Ole Miss vs Tennessee

#51
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ftsandersvol said:
We really haven’t been all that impressive in our SEC wins. Going scoreless in the first half against unranked teams is not a good look.
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Wouldn't recency bias make them view the 17 first half pts scored against ga as being a far more significant indicator?
 
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It’s really about Tennessee vs Arkansas . . . As in, don’t lose to a crappy team like Arkansas and you wouldn’t be worrying about this garbage.

Oh well . . .
 
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Chad F said:
It’s really about Tennessee vs Arkansas . . . As in, don’t lose to a crappy team like Arkansas and you wouldn’t be worrying about this garbage.

Oh well . . .
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Ole Miss lost at home to a crappier team.....go figure.
 
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Recency Bias is everything ! Is dumb but it is everything. We lose late. We lose late we lose points. if we lose to Georgia and Arkansas and start 0-2 but now are 8-2 after beating everyone including Alabama we would be where Alabama is at number whatever. Crazy ain’t it.
 
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ftsandersvol said:
Not when you have a 31-7 scoring differential as the game progresses.
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I thought we were talking about first half scoring.

Obviously they can pick out "reasons" why TN is ranked behind bama. Ole Miss, and GA.......my point is simply that here would have been equally valid reasons to rank the teams differently. Here's what Jerry Palm said on CBS...........

"When it came to the ordering of the two-loss SEC teams, I surmised that the committee would go with strength of schedule, but they decided to still honor the one head-to-head result that has not been canceled out: Ole Miss' victory over Georgia. The Bulldogs are still ahead of Tennessee as well. The Volunteers' win over Alabama is the only one among that group of four teams that is not honored, but it was impossible to account for all of them."

So they had to pick one to not honor, and they picked TN. What they need to hear over the next 7 days are all of the reasons as to why that decision may very well have been wrong.
They jumped bama over Miami with bama beating Mercer and Miami having a bye.....so their decisions are obviously fluid.
 
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wmcovol said:
Best win: ole Miss -Ga; Tennessee -Ala. Tennessee winner cause Bama beat Ga AND committee themselves rate Alabama over Ga.

Losses: Ole Miss- @home vs Ky & @ LSU. Tennessee- @ Ark & @ Ga. Winner- Tennessee no home losses& Ark & Ga are better than Ky & LSU.

Something isn’t right with OM rated above Tennessee.
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The bigger question to me will be where is Texas rated if they lose to A&M.

Texas would have the worst resume of all the 2 loss teams
 
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OHvol40 said:
The committee is telling us what they are looking at, and they are typical 2024 Americans with short attention spans and display recency bias. There is no denying that Ole Miss has been playing better than UT the last few weeks, and there is also no debate that UT’s resume is better than theirs. We have our answer about what they value most.
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Ultimately they are to put in the best teams RIGHT NOW. Not who the best teams were in Week 3, Week 5, or Week 10. This is exactly why FSU was left out last year. They were not one of the four best teams after conference championship games were played.

Ole Miss looks better than UT right now, in large part b/c they smashed Georgia ten days ago. Anyone asking themselves “who would I not want to play right now?” is going to answer Ole Miss based on their most recent data point. That’s a big factor to the committee.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Texas hasn't really shown anything vs a formidable team... THey got curb stomped by UGA to the point where Arch had to come in for 2 series just for Texas to shake things up....

Texas has benefited for a weaker schedule, but I think they are riding recency bias by making title game last year and having Ewers returning....

I could see a scenario where A&M beats them and then you have a convo of 1 spot being argued between Texas, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.....
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And the game is at Kyle Field.
 
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luthervol said:
I thought we were talking about first half scoring.

Obviously they can pick out "reasons" why TN is ranked behind bama. Ole Miss, and GA.......my point is simply that here would have been equally valid reasons to rank the teams differently. Here's what Jerry Palm said on CBS...........

"When it came to the ordering of the two-loss SEC teams, I surmised that the committee would go with strength of schedule, but they decided to still honor the one head-to-head result that has not been canceled out: Ole Miss' victory over Georgia. The Bulldogs are still ahead of Tennessee as well. The Volunteers' win over Alabama is the only one among that group of four teams that is not honored, but it was impossible to account for all of them."

So they had to pick one to not honor, and they picked TN. What they need to hear over the next 7 days are all of the reasons as to why that decision may very well have been wrong.
They jumped bama over Miami with bama beating Mercer and Miami having a bye.....so their decisions are obviously fluid.
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We were talking about not looking impressive in our SEC games.
 
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Committee bias (and sloth?) is evident in 4 out of the top 5 being B1G teams. SOS would make liars of them all. The only apparent SOS consideration is to insert 8-2 Alabama at #7, but it’s more likely holdover bias. Are ND and Miami really better than any of the following 8-2 SEC teams? Doubtful their resumes hold up to scrutiny. And the ordering of Old Piss, Jawja, and the Vols is just who lost to who in the last couple of games.

The committee’s rankings are puffery, extruded by lazy, self-important faux celebs. Their selections will not be defendable, but their decisions will be final. You want fair, look for it in a novel.

There is but one constant - GBO.
 
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So if A&M beats Texas. Texas has to be below us. Losses to UGA and recent loss to A&M. A&M would play UGA in Championship and have their 3rd loss probably. We would be in I feel. All 3 loss to UGA and we have a W over Bama their highest rate 9-2 SEC.

Or if Florida takes Ole Miss in the swamp, or if GT take UGA or if Auburn takes Bama. I have seen lots happen in last couple of weeks. We still need to take care of our business and work on execution. I wish we could play UGA on neutral field and reinvigorate our twists, stunts and blitzes again. Why we rush 4 straight up on nearl every down and went to our terrible zone defense in secondary I do not understand. First 3 drives we were in man.
 
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wmcovol said:
I see how Vegas makes so much money.

You really think OM beats Ga in Athens after coming off a loss with them on the “first one out” list?
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Doesn't matter. They beat beat them by 2 scores. We lost by 2 scores a week later pretty easy to see that's an easy comparison to make.
 
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Tin Man said:
Committee bias (and sloth?) is evident in 4 out of the top 5 being B1G teams. SOS would make liars of them all. The only apparent SOS consideration is to insert 8-2 Alabama at #7, but it’s more likely holdover bias. Are ND and Miami really better than any of the following 8-2 SEC teams? Doubtful their resumes hold up to scrutiny. And the ordering of Old Piss, Jawja, and the Vols is just who lost to who in the last couple of games.

The committee’s rankings are puffery, extruded by lazy, self-important faux celebs. Their selections will not be defendable, but their decisions will be final. You want fair, look for it in a novel.

There is but one constant - GBO.
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How did this board feel a year ago at this time when Michigan was in the top 4 with a very similar SOS to this year’s Indiana squad?
 
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VolCalls said:
The 31-7 scoring margin the last three quarters is more recent.
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Yea......I think the point is that it's easy to cherry pick data to support your decision.

The question is......did the committee get it right?
I say absolutely not.
 
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