College Football Playoff semi picks: Oregon revenge vs. Indiana; Miami a good matchup for Ole Miss?
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What are the matchups for the College Football Playoff semifinals?
Welcome back to the Bill & Doug Show, picking the semifinals. Doug LaMaurice and Bill Landis. Thursday, 7.30 p.m. Eastern, Ole Miss versus Miami. That's a 6 versus 10. Friday, 7.30 Eastern, Indiana, Oregon. That's a 1 versus a 5. Landis will start with Ole Miss and Miami. Is this awesome? I like it. It's good, right? It's different. It's a six and an eight won the national championship last year. Like these are this is these are not teams that would have even had a chance. Now they have both won two games in unexpected fashion, knocking off two blue bloods of the sport and Ohio State and Georgia. Definitely a different flavor. Yeah, I think it's fun. Well, I guess Miami preseason had a little bit of buzz, and certainly after beating Notre Dame, kind of elevated itself, I think, into the conversation for everybody, but then they sort of fell off the radar.
So for them to get back to this position, I think, is pretty impressive. And then for Ole Miss, I think, to kind of navigate a very strange season to get to this point, too, is sort of equally impressive. So I realize these aren't the... You know, the two sexiest teams or sexiest brands in college football, though certainly Miami has a history.
How do Ole Miss and Miami compare in their Fiesta Bowl matchup?
I think this is probably what the sport wanted, right, when it expanded the playoffs. So here we are to sort of... at least not modern blue bloods Miami, like maybe at a time was competing for a spot in the national championship. I wonder what the sport wanted. Like they wanted to provide opportunity, but did they really want opportunity to be in the top four? Maybe, I don't know. Well, they got, they got two, two new money semifinals. So whether or not they wanted it, they got it. please enjoy your time in the playoff but lose in the first or second round and then we can get back to ohio state alabama georgia notre dame figuring this thing out texas right that kind of thing and that's what people love like george mason making the final four when people excited about that
I always think in the college basketball tournament, you hit a ceiling with the underdogs. You want the underdog to knock off. You love the 16, 15, 14, 13 winning that initial game. But then at some point, it's like, oh, okay, can we have the good teams play each other now? I think you like the underdog making the sweet 16. Sometimes I wonder if you're actually excited about them making the final four. What if it's all underdogs? That's not a direct comparison to what we have here, but it's not like... Because sometimes you get that and then they just run into whatever Duke and get their doors blown off. Duke's not in the Final Four this year. I think you want good players and exciting things. And so I... You know, it's one of those things.
If Steph Curry's on your underdog, then great. Because I think you want guys to connect to. You maybe want guys that are a preview of something to come. And that's the thing about this, that... You know, there's a lot of guys on these four teams that we're going to be seeing. Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore might be the first two picks in the draft, right? So this is not Ohio State, Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, but this is a lot of talent. Trinidad Chambliss might be in people's lives, right? Reuben Bain and Akeem Mesidor are going to be in people's lives. Keontae Scott's going to play in the NFL, right? Kwon Lacey's going to play in the NFL. So I think that's an interesting part of it. It is one of those you look at.
So this first game, it's in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday. Ole Miss-Miami. Miami is favored by three and a half. The total is 52 and a half. In the Brian Firmaux Index, FEI, Miami is six. In the SP Plus from Bill Connolly, Miami is eight. FEI, Ole Miss is 11. SP Plus, Ole Miss is five. So those two statistical ratings have them actually flipped in terms of who's the better team. SP Plus still has some lingering, I think, recruiting stuff in there, maybe like a talent quotient. This is a little bit, Bill, I think coming in, To the playoff, we sort of, at least when we got to the final eight, it was pretty clear.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the matchups for the College Football Playoff semifinals?
0:06–1:24
2
How do Ole Miss and Miami compare in their Fiesta Bowl matchup?
1:24–21:37
3
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Ole Miss and Miami's offenses?
21:37–22:12
4
How does the Miami defense match up against Ole Miss's playmakers?
22:12–36:13
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