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re: Invites to be on Playoff Committee are underway
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:59 pm to nc14
Posted on 9/25/13 at 8:59 pm to nc14
Some computer polls are good, some are terrible, that's why a lot of different ones exist and why the BCS uses 6 and throws out the highest and the lowest.
Contrary to common belief, since the 2003 season the computers are weighted so that they don't even really matter if the human polls think otherwise.
In reality the computer rankings were merely acting as a tiebreaker if the human polls were super close.
Computers have flaws (no eyeball test, only as good as data and algorithm)
Human polls have flaws (humman bias, emotional response)
If you're wanting a perfect system you will never have one. This isn't the NFL with 32 teams tucked nicely into divisions. There are 120+ teams playing across 10+ conferences all making their own schedules.
The BCS was fine, the playoff will be fine, most likely a tad better than the BCS.
Contrary to common belief, since the 2003 season the computers are weighted so that they don't even really matter if the human polls think otherwise.
In reality the computer rankings were merely acting as a tiebreaker if the human polls were super close.
Computers have flaws (no eyeball test, only as good as data and algorithm)
Human polls have flaws (humman bias, emotional response)
If you're wanting a perfect system you will never have one. This isn't the NFL with 32 teams tucked nicely into divisions. There are 120+ teams playing across 10+ conferences all making their own schedules.
The BCS was fine, the playoff will be fine, most likely a tad better than the BCS.
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