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

Dude, aside from Texas your SEC schedule went a combined 12-44 in the league. That’s otherworldly weak in this conference. Even with them it’s 18-46. Your SEC opponents barely averaged over 2 conference wins

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quote: 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. 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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There is a very real difference and that's why teams want a higher seed. 6 Seed probably means playing UVA in the first round and Tech in the second in the Cotton. 7 seed means playing Bama/ND/Miami in the first round and UGA or Indiana in either the Sugar or the Orange in the second. You want the better matchups.

The problem with the rest of your argument is A&M has a better SOS and SOR than the other teams they are being compared to.

The committee will do the SEC no favors. We have already seen as much.

Hey gomers what channel are you on this weekend, I cannot seem to find it?

Aggies’ best win is 1-point over ND, currently ranked 10 and probably falling out of the playoffs. Ole Miss’s best win is over 8th ranked OK, by 8. Aggies’ loss was by two scores to 13th ranked TX and OM’s was by one score to 3rd ranked UGA. Second best wins: Aggies beat unranked Mizzou; OM beat ranked Tulane. Both teams’ third best win was over LSU. The rest of both teams’ wins are inconsequential. Both of OM’s best two wins were over better teams than Aggies’ best two, and OM’s only loss was to better team than Aggies’.

By Sunday, OM will have two wins over teams likely in the playoffs; Aggies likely will have none.

Not even close between OM and Aggies for higher ranking. Just stop.

Now, if you want to argue that OM and maybe Aggies should be above Oregon and/or TTech, fine. That’s at least debatable.

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Can’t see that the line at 12 with auto bids is what is causing the issue? 32 would mean every major program would likely be in that has a decent season.

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Continually expanding will only muddy the waters. You will still have certain conferences )B1G and SEC) insisting on having a minimum number of teams, then the G5 will want a few more....shoot, I can foresee some DIV II schools wanting their champions to be included and so on and so forth.

Do you really think having Mississippi State vs. San Jose State is going to make things better?

For instance...the 32nd place team this year was New Mexico. no thank you. I have no desire whatsoever to see New Mexico play. Or Houston, UNLV also finished in the top 32. A Navy vs. New Mexico does not interest me whatsoever.

Hey...it's your opinion, but when they expand that much, I will be doing other things on Saturdays, rather than watching watered down college football.

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a better win

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No you won’t. You will watch. Same as always.

But, regardless, what’s going on now is silly without clear metrics.

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think everyone believes the job of the committee is to select the top 12 teams in order.

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That’s what they say but we all know what they’re doing.