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Playoff Committee Got It Wrong

Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:30 pm
Posted by GAFF
Georgia
Member since Aug 2010
2450 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:30 pm
How does a team that was #3 5 days ago fall 3 spots after winning by 55 points? If the team was named Texas it would have never happened. Imagine if Miss St won out then got booted by OSU on the last day.
Posted by WhitewaterDawg
Tennessee
Member since Aug 2011
7233 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:30 pm to
state would have absolutely been left out.
Posted by fillmoregandt
OTM
Member since Nov 2009
14368 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:30 pm to
TCU got jumped.

People are acting like TCU was penalized, but it was a case of other teams jumping them
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:31 pm to
Because ISU is shite and Wisconsin's shite smells a little bit nicer.
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
35959 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:31 pm to
Baylor is the one that got screwed, not TCU


having TCU ranked 3rd last week was the brainfart of the year
Posted by inelishaitrust
Oxford, MS
Member since Jan 2008
26079 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:32 pm to
quote:

How does a team that was #3 5 days ago fall 3 spots after winning by 55 points? If the team was named Texas it would have never happened. Imagine if Miss St won out then got booted by OSU on the last day.


Because their conference is trash for changing the rules at the end of the season.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:33 pm to
The reasoning will be that they didn't "fall," three other teams "rose." We can argue whether the committee got it right, but the idea itself is fine.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99247 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:33 pm to
They got it right.

When other teams are putting it on the line playing one more game then Big 12 teams, then they should be rewarded for that IMO.

I also think that they got caught moving FSU to #4 in the hopes that Tech would beat them in the ACC Championship Game and give them a reason to drop them all the way out. They obviously didn't have any respect for them squeaking by all season long even if undefeated. TCU just got caught up in that.

Now you can argue that the committee needs to be more consistent in their weekly ratings. I could agree with that.
Posted by ghols2112
BR
Member since Oct 2007
273 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:34 pm to
B12 deserves to be punished for not having champ game.
Top four have 12+ wins.
TCU/Baylor only had 11.
Technically Baylor was Conf Champ but last in nation on OOC SOS.
B12 will be forced to create champ game.
This post was edited on 12/7/14 at 12:35 pm
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
80415 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

fall 3 spots


They didn't fall any spots. The weekly rankings are independent of each other.
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jul 2011
2152 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:36 pm to
What was wrong was that the committee announced their rankings on a weekly basis. No other NCAA post-season selection committee does that. Had they kept "radio silence" up until selection day, there would be a little discussion about OSU vs. the Big XII schools, but you wouldn't have this "how did TCU fall 3 places" argument.
Posted by dhuck20
SCLSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
20425 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:37 pm to
They got the 4 right, but it doesn't mean TCU didn't get screwed. OSU is a big fish they couldn't leave out.

TCU getting that 07 treatment.

Go with 6.
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:38 pm to
quote:

How does a team that was #3 5 days ago fall 3 spots after winning by 55 points?

The whole reason to have a committee is to just put the teams in that they want in.

It's a joke.

It will continue to be a joke as long as the selection of teams is subjective.
Posted by JCinBAMA
North of Huntsville
Member since Oct 2009
17586 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:38 pm to
They got one thing right.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261492 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:41 pm to
quote:

How does a team that was #3 5 days ago fall 3 spots after winning by 55 points?


They played a shitty opponent. On the other hand, FSU, Oregon, OSU and Alabama all played quality opponents and showed why they belonged. To me, number 5 would be Baylor.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
24539 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:46 pm to
Weren't true conference champs
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
66819 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

How does a team that was #3 5 days ago fall 3 spots after winning by 55 points?


well they got jumped by an undefeated tema and a team that beat a top 25 team by 59 points.

makes sense to me. TCU didn't even win the conference outright. IF the Big 12 had any kind of integrity they Baylor would have.

quote:

If the team was named Texas it would have never happened. Imagine if Miss St won out then got booted by OSU on the last day.


you mean won out after losing to Bama or gone undefeated?

TCU lost their conference, and the Big 12 changed to rules, and i think the committee decided to give them the finger. Good, they deserve it. Baylor beat TCU.
Posted by GregAl
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
3659 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:01 pm to
Ohio State improved their SOS and won a conference championship yesterday. All that TCU did was beat a lowly Iowa State team. Meanwhile, their quality wins took a hit with OU's loss.
Posted by tiggah1981
Winterfell
Member since Aug 2007
17056 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:45 pm to
Money makes the world go round..osu has a top 3 fan base
Posted by JacksonLSU
california
Member since Oct 2007
1664 posts
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:52 pm to
they solved the baylor tcu problem. either would be mad the other is in, so they both got left out. Baylor would be mad they beat tcu yet tcu was in.... and tcu wud be mad they were ranked higher, yet baylor got in.
This post was edited on 12/7/14 at 1:56 pm
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