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Stewart Mandel’s Mailbag should be called Mandel's Meltdown
Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:54 am
Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:54 am
Stewart Mandel, long known to be a fan of the tide (/sarcasm). He's back with more from last night, championing the Miami Hurricanes with their quality of losses. Excerpts from his well-reasoned rant:
NYTimes.com/Alantic (Warning - may be paywalled - not for peasants)
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In all seriousness: No. I think bettors were just smart enough to follow the golden rule of CFP selections: It’s ‘Bama, stupid!
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They’re like a walking poster for how arbitrarily the committee shifts its rationale from week to week, season to season. Case in point:
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This time the Crimson Tide have the extra loss, and it’s a doozy: 24-3 at 6-6 Oklahoma. Whereas Miami’s two losses were close ones at 9-3 Syracuse and 7-5 Georgia Tech. But now, we’re told, it’s OK to have the worse record if you have the better wins.
The lesson: It’s ‘Bama, stupid!
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But then, when it came to the last spot, they suddenly remembered it’s supposed to matter who a team beats.
Just in time for Alabama.
NYTimes.com/Alantic (Warning - may be paywalled - not for peasants)
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Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:55 am to captainFid
Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:59 am to captainFid
He's just trying to generate hits.
Posted on 12/4/24 at 8:42 am to captainFid
We are ahead of Miami in the AP poll as well. So apparently his media buddies are in on the conspiracy also.
Same story with the coaches were ahead in the coaches poll.
The computers are also in on it because we're ahead in those as well.
Same story with the coaches were ahead in the coaches poll.
The computers are also in on it because we're ahead in those as well.
Posted on 12/4/24 at 8:51 am to captainFid
Why melt if your team is in? Who cares what Mandel types? It’s literally his job to post shite
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