Playoff Committee is Atrociously Bad / Blatant B1G Bias

#77
#77
LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
I can’t keep up with you guys. So many people say Notre Dame shouldn’t be in because they lost to Northern Illinois, now we are saying they got screwed?

Notre Dame got penalized for having the worst loss of any team in the field and not playing a conference championship game. That’s fair. The Big 10 got four teams in because they had 3 teams with 1 loss at regular season’s end and another with two losses. That’s fair.

Pen. state had no bad losses. Notre Dame had an awful one. Ohio State had a bad loss, but so did we. But Ohio State beat two playoff teams, we beat none. If you want to count Bama as a great win, well we still didn’t have any other good wins.

This was, honestly, the least biased possible outcome. The absence of SEC bias does not mean they are being biased towards other conferences.
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Norte Dame shouldn’t be in because they won’t join a conference
 
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volfan102455 said:
There is no doubt he put all his eggs in the Bama basket and got burned.
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He sure did. Now all he has representing the SEC is:

1. A banged up Georgia team who's starting QB is out for the rest of the season.
2. A way overhyped Texas Team who folds like a cheap deck when faced with a real challenge.
3. A good Vols team with a young QB who are undefeated at home, but will have to travel out on the road and play a tough primetime match-up. I believed this team can get the job done, but it won't be easy.
 
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sami said:
So your point is to ruin everything great about SEC football all season to get an advantage for this ridiculous playoff.

I'll be honest - I'd rather have the kind of regular season we have in the SEC, where most weeks are tough games in fun atmospheres, rather than sell out and have 3-4 more cupcake games for a better draw in this post season charade. The week to week fun of watching UT play an SEC schedule is worth more than having a "better draw" in their bullschiit "playoff".

I've said this before - I would actually prefer for the SEC to play a 10-game conference schedule, then have a four team playoff and crown an SEC, and therefore national champion. F***k the rest of CFB, I honestly have no great need to see the inferior grade of football played in the rest of the "Power 4" conferences.
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I guess I needed blue print for you to get it……
 
#86
#86
No one has a loss like ND and their only good win is Army.
Also, the BCS formula has SMU and ASU over Tenn, so be careful what you wish for.
 
#87
#87
Boy I'll tell you what.... If this would've been a 4 team playoff year there would've been allot of people mad
 
#88
#88
Other_Guy said:
No one has a loss like ND and their only good win is Army.
Also, the BCS formula has SMU and ASU over Tenn, so be careful what you wish for.
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What source are you seeing that the BCS formula has SMU and ASU over TN? It doesn’t seem possible looking at the polls and computer rankings. BCSKnowHow.com has a side by side comparison and SMU and ASU are below TN (TN is still ranked #7. These are pre-seeding rankings):


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#89
GAVol said:
AQ’s are fine, but it’s ridiculous that they automatically get byes when schedules are obviously inequitable.
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I even disagree with the conference champs being automatic. Clemson is in and played two sec teams this year, and got blowed out by Ga. and beat by Sc. so they are 0 and 2 against sec teams this year. But yet they are in.
 
#90
#90
Tenacjim said:
What source are you seeing that the BCS formula has SMU and ASU over TN? It doesn’t seem possible looking at the polls and computer rankings. BCSKnowHow.com has a side by side comparison and SMU and ASU are below TN (TN is still ranked #7. These are pre-seeding rankings):


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My bad. It was this. Screenshot_20241208_224536_Chrome.jpg
 
#91
#91
volfan102455 said:
There is a lot of money to be made -

- The first-round hosts see a major financial impact to their economy for that game.
- There is a payout associated with each game. The more conference teams in, the higher the payout for the conference.

SEC football is a business. They want their share of the payout as does the B1G. You can bet that the SEC will adapt to make sure they get their share. Yes, it could lead to less excitement during the regular season - but the financial reward to have 4 or more schools in the final 12 and have as many "hosts" as possible= more money for the schools and the conference.

This will ultimately lead to SEC scheduling changes to ensure they have a group of 4 that have 1 (no more than 2) losses when the season ends or they may eventually excuse themselves from the mess.

Either way I expect there will be changes.
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sec will pick who they want to be in the playoffs and give them a schedule like Texas had this year.
 
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#92
#92
loservol said:
He sure did. Now all he has representing the SEC is:

1. A banged up Georgia team who's starting QB is out for the rest of the season.
2. A way overhyped Texas Team who folds like a cheap deck when faced with a real challenge.
3. A good Vols team with a young QB who are undefeated at home, but will have to travel out on the road and play a tough primetime match-up. I believed this team can get the job done, but it won't be easy.
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I am concerned about how we play on the road. We can beat any team in the country at home, when we play our best. I was just thinking what road game did we play that we played well in? We played well the first half of the Okla game, but terrible the 2nd half.
 
#93
#93
DiderotsGhost said:
I've literally never said that. You're confusing me for someone else or just very stupid. One or the other.

ND's loss against NIU was bad - but they are clearly not the same team from September. And I've never liked ND - but facts are facts. Anyone who has watched them the past few weeks should be impressed. I'm certainly more impressed with Notre Dame than Penn State and Indiana. And pretty much every good objective measure of performance agrees with this.

Sagarin literally has Notre Dame at #1 (Penn State, in contrast, is at #8). FPI has them at #2 (PSU at #9). The case for Penn State above ND is incredibly weak and feels very much like the B1G commissioner pushing the B1G narrative.
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Having Pedo state ahead of the vols is atrocious imo. No bad losses but losses none the same when you literally have half the season to prepare for 2 or 3 games and can cruise control the rest of the season.

Oklahoma trounced bama in Norman but seemed to be in before Clemson stole a spot. So bama is not penalized for that loss but the Vols are penalized for one bad loss on the road months ago.

And if we want to make the narrative about how teams look now instead of months ago (ND) then why even count the games before November. All the committee did was turn it into politics and a beauty pageant. I love the idea of a playoff but my 15 year old daughter could have come up with a better format.
 
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cgrish said:
I am concerned about how we play on the road. We can beat any team in the country at home, when we play our best. I was just thinking what road game did we play that we played well in? We played well the first half of the Okla game, but terrible the 2nd half.
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After losing the GA game, the Vols learned it is best to keep the game close and get hot in the 2nd half when playing on the road.
 
#97
#97
volfan102455 said:
So only conference champions are in - so take the 8 champions from the top 8 conferences and just let them play.

That leaves out PSU, Texas, Notre Dame, OSU, Tennessee, SMU, and Indiana out - leaving

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Boise State
4. Arizona State
5. Clemson
6. Army
7.
8.

And two more from Jacksonville State, Ohio, Marshall / Louisiana.

So rather than waste the time to play the games just fast forward to Oregon vs Georgia and call it a day.
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That's what Vegas and the networks want.
 
#98
#98
cgrish said:
I even disagree with the conference champs being automatic. Clemson is in and played two sec teams this year, and got blowed out by Ga. and beat by Sc. so they are 0 and 2 against sec teams this year. But yet they are in.
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So essentially, only SEC teams should be in? How about this: Let's do away with the other conferences and create one super conference with 32 teams. Then the murder of college football will be complete.
 
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