big wins on the resume for
01:34
the Volunteers, and despite two losses, Alabama still minus 140 to reach the college football
01:40
playoff.
01:41
Yeah, you gotta love the fact though that Ben, Indiana, listen, Indiana beats Ohio State,
01:47
they're facing Oregon in Indy for the Big Ten championship.
01:51
So they control, doesn't make a difference, strength of schedule or not, they're going
01:54
to control their destiny here, and they're going to be a favorite in some pretty easy
01:59
games coming up, and you mentioned it, Purdue being one of them there.
02:03
I think Indiana is a great price here across the board, simply because they don't need
02:09
to worry about somebody else or the committee.
02:12
Win against Ohio State and you're facing Oregon with a chance to guarantee yourself one of
02:18
the top four spots.
02:19
I think it's going to be fantastic down the stretch.
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