Question: So I must ask, who do you think will win it all?

[BamaFanInTally]

Sources: Georgia QB Carson Beck likely out for Sugar Bowl with elbow injury

Multiple sources tell Channel 2 that Beck has a UCL elbow injury and will miss the Sugar Bowl.

www.wsbtv.com

That was a nasty injury to Beck’s elbow. I seriously doubt he plays at all in the playoffs.

 

[Redwood Forrest]

Sagarin & Massey composite ranking

Big 10​	Oregon​	3​
AQ​	ND​	4​
7​	Ohio St​	7​
SEC​	Georgia​	7​
8​	Texas​	9​
9​	Alabama​	12​
10​	Penn St​	15​
11​	Tenn​	17​
12​	Ole Miss​	16​
​	Indiana​	21​
​	SC​	24​
Big 12​	Ariz St​	25​
​	SMU​	25​
ACC​	Clemson​	30​
MWC​	Boise​	53​

 

[Padreruf]

UTenn...I would have said UGA before Beck's injury.

 

[BamaMoon]

I think UGA is too much like Bama this year. Even with Beck (and who knows if he'll play), they were too unpredictable and and down all year. Yeah, the won most of their games, but they allowed very average teams to hang around too.

Their offense and defense looks suspect at times.

Don't know who will, but I just don't see them winning it.

 

[BamaMoon]

If Bama can't win it (and we can't) I hope no other SEC does! Right now I"d guess Oregon or Penn St. in the finals with Ducks waddling off with the trophy.

 

[BamaNation]

I clearly don't understand betting

bet $100 to win the stated amount.

 

[92tide]

I clearly don't understand betting

i don’t either. i had to look it up yesterday.

probably a good thing i don’t gamble /s

 

[92tide]

If Bama can't win it (and we can't) I hope no other SEC does! Right now I"d guess Oregon or Penn St. in the finals with Ducks waddling off with the trophy.

im full blue man group /s

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I could use $600k (technically I think i only would get $599,900) but in reality I would be out $100

Don't feel bad.

My first thought when I saw your post was, "Holy cow, I can retire on that!"

But that would be the "old school way" of 6000:1 odds.

I even Googled it to make sure - because I literally do not gamble.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

probably a good thing i don’t gamble /s

Guy who drives Atlanta freeways said this....

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Don't feel bad.

My first thought when I saw your post was, "Holy cow, I can retire on that!"

But that would be the "old school way" of 6000:1 odds.

I even Googled it to make sure - because I literally do not gamble.

yeah, I thought the same. Then you posted and I googled and realized I don't know what I am talking about.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

bet $100 to win the stated amount.

so if I bet $10 would it still be 6000?

 

[tusks_n_raider]

This year has been so crazy I would not be shocked for a lower seeded team outside of the Top 4 to win the NC.

tOSU is good enough to do it if they play their best.

Out of the Top 4 I can see Oregon finally getting over the hump.

I think UGA chokes... just a feeling.

Texas could get hot and make a run.

It just feels like a wide open field where only a few teams have almost no chance.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

so if I bet $10 would it still be 6000?

+6000 odds means bet 100 to win 6,000. Bet 10 and you win 600. Bet 1 and you win 60. You would have to bet 10K to win 600K (potentially)

if the odds are -6000 instead of +6000 then you have to bet that stated amount to win 100. When Alabama is playing UMass, the odds are something similar to that. Must bet 6K to win 100 bucks, or bet 600 dollars to win 10 dollars, and so on

 

[DawgAlum2054]

I don't care who wins as long as it's not Georgia.

Having said that, I hope Beck, Stockton, and the punter heal up well. They are having the time of their lives, and I don't like to see anybody hurt.

The punter is out for the year. Many, including Georgia fans, have no idea how big of a deal that is. I would argue its a bigger deal than Beck being out. Thorson is an amazing punter who has flipped the field and allowed GA to win field position battles. Without Thorson this year, Georgia doesnt make the playoffs. Without Thorson and Woodring, GA probably would have won 7 games this year. Special teams is more important than most want to realize

 

[BamaFan6462]

The punter is out for the year. Many, including Georgia fans, have no idea how big of a deal that is. I would argue its a bigger deal than Beck being out. Thorson is an amazing punter who has flipped the field and allowed GA to win field position battles. Without Thorson this year, Georgia doesnt make the playoffs. Without Thorson and Woodring, GA probably would have won 7 games this year. Special teams is more important than most want to realize

Their fans need an attitude adjustment, so the faster and more catastrophic their elimination from the playoffs, the better. Three national championships spread across forty years and they talk like they’re a dynasty.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

+6000 odds means bet 100 to win 6,000. Bet 10 and you win 600. Bet 1 and you win 60. You would have to bet 10K to win 600K (potentially)

if the odds are -6000 instead of +6000 then you have to bet that stated amount to win 100. When Alabama is playing UMass, the odds are something similar to that. Must bet 6K to win 100 bucks, or bet 600 dollars to win 10 dollars, and so on

ok that is just the dumbest thing ever. Glad I am not a degenerate gambler. I would be broke within a month

 

[KrAzY3]

Boise State IS capable of beating ANY SINGULAR TEAM in ONE GAME in the playoff.
That part is true - especially if they get lucky enough a major contributor goes down for their opponent in the first-round game.

What they are not capable of doing - and their carefully crafted "let's play one team with a decent rep early" schedule - is beating 3 of those teams in a row.

If they were, you'd think they would have scheduled this by now, but they never do.

This bracket is set up as well as possible for Boise State to succeed, all the way down to Georgia being beat up in the SECCG (I spoke about that possibility at length earlier in the season).

Having said that, the best way to describe what Boise State does is they take a cheap sports car and run it at the drag strip against piece of junk cars all year and brag about how good they are. When they do finally meet a good car, they can afford the risk of running a stupid amount of nitrous and if they don't blow up the engine they have a chance of winning. The problem is you can't keep running like that.

Edit: The other aspect of this is when they finally run a into a good car, no one knows what to expect because they've been sandbagging all year. Meanwhile the good car has been pushed all year and not only does everyone know what they are capable of, but they also have more wear and tear.

The translation of this by the way to football terms if that they can afford to put all their resources, time effort, scheming into a couple games a year and gamble it all on that (kind of like Vanderbilt did to Alabama this year). Doing that over and over becomes far more difficult.

 

[BhamToTexas]

ok that is just the dumbest thing ever. Glad I am not a degenerate gambler. I would be broke within a month

Keep in mind that is the moneyline, so the team just has to win. You can also bet against the spread which you are probably more familiar with I assume. Against the spread you bet $100 to win $100.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

ok that is just the dumbest thing ever. Glad I am not a degenerate gambler. I would be broke within a month

I enjoy it for cheap entertainment. I might put 10 bucks on a game as an example.

This year myself and 9 friends got together and each picked 1 bet each week and put in 5 dollars. Since it was a 10 way parlay bet, the payout was often around 100K. So for 5 dollars, we had the potential to each walk away with 10k. It obviously never happened. However, the group chats were fun and it kept many of us interested in games we normally would not have been interested in. A lot of entertainment for 5 bucks a week.