The playoff committee and force majeur.

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I have seen a ton of teeth knashing around here about the committee not following its own rules.

I believe they actually did. They ranked the teams per their own rules to the letter - except they had to make an unusual exception due to never imagined circumstances. I believe this to be their force majeur clause- essentially meaning that a contract (or rules) should be abandoned in the case of unforeseen circumstances - 9/11 attacks, pandemic, etc disrupting the normal course of business.

There was an unforeseen and simply unimaginable event this year. I saw it in person with my own eyes.
The number five ranked team gave up 63 points to South Carolina. Two weeks ago. 63. South Carolina.
No way in hell any team that does such a thing can be considered for a playoff spot.
Force Majeur. Throw the normal rules out of the window. There wasn’t a rule already in place for this because the absurdity of it couldn’t be imagined.
No one on earth was alive in the 1903 when such a thing last occurred.

Just my .02
 
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The only thing totally certain is that Tennessee has no business in the playoff. All the rest of it was done by people that I don't know.
 
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Hulavol said:
I have seen a ton of teeth knashing around here about the committee not following its own rules.

I believe they actually did. They ranked the teams per their own rules to the letter - except they had to make an unusual exception due to never imagined circumstances. I believe this to be their force majeur clause- essentially meaning that a contract (or rules) should be abandoned in the case of unforeseen circumstances - 9/11 attacks, pandemic, etc disrupting the normal course of business.

There was an unforeseen and simply unimaginable event this year. I saw it in person with my own eyes.
The number five ranked team gave up 63 points to South Carolina. Two weeks ago. 63. South Carolina.
No way in hell any team that does such a thing can be considered for a playoff spot.
Force Majeur. Throw the normal rules out of the window. There wasn’t a rule already in place for this because the absurdity of it couldn’t be imagined.
No one on earth was alive in the 1903 when such a thing last occurred.

Just my .02
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The differential between us and SCe was 25 points in an away game for us.
The differential between Mich and OSU was 22 points in a home game for the buckeyes.
 
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Hulavol said:
I have seen a ton of teeth knashing around here about the committee not following its own rules.

I believe they actually did. They ranked the teams per their own rules to the letter - except they had to make an unusual exception due to never imagined circumstances. I believe this to be their force majeur clause- essentially meaning that a contract (or rules) should be abandoned in the case of unforeseen circumstances - 9/11 attacks, pandemic, etc disrupting the normal course of business.

There was an unforeseen and simply unimaginable event this year. I saw it in person with my own eyes.
The number five ranked team gave up 63 points to South Carolina. Two weeks ago. 63. South Carolina.
No way in hell any team that does such a thing can be considered for a playoff spot.
Force Majeur. Throw the normal rules out of the window. There wasn’t a rule already in place for this because the absurdity of it couldn’t be imagined.
No one on earth was alive in the 1903 when such a thing last occurred.

Just my .02
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No one arguing for a spot in the playoffs but the ranking of ALA ahead of UT is not defendable
 
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Bama played 6 teams winning records (power 5 teams) and only in one of those games they won by more than 1 score. That doesn't include the Texas A&M game. But lets credit them for losing to the 2 top 20 teams they played by a close margin means they should be ranked higher than Tennessee because we got manhandled on the road in one of our 4 top 20 teams. I don't believe we should be in the playoff conversation at this point but there is no reasonable person that can say bama should be ranked ahead of Tennessee.
 
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I really don't see where any of this matters other than it gets under the skin of some people here. I really don't care. Bama lost 2 games by a total of 4 pts. UT lost to USCe alone by 25.
By the logic some of you are putting out USCe would beat Bama by 28 since they beat UT by 25.
Regardless of the head to head win against Bama, the total dismantling of UT by a lessor USCe team cannot be ignored. It takes 10 atta boys to overcome 1 ah sh*t and the USCe loss was a huge sh*t. Not to mention is was a late season loss.
The only real world difference this makes now, that I can tell, is whether UT goes to the Orange Bowl or the Sugar Bowl. Either is fine with me and if UT wins the bowl they have a shot at finishing 3rd for 4th in the final poll.
I'll take it.
 
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jessiej86 said:
Alabama on the other hand could only manage to score 49 on said team while giving up 52. In reality, neither deserve to be in the play off.
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In reality, neither will be in the playoff.

Arguing that their less than 10% chance of getting in is slightly better than our less than 10% chance of getting in is like Titanic victims arguing about who will drown first. Both are dead.
 
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No one is arguing they should be in a playoff spot. JUST ABOVE BAMA. So you couldn't be more wrong.
 
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whobethis16 said:
Except 63 points by an unranked team over a Top 5 has never happened in 100 years. If it was a last second field goal loss, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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The next week the committee thought they were so good they put them at #19.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
The only thing totally certain is that Tennessee has no business in the playoff. All the rest of it was done by people that I don't know.
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It is not the PLAYOFF that many of us are upset about today. It is about us getting kicked down the New Year 6 bowl ladder in favour of a team we beat head to head
 
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We will be above Bama next week when neither team has a chance at #4… WATCH

This was all to protect Bama and what if
 
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whobethis16 said:
It was 2 weeks after dragging Tennessee through the mud, after getting another top 10 win. The one win wasn't good enough to put them in.
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No I understand that. What I'm saying is they obviously don't think the loss to them is that big of a deal as when it happened.
Alabama losing to LSU looks WORSE however after LSU getting embarrassed.
I thought that would be enough to tip the scales.
If it's because of Hooker, I don't agree still because I'm not sure Tenn beats the top 10 at all with Milton. Yet they didn't drop them. So it's still inconsistent IMO.
I don't think we should rank a team for the entire year's work because one key player got hurt 1.5 games left.
 
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