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re: The committee backed themselves into this corner - And I personally love it.
Posted on 12/3/23 at 9:36 am to SneezyBeltranIsHere
Posted on 12/3/23 at 9:36 am to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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So, since you lost at home to Texas by double digits, your other wins, like needing a miracle to beat a garbage Auburn team, somehow proves to the world that you deserve to be in the playoff over Texas?
No argument against the head to head point - hard to get around. but it ain’t like Texas went through mauling folks - and lost to OU team that is far below their norm.
But - if it came down to Tex or Bama - I just have a tough time getting over the head to head. Yes bama is a diff team now, yes beat #1, and is the sec champ- but they lost to a team they would be competing with for a spot. If bama got the nod over Tex- then what’s the point in playing the game? Or at least playing it in first half of season.
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Posted on 12/3/23 at 9:57 am to goat
Bunch of things to unpack here and the funny part is that the CFP are boxed in not because of FSU, but instead for constantly giving teams the benefit of the doubt of potential future wins vs who they played and who they beat.
Oregon was constantly pushed up the rankings because of "style" and the assumption that they would beat Washington in a rematch, which obviously did not happen Friday night.
GA is under the same fallacy. The assumption was that GA would be the SEC champs and so therefore in the end their winning the SEC would justify their lofty ranking. So because of that, they ignored some of the concerns with UGA all season.
So in the end, all of this is tied to the CFP committee bet on the wrong horse twice and Bama losing to Texas dictated the structure that would be used to keep them out.
If everything would have gone chalk, there would be no arguments (unless it would be Texas/FSU) and the SEC is in.
Oregon was constantly pushed up the rankings because of "style" and the assumption that they would beat Washington in a rematch, which obviously did not happen Friday night.
GA is under the same fallacy. The assumption was that GA would be the SEC champs and so therefore in the end their winning the SEC would justify their lofty ranking. So because of that, they ignored some of the concerns with UGA all season.
So in the end, all of this is tied to the CFP committee bet on the wrong horse twice and Bama losing to Texas dictated the structure that would be used to keep them out.
If everything would have gone chalk, there would be no arguments (unless it would be Texas/FSU) and the SEC is in.
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