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re: “SEC was down this year” - when’s the last time any other conference had 5 in top 13?
Posted on 12/4/23 at 9:41 am to Skillet
Posted on 12/4/23 at 9:41 am to Skillet
quote:Last year’s results should have zero beating on this year. But for better or worse, the SEC benefits from perception based on past performance. Even though the conference was down this year. Say what you want about “muh 5 teams in the top 13” but Georgia and Bama have looked underwhelming at times this year. Bama had their hands full with a pair of 6 loss teams (USF and Auburn) and 4-8 Arkansas. Yet they’re still viewed as more playoff worthy than an undefeated FSU who got the job done with a 3rd string QB and would’ve had their 2nd string back before the bowl game.
Maybe these other conferences should try beating whatever SEC team that’s in the playoffs. Michigan losing to TCU last season only to have TCU curb stomped by Georgia pretty much shows the disparity in SEC vs everyone else at the end of the season.
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 9:53 am to Tiger Prawn
Also check the OOC record. LSU Bama and Florida all lost early season OOC games. The ACC was 6-4 on the year vs the SEC, but hey the ACC is inferior
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:02 am to Jon Ham
Cheering-on a school's sports teams is nonsensical, but doing so for conferences is an especially strange phenomenon.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:05 am to SmoothBox
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The conference championship games over the weekend were abysmal to watch
Huh? Washington/Oregon was a great game. So was Bama/Georgia. I don't know how you could watch that, as a football fan, and not enjoy it.
The big 10 was no fun, but that's bc their divisions are jacked up. That's a big 10 problem, not a football problem. The ACC and Big 12 are second tier conferences, and they provided second tier games.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:06 am to H-Town Tiger
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but hey the ACC is inferior
Are you suggesting that the SEC is not a better conference than the ACC?
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:12 am to Jon Ham
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You guys have completely lost it trying to justify a one loss Big 12 champ being given the nod over an undefeated ACC team.
As I have pointed out to you before, per the committee guidelines, they couldn’t have included bama without UT. Therefore the decision you are presenting is not relevant.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:14 am to Cosmo
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You forgot Bama knocked the Heisman winning QB out to end that game
LSU was already losing when that happened and wasn't stopping Bama from scoring
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:18 am to Hold That Tiger 10
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Are you suggesting that the SEC is not a better conference than the ACC?
No I judge teams accomplishments not conferences. Team win not conferences. Florida St played and beat 2 SEC teams along with every one else they played, that’s 11 P5 games. They should be in as should Texas who did beat the SEC champs in the road.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:53 am to Jon Ham
What has Arkansas contributed to this. Love when bottom feeders ride coattails when they haven’t contributed anything to the SEC rise. A few crappy bowl game wins. Considering 2010 was their best year and an average Ohio State team roasted these pigs might not wanna pipe it down and let the Big 6 run the show not The Hogs.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:56 am to OceanMan
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As I have pointed out to you before, per the committee guidelines, they couldn’t have included bama without UT. Therefore the decision you are presenting is not relevant.
That’s false. Just look at them ranking one-loss Texas over one-loss OU earlier in the year despite OU’s win over Texas.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 11:58 am to H-Town Tiger
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They should be in as should Texas who did beat the SEC champs in the road.
3 top 15 wins > 1 top 15 win
1 loss to one-loss team > 1 loss to two-loss team
SEC Championship > Big 12 Championship
“but muh one game in September!”
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:00 pm to Jon Ham
1 > 0
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:01 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
I know, “but muh one game!”
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:03 pm to Jon Ham
Muh That Was September.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:03 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
September is irrelevant but I think it adds a nice touch.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:22 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
By the way, that metric you were using to support Texas a few days ago is now in Bama’s favor (SOS).
Completely rekt.
Completely rekt.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:27 pm to Jon Ham
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That’s false. Just look at them ranking one-loss Texas over one-loss OU earlier in the year despite OU’s win over Texas.
You are incorrect. The guidelines are written for “How to Select the Best Four Teams to Compete for the College Football Playoff Championship”
Only the final rankings do that.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:29 pm to Jon Ham
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By the way, that metric you were using to support Texas a few days ago is now in Bama’s favor (SOS).
Cool.
Now do H2H.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:31 pm to OceanMan
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When circumstances at the margins indicate that teams are comparable, then the following criteria must be considered:
Championships won
Strength of schedule
Head-to-head competition (if it occurred)…
1. The guidelines don’t say “you must rank a team higher if they won the H2H,” just that it must be “considered.”
2. Strength of schedule is also in this list and that favors Bama.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 12:31 pm to Jon Ham
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