zounami

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I did all 5 computers in the post above yours.

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As I mentioned in the reply above, I think those averages you posted are wrong...

Specifically, which 5 computer models did you average?...

Please provide links so I can double-check your math.

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Someone will always be left out. Get over it.

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You wouldn't feel that way ("Get over it") if Arkansas were one of the deserving SEC teams being left out.

The best teams should be selected, period.

This is interesting...
Compare the top computer model (Sagarin) to the AP's latest Top 25, and notice how the media has literally INVERTED the Top 5 in the Big Ten's favor:

• Sagarin Ratings

1. SEC
2. SEC
3. Big Ten
4. SEC
5. SEC

• Latest AP Top 25

1. Big Ten
2. Big Ten
3. SEC
4. Big Ten
5. Big Ten

This is an example of why computer rankings (especially late in the season, with a large sample size) are vastly superior to human polls.

Every single SEC team is underrated by the AP, compared to what the more accurate & objective computer models say. The conference is being punished for being the best conference, when the opposite should be happening.

There is absolutely no way the SEC is going to move to a 9-game schedule with this kind of subjective bias in the ranking systems. It would actually be more sensible to move to a 7-game schedule, since the league is by far the deepest in the country and already cannibalizing itself with 8 games (and that's with Florida, Oklahoma, and Auburn having down seasons!).

Some wonder why the Big Ten and sports media have put enormous pressure on the SEC to add a 9th conference game... Well, this is why. The rest of college football hates and envies the SEC. The reasons are numerous and obvious.

Sooner than later, the SEC (Sankey) is going to have to address this problem, otherwise deserving SEC teams will be left out of the expanded playoff.

The solutions are to:

(1) Switch to using computer models for ranking & selecting the teams (similar to the BCS era) instead of biased human polls & committees.
Or....
(2) Give the SEC six (6) automatic bids to the playoff (and if it expands to 16, then give the SEC 8 automatic bids).

Sankey will have leverage to negotiate this. The fact is, the CFP needs the SEC more than the SEC needs the CFP... It has more powerhouse brands than all the other leagues combined.

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Only reason we got stuck with Mizzou is because UF’s president at the time grew up in the state.

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Keep telling yourself that. And I suggest actually reading the OP.

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UTexas does not add anything athletically or academically to the SEC.

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C'mon, I hate the Longhorns as much as anyone, but they are an academic and athletic powerhouse.

Considered a "public Ivy", their academic programs are highly ranked across the board. Their athletic programs are consistently ranked in the top 20 (if not top 10) in *all* sports. Multiple national title contenders every year.

Most lucrative AD in the country. Like Notre Dame, even when the Longhorns suck, people (and media) still follow and care about them. Half their games will be marquee matchups with national appeal and high TV ratings. Not to mention the old SWC and Big12 rivalries.

Plus, and perhaps most importantly, it gives the SEC a monopoly in the most fertile recruiting territory in the land. That would be the state of Texas.

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SEC fans didn't want to expand past 12, FWIW

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And a lot of Oklahoma and Missouri fans didn't want to expand the Big 8, but times changed... If the SEC hadn't expanded West with A&M/MU/OU/UT then another conference would have, and that wouldn't bode well for the league's interests down the road.

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as for Sankeys body of work. We still win in FB, often having 2 in, our basketball league has gotten a lot better, baseball has been dominant by more than just one school during his time, and womens sports have become more dominant. He has done a good job in my eyes

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Plus, landing Texas and Oklahoma.

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Looks like Wake Forest got screwed also.

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and SEC-bound Oklahoma, the highest-ranked team to NOT receive a bid