If the Redskins hold on to win vs ATL then they would hold the tiebreaker over GB for the 6 vs 7 seed.
The real question however is could the Bears stop the way GB uses Malik Willis ... I think not.
Play the starters or rest them, GB probably wins either way.
It will never happen but they really need to skip the automatic bye for conference champions.
Two of Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame or Ohio State should have had byes over Boise State and Arizona.
It's only going to get worse when the ACC eventually gets raided by the SEC and BIG 10.
Indiana most defiantly was not a top 10 team this year. You could argue that they were maybe somewhere around #13-16. I think more likely they are around #18-22.
They played 3 cupcakes to start the year ( like most teams do ) and won impressively.
But come on ...
FIU ( 4-8 ) # 7 in the CUSA
W Illinois ( 4-8 ) # 6 in the BIG-SOUTH-OVC
Charlotte ( 5-7 ) #8 in the American
That's hardly anything to go crazy about.
Now the big 10.
With the exception of USC and Wisconsin, Indiana played the entire bottom half of the 18 team conference.
Purdue 0-9 ( 1-11 ) #18
Maryland 1-8 ( 4-8 ) #17
Northwestern 2-7 ( 4-8 ) #16
Michigan St. 3-6 ( 5-7 ) # 14
Nebraska 3-6 ( 6-6 ) # 13
UCLA 3-6 ( 5-7 ) #12
Washington 4-5 ( 6-6 ) # 10
That right there is 10 of Indiana's wins.
Take a look at the top 25-30 or so teams in the country. It would be easy to see around 20 going 10-0 against that lineup like Indiana did.
So the question is how many would have also beat Michigan? With an apology to UMFan83 my guess is around 15 or so.
Indiana was a solid 8-9 win type team if you compare to before conference expansion screwed up the schedules.
Indiana was a one trick pony this year. Either you could handle the RPO or you couldn't. Luckily they faced a bunch of teams that couldn't. It was obvious from at least midway through the season or earlier if you watched the games. This was literally their best season since the invention of the forward pass. But let's not get it twisted and think moronic things like they were an elite team.
As an IU fan I am thrilled that they had a great season. For IU this was a special season. But in terms of college football it was really a special schedule.
I would say that it is more a case of they are a solid notch below the top 10 or so teams. The expanded conference and the teams on the schedule that they missed saved 2-3 losses this year.
Penn St, Iowa (Maybe?), Illinois all would have beat them. A normal Michigan team would have beat them.
So let me see if I have this straight ...
A team basically hires a coach and then hires a GM and sticks him with that coach and then hires a president of BS and sticks him with that GM and coach and now there may or may not be internal fighting.
So Bears.
This crazy talk over a few of the last couple of posts about a RB is nonsense. Fix the offensive line and the RB situation takes care of itself. Maybe spend a third or fourth round pick every 2-3 years at most. Of course the occasional fifth to seven round pick at RB is fine also. Add some quality CHEAP free agent's at RB if or when available, but no real salary cap space or high draft pick capital ever!!!
Running backs don't really matter .... It's the O-Line stupid.
NOTE: that last line is not a dig at those who may disagree with me, It's just a joking reference to 90's politics.
Assuming some the names that have been mentioned would say yes then any thought of Brown getting the job for next year is flat out crazy talk.
Unless the last five games are some kind of an epic level magic I wouldn't even consider it. Even then It would be borderline.
Oh, It's definitely not. I was just giving you, or rather the Alekhine, a hard time for no good reason. It along with your play ( until the very-very end ) seemed perfectly fine. At least to my less skilled eye.
Perhaps I missed one somewhere but I don't see a 3 loss team jumping an 11-1 Indiana. However due to IU's schedule it is easy to see a 2 loss team like Clemson jumping them.
Indiana played one real team this year and lost, bad.
No offense to Michigan fan, but they weren't what you usually expect this year. Of course they won't care as much as usual since they are still smiling with glee as they polish that nice trophy from last year.
Born there and lived there for the first 12 years.
I just figured it was best to go with the sister version of the joke otherwise Kentucky fans would have gotten confused.
Williams would be looking the same or better than Daniels is currently because the Redskins OC would have made whatever adjustments to his offensive system to better fit to Williams versus what he is doing to fit Daniels..
We would all be buying pitch forks and meeting at Pole's house because he passed on the obvious # 1.1 pick.
Daniels would be learning how to use the mouth piece joy stick that paraplegics use to move their electric wheelchairs around.