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re: Joel Klatt made an interesting point (yeah, that Joel Klatt)
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:51 pm to Kcoyote
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:51 pm to Kcoyote
So, we should cut March Madness down to 48 teams, since a 16 has never beaten a 1? Or, there has only been 1 #8 winner, how about we just cut the field down to 24 or so, and let the lowest 8 have a bye while the top half have to play an elimination game? (I'm looking at you, Bama.)
If your argument is ONLY that full body of work matters, OK. That is a valid viewpoint. What about the team that started young and took a few games to get everybody on the same page, but by the end of the year was killing everybody. I would argue that was A&M in 2012. I think we could have beaten pretty much anybody by the end of the season (and, yes, that includes L7U).
Personally, without it affecting our past at all, I like the idea that a team that shows that level of improvement gets a shot. They could be the most dominant team in football at the end, but would have been disqualified because it took them a few games to gel. If you leave them out, did you really crown the best team in football?
If your argument is ONLY that full body of work matters, OK. That is a valid viewpoint. What about the team that started young and took a few games to get everybody on the same page, but by the end of the year was killing everybody. I would argue that was A&M in 2012. I think we could have beaten pretty much anybody by the end of the season (and, yes, that includes L7U).
Personally, without it affecting our past at all, I like the idea that a team that shows that level of improvement gets a shot. They could be the most dominant team in football at the end, but would have been disqualified because it took them a few games to gel. If you leave them out, did you really crown the best team in football?
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Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:53 pm to Kcoyote
8 teams would be less of an arugemrnt
P5 champs Automatically
3 at larges
Best G5 if they are in the top 15 or whatever the old BCS rule used to be for non automatic qualifiers.
P5 champs Automatically
3 at larges
Best G5 if they are in the top 15 or whatever the old BCS rule used to be for non automatic qualifiers.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:58 pm to fareplay
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Back to BCS!
frick that! Let’s go all the way back to the old bowl system in which 3-4 bowls were de facto NCGs and let the AP and Coaches Polls sort everything out after the dust settled.
It certainly made several bowls worth watching.
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:58 pm to Kcoyote
I have but one rule for the playoffs, you don't give up a double nickel to Iowa, break said rule and you face the conciquences and repercussions.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:00 pm to TIGERSPIKE
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At least they were the one team that proven they could beat an elite team.
I assume you are saying Georgia is the elite team, because your argument itself implies Alabama is not.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:01 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
Well it wasn't a 31 point loss to a 7-5 team or a 15 point home loss to a top ten team but all in all the right team got in. Sorry y'all suck.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:02 pm to BhamDore
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scheduled a preseason top 3 team OOC
FIFY
Where did that team end up ranked?
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:04 pm to SECFan1995
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Kanell was pretty pissed off on Twitter yesterday that Georgia got in.
Kanell absolutely HATES the SEC.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:05 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
55-24 to Iowa 
Btw, Auburn would curb stomp OSU
Btw, Auburn would curb stomp OSU
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:06 pm to fareplay
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Back to BCS!
I wouldn't have a problem with that.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:15 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:Obviously the playoff committee doesn't agree with you.
That loss was not enough to eliminate them.quote:
Yes it was.
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CFP Chairman Kirby Hocutt on Alabama over Ohio State
"The selection committee looked at a one-loss Alabama team with that loss coming against the final ranking No. 7 team Auburn in a very competitive game," selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said on ESPN.
"We compared that to a two-loss Ohio State team -- obviously with one loss at home to No. 2 Oklahoma -- but more damaging was the 31-point loss to unranked Iowa. We spent a great amount of time last night into the morning -- beginning at 7:30 this morning -- talking about the full body of work.
Now that the complete season is in front of us, the selection committee just favored Alabama's full body of work over that of Ohio State. It was consistent over the course of the year, as we saw Alabama play week-in and week-out, our rankings showed when we start with a clean piece of paper every week, that Alabama was the better football team."
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:22 pm to Kcoyote
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Ultimately his final argument was that if you're arguing about which resumes are better from a group of bad resumes, you don't deserve to be the national champion.
Let in the 6 best conference champs and 2 wild cards.
It's really not that hard to determine and anyone who thinks it is has CTE.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:28 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Yea I'm loving watching Robert Smith on FOX be a whiney little bitch. That silly quadroon won't say anything about how the committee went way out on a limb last yea for his beloved Ohio State and the Buckeyes made the committee look like shat. What I figure is the committee wasn't gonna let Ohio St embarrass them two years in a row.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:30 pm to TIGERSPIKE
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At least they were the one team that proven they could beat an elite team. The
Syracuse and Iowa should have been in.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:30 pm to jatebe
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Obviously the playoff committee doesn't agree with you.
Of course not. They did less than a week ago.
Saban has spoken.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:32 pm to labamafan
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Well it wasn't a 31 point loss to a 7-5 team or a 15 point home loss to a top ten team but all in all the right team got in. Sorry y'all suck.
And Saban still had to go on ESPN and beg.
Pathetic.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:33 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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DisplacedBuckeye
You gotta admit the committee went out on a limb for y'all last year and your beloved Buckeyes got bent over. I'm pretty confident Bama won't embarrass the committee this year. Clemson might beat Bama but it sure as shat won't be 31-0 honky.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:41 pm to AshLSU
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Where did that team end up ranked?
Where would they have been ranked with Francois?
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:42 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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DisplacedBuckeye
You're back???
We told you how this was gonna play out, but you wouldn't listen.
One of these years, just maybe, you'll learn what the rest of us already knew: arse sucking losses trump good wins.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 5:51 pm to bamagreycoat
Maybe not. Last year's Clemson team? Yeah, probably at least that bad.
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