re: This is how you want a coach responding to bullshite committee rankings

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Simple UGA's only loss is to a top 10 team Texas Tech's only loss came in a game without their starting QB (major injuries is something the committee has always said would be taken into account) Oregon's only loss is to the current #2 team Ole Miss' only loss is to the current #3 team in the country A&M's loss came when fully healthy to a team not in the playoffs

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Someone has to be the lowest ranked 1 loss team and A&M drew the proverbial short straw. It’s all close enough that I don’t really take issue with it other than my team was the loser in it. Should have beaten Texas to avoid it.


Just a couple thoughts in general:

1.) saying that a teams starter was injured so that terrible loss doesn’t count is so stupid. So if Marcel reed stayed injured against Texas the loss wouldn’t have mattered now?

2.) obviously A&M benefits here but I do think that if things are super close, OOC schedule should be the tiebreaker. This would encourage teams to schedule tougher

ETA: the real problem here at the end of the day is auto bids. 6 seed plays north Texas and 7 seed plays Alabama?

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1.) saying that a teams starter was injured so that terrible loss doesn’t count is so stupid. So if Marcel reed stayed injured against Texas the loss wouldn’t have mattered now?

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I don't think anybody is saying it doesn't count so much as you have to take it into consideration.
You do think that losing your starting QB would hurt a team more than losing a RB, right? Most teams would find it difficult to win with a backup QB who, under normal circumstances would play very little in most games,than a 2nd string RB that probably gets 7-10 touches every single game.

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2.) obviously A&M benefits here but I do think that if things are super close, OOC schedule should be the tiebreaker. This would encourage teams to schedule tougher

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I agree, and I think it does as long as you win that tough OOC game. (As a whole) I mean, all things considered do you take the team that beat the #1 team in the country, or the team that beat Syracuse. If the first team loses to the #1 team in the country what did they prove? Playing a tough OOC game gives an opportunity to make a splash and get a benefit of the doubt. Lost to a tough OOC team and you can't give people style points for scheduling a tough OOC game and lose.

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Most of the teams A&M played may not be ranked in the Top 20 but they were at the time and are still ranked in the Top 30-50.

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I totally disagree. Rankings are meaningless until at least halfway or 3/4 through the season. How good a team actually is > how good a team is supposed to be. Look at where TX started and finished.

I guess you beating them does play a role in their rank falling but that doesn’t move the needle. ND lost to AM and are still top 10. Other than that what teams did you beat that took an unfair hit to their ranking?

The fact is AM split between the two best teams they played with a loss late against a TX team the lost to UGA, FL (yuk) and got taken to OT against MsState and KY.

The difference between 6th and 7th is stupid anyway. Just be glad you’re in. Miami, Vandy and UVA (if they win) have a real reason to be pissed.

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I don't think anybody is saying it doesn't count so much as you have to take it into consideration. You do think that losing your starting QB would hurt a team more than losing a RB, right? Most teams would find it difficult to win with a backup QB who, under normal circumstances would play very little in most games,than a 2nd string RB that probably gets 7-10 touches every single game.

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Marcel reed twisted his ankle against Texas in the 1st quarter. If he decided he couldn’t finish the game (out two weeks so not like FSU situation) does the loss get diminished like Texas techs loss to Arizona state?