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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It's a badmatchup for Florida State." — ESPN Analyst Danny Kaneil in reference to Florida State versus Georgia Tech
FACT OF THE DAY
The last time a two-loss team won the college football National Championship was LSU in 2007-2008.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. When was the last time the top two teams lost in the last week of the college football season?
A: 2007:
(Pittsburg beat #2 West Virginia)
(#9 Oklahoma beat #1 Missouri)
— ESPN
THE MORNING BREW
College Football Playoff is all but decided
W with the college football regular season coming to a close this upcoming weekend, the first Saturday in December will paint a solid picture of how the postseason will unfold. Four playoff spots are up for grabs, and no team is guaranteed a game on Jan. 1.
For the ACC, Pac-12, SEC and Big Ten conferences, each will have their conference championship game on Saturday. Whereas in the Big 12, the championship will be decided from the results of two games: No.9 Kansas State at No.5 Baylor and Iowa State at No.4 TCU.
The ACC Championship will be between undefeated No. 3 Florida State, who survived a poor Florida team, and two-loss No.12 Georgia Tech, who defeated Georgia in Sanford Stadium in overtime.
The Pac-12 Championship features a rematch of an early October upset, when No. 2 Oregon fell to unranked
Arizona at home. It's a different story now with Arizona ranked in the top 10. The Ducks are again ranked second in country, and will play the No. 8 Wildcats Friday night at Levi's Stadium with revenge on their mind, and a playoff spot for the taking.
No. 1 Alabama will look to claim its third SEC Championship under head coach Nick Saban, and the first since 2012 as they face SEC East Champion Missouri. The Crimson Tide will look to tighten up on the defensive side after giving up 44 points in a win versus Auburn last Saturday.
Lastly, the Big Ten Championship was supposed to be a matchup of two Heisman hopefuls in Ohio State's J.T. Barrett and Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon. But Barrett went down with an ankle fracture against Michigan, drastically changing Ohio State's playoff chances.
more Cardale Jones, who will make his first start in the biggest game of the season. Jones is incredibly talented, yet the biggest question is how he will handle the pressure.
Quarterback Jameis Winston threw a career-high four interceptions
If both TCU and Baylor win on Saturday, the College Football Playoff committee will have to decide if Baylor's win over TCU is enough to put them over the Horned Frogs in the rankings.
against Florida, and Florida State has not looked convincing throughout its unblemished season. A loss against Georgia Tech could mean chaos for the playoff committee.
An upset is unlikely in the SEC Championship game, but, at the risk of sounding cliche, stranger
sounding uninterrupted things have happened. Alabama cannot overlook Missouri, and if Oregon were to drop a second game to Arizona, the Wildcats would have a case for the playoff.
After Saturday, we should have a better view of how the playoff will look. But nothing will be decided until the College Football Playoff Selection Show, Sunday at 11:45 a.m. central time on ESPN on Dec. 7.
- Edited by Lyndsey Havens
This week in athletics
Tuesday No Events
Wednesday
No Events
Thursday
Women's Swim
USA Winter Nationals
9 a.m.
Greensboro, N.C.
Friday
Men's Basketball
Florida
8 p.m.
Lawrence
Saturday
Track
Bob Timmons Challenge
All Day
Lawrence
Sunday
Women's Basketball
California
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Monday No Events
Frankamp leaves Kansas to play for Wichita State
BEN CARROLL
@bcarroll91
Conner Frankamp, who left the Kansas basketball program in October, has decided to continue his collegiate basketball career at Wichita State University.
Frankamp, who is still attending the University, is a Wichita native and 2013 Wichita North High School graduate. Frankamp decided to stay close to home to finish up his two-and-a-half years of eligibility, but also considered Colorado and Creighton.
"I really connected well with the coaching staff and I feel I
could fit well in their system," Frankamp told ESPN.com on Monday. "And of course, it's tough to say no to home."
Last season with the Jayhawks, Frankamp averaged 2.5 points in just 8.3 minutes of play, but played a larger role in the NCAA Tournament, where he scored double-digits in the Jayhawks' two games. He decided to transfer to play a larger role for another team. Coming into this season, Frankamp seemed to be behind returning sophomore point guard Frank Mason and freshman guard Devonte' Graham. With wing players such as freshman guard Sviatoslav
Mykhaliliuk getting major minutes early, and sophomore guard Wayne Selden Jr. doing the same, playing time would have been scarce for Frankamp during the 2014-15 season. There is also freshman guard Kelly Oubre Jr. and sophomore guard Brannen Greene, who round out the guard position for the Jayhawks.
Frankamp was the No. 34 recruit of the class of 2013, according to Rivals.com and ranked No. 46 according to ESPN.com. He will be eligible to begin playing with the Shockers in the spring semester of next year's season.
— Edited by Miranda Davis
FILE PHOTO/KANSAN
Former Kansas guard Conner Frankamp plays defense against Kansas State on Feb. 10,2014.
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