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Proof of how screwed up voters are
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:51 pm
If LSU were to lose to Georgia, it is a guarantee voters would move LSU to #2 and jump Alabama to #1. You know it and I know it. The rationale would be that if you lose a game you have to drop no matter what, even if you beat the team jumping you head to head. How does that makes sense? Voters would say, "but Alabama lost to the best team in the nation in overtime and LSU lost to GA, therefore bama should be ahead of LSU". WTF?
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Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:52 pm to bcsman
Nothing about any of this makes any sense. The fact we have to earn the chance to play Bama is fricking retarded.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:52 pm to bcsman
Fact or opinion?
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:53 pm to bcsman
How can they be guaranteed to do it when you have no proof they will do it?
Stupid post.
Stupid post.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:54 pm to jturn17
He's guessing, just like everyone on this board does. And he's probably right.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:54 pm to bcsman
ghey
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:55 pm to Tiger Authority
quote:Well said. That's the first time I heard put like that but it's so true. That's exactly what's happening here.
The fact we have to earn the chance to play Bama is fricking retarded
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:55 pm to Tiger Authority
OU lost in 2003, they didn't drop. I know the formula is changed now but nothing is a foregone conclusion.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:57 pm to bcsman
No one should be allowed to make a guarantee without backing it up somehow.
It is too easy to guarantee when there is nothing on the line, but if there is something to lose (like being denied a post for a while) then there may be more opinions and fewer guarantees.
It is too easy to guarantee when there is nothing on the line, but if there is something to lose (like being denied a post for a while) then there may be more opinions and fewer guarantees.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:57 pm to bcsman
Yes the voters are screwed in the head. That is why quantifiable data outranks them in the equation, or at least i hope it does. Sports writers have their heads so far up their asses it is pathetic. The worst being baseball writers, but i will stay on point. You ask 10 different sports writers who is the best and you will get 16 answers, most times. The coaches/ unpaid intern poll is just about as worthless, at least those people know more of what goes into a game and a team to have a "valuable" opinion
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:57 pm to wahootiger
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OU lost in 2003, they didn't drop. I know the formula is changed now but nothing is a foregone conclusion.
I think he's talking about the polls. I would assume we would still have a good chance to be atop the BCS, but I think there would be many pollsters jumping at the chance to put Bama at the top. They still talk about how they're better than us and outplayed us every chance they get on ESPN despite the results being irrefutable.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 12:58 pm to Tiger Authority
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Nothing about any of this makes any sense. The fact we have to earn the chance to play Bama is fricking retarded.
This...
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:00 pm to 10888bge
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You ask 10 different sports writers who is the best and you will get 16 answers, most times.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:02 pm to 10888bge
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Yes the voters are screwed in the head. That is why quantifiable data outranks them in the equation, or at least i hope it does.
It doesn't.
1/3 Coaches, 1/3 Former coaches, media, administration, 1/3 computers.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:04 pm to jturn17
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The fact we have to earn the chance to play Bama is fricking retarded.
best i've heard it put yet
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:04 pm to bcsman
Do you think Kentucky should have been ahead of LSU after beating us in 2007? They only had 1 loss at that time.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:05 pm to bcsman
I agree with that logic, except if the two played head to head. Then it should go to the head to head matchup and that team should be ranked higher, if they are ranked right by each other.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:06 pm to bcsman
The more we win the more we make the BCS look bad. At first it was if we lose to Arky we could still go to the SEC championship. Then it's if we lose in the SEC championship we can still play for a title. Now it's if we lose the Championship we will get a share of Title.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:07 pm to jturn17
Thanks for the Clarification. sucks even more now. At least computers are always predictable, will always go with the numbers. to bad media/coaches pollers have to feel like they contributed/made a difference with their contrasting points of view.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 1:08 pm to Tiger Authority
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The fact we have to earn the chance to play Bama is fricking retarded.
Good thing that isn't what happened.
We are in. We don't have to earn a damn thing for the title game.
We are just taking a detour to earn ourselves a conference title...which despite the apparent prevailing attitude on this board...does mean something.
This post was edited on 11/29/11 at 1:10 pm
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