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re: New playoff format should benefit LSU greatly...
Posted on 12/25/13 at 12:21 am to M. A. Ryland
Posted on 12/25/13 at 12:21 am to M. A. Ryland
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I think the playoff is intended to be limited to conference champs
Completely false.
The new system is set up to choose the top 4 teams, regardless of conference affiliation.
That's part of the beauty of it.
Posted on 12/25/13 at 12:31 am to tiger4178
I think you're going to be disappointed
more than likely the conference champs of major conferences will be the typical representatives - if this wasn't the case they would have more trouble getting buy in from the power players of college football.
more than likely the conference champs of major conferences will be the typical representatives - if this wasn't the case they would have more trouble getting buy in from the power players of college football.
Posted on 12/25/13 at 12:31 am to tiger4178
Way off IMO. Look at all the pundits that vouched for Ohio St. This year. The first good team they played, they LOST. Our SEC schedule is always tough, one loss could lead to a re-match with a team we already beat. Or completely leave us out of the top 4 if they vote for conference champs. We all know some of those are good on paper, but didn't earn shite
Posted on 12/25/13 at 12:46 am to tiger4178
quote:
The new system is set up to choose the top 4 teams, regardless of conference affiliation.
again, probably not when you look at what has been said:
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The championship game will be managed by the conferences and will not be branded as a bowl game. The presidents also announced the creation of a selection committee that will rank the teams to play in the playoff, "giving all the teams an equal opportunity to participate." The committee will consider win-loss record, strength of schedule, head-to-head results and whether a team is a conference champion.
When you look at those listed criteria that makes it a long shot for an at large who didn't win their conference to make the field.
1) Win/loss records are unlikely to help at large teams that don't win their conference; their W/L records are similar generally (MSU, UCF, Baylor, and Alabama have the same records this year).
2) Strength of schedule won't help teams like Alabama or LSU unless they have scheduled more aggressively out of conference. Note that Alabama this year had one win against a team in teh top 20 of the BCS (in LSU) whereas conference champs like Baylor, MSU, and Stanford may have better quality wins on their schedules (again, I refer you to the BCS rankings of teams like OU, tOSU, Oregon, ASU, and UCLA compared to Bama's best team beaten in LSU)
3) Head to head results - another way of saying win your conference. If you lost those games against teams you should have beaten to win your conference you are going to have an uphill battle to an at large berth.
4) Winning your conference - By definition this will not favor at large bids.
Posted on 12/26/13 at 8:55 am to tiger4178
quote:
The new system is set up to choose the top 4 teams, regardless of conference affiliation.
That's part of the beauty of it.
You say that now, man.
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