F$U slander is making me cackle
F$U slander is making me cackle
No weighting. Which of the five criteria favored FSU over Bama?
Can you just make the argument for FSU over Bama using the Committee criteria?
These other twists and turns are fun debates, but I suggest we all get back to how the Committee made their decision.
Thanks.
Which criteria specifically?
I understand how that affects their resume. I do not see how it affects their SoS calculation.It did not take other conferences that long to play nine conference games. Some actually played more. Are you just ****ing with me right now that you are not understanding why this benefits the SEC in a massive way?
Your post has inaccuracies. Player availability and impact on post season is in the charter under the principles section. Margin of victory against common opponents does not matter. It’s in the charter. SOS data are widely available.JFC.
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Am I taking crazy pills? Pretty sure that "player availability" or whatever the **** doesn't appear there, but I'm also pretty sure that FSU beat LSU by 3 scores on a neutral field (and was up by 4 scores with 1.5 minutes to go), but Bama beat LSU by 2 scores at home.
I'm not sure why some folks here are bending themselves in knots trying to justify the decision a committee that has been WILDLY inconsistent since the start of the CFP- are y'all just that stupid that you don't see the precedent that was set here? It's "We'll take an SEC team because we feel like it, and you suckers will help us justify it."
It's really unclear what FSU could have done to get in- they had a 9 game conference schedule, played 2 P5 teams OOC (one neutral, one road) for a total of 12 games against P5 competition, and didn't lose. Alabama played 10 games total against P5 competition, didn't play a single P5 opponent OOC outside of Alabama, and lost a game.
If you ever want CU to have a chance at another NC, you feel a little worse after the committee's decision yesterday.
Not all on ESPN think they got it right. Athletic has a writer or two that disagree. Most think the five criteria were followed this year to determine best.Seems like the majority of the MSM bland the most relevant sports media are all reporting this as "the committee got it right".
Is anyone seeing credible sports or news sources reporting it differently?
I would guess that it's incredibly likely the bowl contract has stipulations that a no-show or forfeit would carry immediate financial penalties
That's what the initial Saudi money is going to be for.I would guess that it's incredibly likely the bowl contract has stipulations that a no-show or forfeit would carry immediate financial penalties
Am I taking crazy pills? Pretty sure that "player availability" or whatever the **** doesn't appear there,
Law. Facts. Pound the table. You know the saying.Not sure where you got that.
Click on "Principles" on the right hand side of the page below.
https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2016/10/24/selection-committee-protocol
Seems like the majority of the MSM and the most relevant sports media are all reporting this as "the committee got it right".
Is anyone seeing credible sports or news sources reporting it differently?
It's still a joke and keeping a team out because of an injury is stupid. Might as well hang it up for the year after your conference championship.Law. Facts. Pound the table. You know the saying.
What I took was from their main page on their website.Your post has inaccuracies. Player availability and impact on post season is in the charter under the principles section. Margin of victory against common opponents does not matter. It’s in the charter. SOS data are widely available.
ESPN doesn't surprise me one bit.ESPN spending billions on SEC. Of course they are going to try to get the best return on investment.
The denominator is over 130 in the SOS calc. It may not be perfect, yet Bama has the clear edge over FSU.It's still a joke and keeping a team out because of an injury is stupid. Might as well hang it up for the year after your conference championship.
SOS is inherently flawed as well since the amount of games played per team is so low in football.
There is a **** ton of bias that go into these decisions but hey they followed the criteria.
Your statements on importance of win over LSU are not consistent with the charter. You are cherry-picking games to determine a proxy for SOS which meets your preferences and biases. The SOS services aren’t perfect. All point to Bama.What I took was from their main page on their website.
The point is that they clearly state those 4 factors as primary criteria, and player availability is only added in later sections so we should interpret that to mean it's not as important.
You asked how to justify FSU over Bama using the criteria, and that's it. Bama beat LSU at home, and FSU did it at a neutral site. Win on road > Win at neutral site > Win at home. Secondly, the wording is that "without incenting margin of victory" not that it doesn't matter. even if you don't incent margin of victory, FSU clearly beat LSU in a more convincing fashion than Bama.
You seem fixated on strength of schedule, and many folks have already explained explicitly how Alabama's SoS is inflated by the entire SEC using the 4th non-con for a body bag game, which means that the conference as a whole goes from one week finishing .500 (if it were an extra conference game, half the teams would lose) and takes it to 0.928 (everyone except Auburn wins!)
However, neither FSU nor Alabama has ANY control of their strength of schedule in conference. What they do control in terms of strength of schedule is non-conference:
FSU chose to play a much more challenging non-con schedule, and went undefeated. The playoff committee tied themselves up in knots to explain why they, for the fist time ever, left out an undefeated P5 conference champ so that a 1 loss team could get in. I'm not sure why you're carrying water for them.
- Bama OOC wins: @USF, Middle Tennessee, Chatanooga
- FSU OOC wins: LSU (neutral), @UF, Southern Miss
Finebaum is a twat
His comments are pathetic and insensitive
He should be stripped of CFB expert and have to declare, “I am a paid shill for the SEC”
This is true. Should we use the other games?Non conference SOS rankings
FSU #3
Alabama #6
And this weighs home, neutral, and away games equally.
yes, the CFP charter speaks of SOS, not "non conference SOS"This is true. Should we use the other games?
Yeah, I do not like the player availability criteria because it negates all the hard work the team put in. The spirit of competition is negated to a point. Football is a team sport is it not?The denominator is over 130 in the SOS calc. It may not be perfect, yet Bama has the clear edge over FSU.
The player availability issue makes sense to me and was agreed on the charter among a group of experts smarter than me and you. I respect that it doesn’t make sense to you. .