re: Does NOT look like the are rewarding teams for playing tough OOC games.

I "love" how THEY'RE NOT paying in mind to the new "enhanced metrics" that they said they would. According to the ESPN broadcast last night, Texas A&M should have been #1. Nothing has changed, these coaches on the committee don't give two craps about metrics or statistics. They go by "eye test" and if the team is beating the crap out of teams (regardless of how cupcake they are) they're ranking them higher than teams who actually pass the metric and statistical tests. Same old system.

The SEC has ZERO reason to schedule any difficult OOC games moving forward.

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14-7 is convincingly now?

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My thoughts exactly. The game was determined inside the 5 yard line. Both teams had 4th and goal from the 1. OSU scored; Texas didn’t. 14-7. And Texas had the ball at the end of the game with a chance to tie. Texas out gained OSU ~330 to ~200. Ohio State deserved to win but it was certainly competitive.

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Lost any respect I had for the process when I heard that 13-0 FSU, who had a dominant win over LSU (who ended the season #12), was out of the playoffs. There is no reward for playing tough OOC opponents, so why bother?

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No doubt, even though it benefitted Alabama and we were one over time play away from making it to the NC game. I felt awful for FSU. They had a dominant season but how the ACC was viewed by the committee and then their QB (who was the reason that offense was so good) going down with the season ending injury, just was too much for the committee to overlook. I'm not saying I agree with them, just saying I can see where they came to their conclusion.

I’m not knocking Ohio State, I’m pointing out to the Texas guy that he apparently didn’t watch the game because it was in no way domination

Also, if Ohio State is willing to sit on a seven point lead for three quarters good for them, but it’s probably going to end badly at some point. Most people don’t consider 7-0 going into the fourth in a game where you’ve been out gained all day long to be very comfortable at all.

But again, this isn’t about Ohio State. It’s about a Texas fan that totally misrepresented what happened that first game.

As far as Alabama goes, they got the crap beat out of them in the first game and that’s what we’re talking about - the first game. Not where any team stands today.

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Two loss Notre Dame.

Guess beating #5 ranked Georgia in Athens doesn't mean much these days.

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After losing to 4 loss Florida State

This used to matter when there were four teams and before, not cupcakes for all I say. IU hasn't beat a team with a pulse in two years and won (Oregon isn't that good this year) and the B12 scheduled it that way, don't know who they have compromising pics of.

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The job of the selection committee according to their own rules is to pick the 12 best teams in the nation at the time they make the choices. It isn’t supposed to be an award based on the season. Based on their performance without him, do you seriously think FSU was one of the 12 best teams in the nation after their quarterback got hurt? If you’re honest, you know the answer. Without him, they weren’t one of the 12 best teams in the SEC, much less in the nation.

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I literally said in this thread that I didn’t think FSU, even when they were playing their best ball in 2023, could beat the Bama team as it was at the end of the regular season.

My point is this: what is the point of scheduling hard OOC games, where your players are more likely to be injured, if there’s no reward? High risk/ no reward versus low risk/no reward. It’s an easy choice. If the CFP committee wants to disincentivize good non-conference matchups, they’re doing a great job of it.

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Does NOT look like the are rewarding teams for playing tough OOC games

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You are correct. A&M wouldn't move up if they swapped out ND for anyone. Texas would move up if they played a cupcake instead of Ohio State because they'd likely be 8-1 in that case.

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Booger McFarland said Texas A&M had the most impressive road win of any team in the country because they beat Notre Dame in South Bend.

Two loss Notre Dame.

Guess beating #5 ranked Georgia in Athens doesn't mean much these days.

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I don't know why you guys listen to these people. You can get better and worse opinions here.

Stankey needs to step in and stir some shite. OSU BEST win is longhorns.

If Texas A&M hadn't traveled to ND and beat them, and instead scheduled a cupcake we would be on the bubble for CFP.