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What if SMU just refused to play in the ACCCG?

Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:05 pm
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
99619 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:05 pm
Obviously, in reality it would not go in their favor

It certainly feels like going to the championship game is working against them, though. That feels like a dangerous precedent.
Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
36555 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:07 pm to
Same issue as uga 2023. No reason to play in the game.
Posted by Dallaswho
Texas
Member since Dec 2023
2142 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:07 pm to
Not really. Clown conferences can cancel their games and could just go to a two conference playoff. Fine with me.
Posted by Jabontik
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
3481 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:07 pm to
This is what I'm thinking as well.

Just forfeit - how could the committee drop them without any more football being played?
Posted by labamafan
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
25451 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:08 pm to
For a team like SMu to join the conference brand new and win first year regardless of playoffs would be a pretty big deal for their program especially given their history.
Posted by Jabontik
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
3481 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:09 pm to
They could just not show up, then arrive 6 hours late and say they were lost or even better "we got bus-jacked on the way from the airport and held hostage for 6 hours" what happened, where is everyone?

The committee wouldnt drop them for getting jacked through no fault of their own would they?

guaranteed playoffs, no risk
This post was edited on 12/3/24 at 8:12 pm
Posted by GeauxBurrow312
Member since Nov 2024
263 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:10 pm to
A forfeit is counted in CFB as a 1-0 loss

SMU should forfeit and guarantee a quality 1 point loss
Posted by southpawcock
Member since Oct 2015
15306 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:11 pm to
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
99619 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:11 pm to
quote:

arrive 6 hours late and say they were lost, what happened, where is everyone?

Average Charlotte experience
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
4796 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
There are these things called contracts.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
13143 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

Just forfeit - how could the committee drop them without any more football being played?


They just do it. I think the committee would absolutely blast a team for forfeiting. I think they treat it as a 100-0 loss and drop them accordingly.

They would send a message.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
99619 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

Obviously, in reality it would not go in their favor
Posted by N0T SURE
Member since Dec 2023
863 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:14 pm to
Didnt texas a&m do this in baseball last year??
Posted by Jabontik
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
3481 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

I think the committee would absolutely blast a team for forfeiting


not if they got bus jacked and couldn't make kickoff

poor guys, will they ever recover? Awww how about a nice playoff spot to make you feel better.
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
Member since Jan 2008
33582 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:19 pm to
SMU has been completely irrelevant for 30+ years and they’re one game away from getting an ACC championship. I think I’d try to get some hardware.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
13143 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

They could just not show up, then arrive 6 hours late and say they were lost or even better "we got bus-jacked on the way from the airport and held hostage for 6 hours" what happened, where is everyone?

The committee wouldnt drop them for getting jacked through no fault of their own would they?

guaranteed playoffs, no risk


And on this week’s 30 For 30; how the only football program to ever get the death penalty got it not once but twice. Stayed tuned for the Phony Express, where we explore the death of the SMU football program. For the second time.
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
21274 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

They could just not show up, then arrive 6 hours late and say they were lost or even better "we got bus-jacked on the way from the airport and held hostage for 6 hours" what happened, where is everyone?



Unfortunately for SMU, they're not playing at the Superdome
Posted by Jabontik
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
3481 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:33 pm to
quote:

And on this week’s 30 For 30; how the only football program to ever get the death penalty got it not once but twice. Stayed tuned for the Phony Express, where we explore the death of the SMU football program. For the second time.




probably right
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