A really weird scenario was when Wake Forest played Clemson
by rockmcd (2019-12-05 14:23:09)
Edited on 2019-12-06 17:33:51

In reply to: It's going to be funny  posted by Catdog2

Post Reply Return to Rock's House

a few weeks ago. Wake Forest actually stood a much better chance of making the Orange Bowl by losing to Clemson than by beating them.

At the time, Wake Forest was 7-2 with both losses coming in conference games. If WF had beaten Clemson, then Clemson would presumably be knocked out of the CFP race but still would have won their division with only 1 loss, and would then go to the Orange Bowl after beating UVA in the title game. Assuming a Utah win over Oregon in tomorrow night's game, WF would probably need to be ranked #10 to make a NY6 bowl, which is doubtful.

But by losing that game, all WF had to do was win their last 2 games to finish 9-3, which would have probably landed them in the top 25, ahead of the eventual ACC title game loser who will probably finish unranked at 9-4. As it turned out, Wake lost their final game in overtime to Syracuse. But had they finished 9-3, I think they would have gone to the Orange Bowl.

Replies: