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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 2:06:18 PM   
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It's very possible this year that by the time the playoffs occur FSU will not have played a single top 25 team.



Well then imagine how pissed you'd be if a bunch of ACC teams all started highly ranked, only to play their way put of the Top25 after FSU beat them.

That is what those of us outside of the SEC fanbase face.

LSU
Georgia
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Miss St
Auburn
Alabama

have all been ranked in the Top 10 this year.
Collectively, they have 18 losses between them.


BECAUSE THEY PLAY EACH OTHER. I firmly believe 5 of those teams above are top 10 teams, still. And 2 of them (LSU/A&M) are still very good. South Carolina is really the only overrated one of the bunch IMO.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 2:07:41 PM   
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It's very possible this year that by the time the playoffs occur FSU will not have played a single top 25 team.



Well then imagine how pissed you'd be if a bunch of ACC teams all started highly ranked, only to play their way put of the Top25 after FSU beat them.

That is what those of us outside of the SEC fanbase face.

LSU
Georgia
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Miss St
Auburn
Alabama

have all been ranked in the Top 10 this year.
Collectively, they have a 18 losses between them.


I'm not in the SEC fanbase. Skilz is not in the SEC fanbase. We're of the opinion that the SEC is easily the strongest NCAA football conference going.


This. I liken it to the Spurs in basketball. I've hated them for most of my basketball fandom. But I can still respect that they're the best going.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:03:48 PM   
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Those are the last 8 title games, Murf. There's no way around that. There just isn't. EVEN if you stretch it to 16 years and say "well, they've only won 9 out of the last 16" do you realize what you're saying? You're saying the SEC has won more than all the other conferences combined in the last 16 years. And the gap has only grown larger over the last 8. So I don't see how you are continuing to argue that any other conference is comparable. Head to head matchups create all kinds of problems because you're not placing a conference's 1 vs. another conference's 1, etc. Bowl games you have the same issue, especially when there's so much depth in the SEC. Titles and NFL talent speak volume, and the SEC has been dominating in both categories the last several years.

As for the committee, "East" is not "SEC".

The Chair, Jeff Long, is not from the SEC, and doesn't really have SEC ties. He has a ton of BigEast/ACC/Big10 ties.
Barry Alvarez: clearly a Big10 guy.
Lt. General Mike Gould: Air Force. No real ties elsewhere.
Pat Haden; clearly a Pac12 guy.
Tom Jernstedt: clearly a Pac12 guy. Oregon through and through.
Oliver Luck: a West Virginia and Texas guy. Big12. And a high-profile son that was obviously a Pac12 guy.
Archie is not a part of it.
Tom Osborne: Clearly a Big10/Big12 guy.
Dan Radakovich: Experience everywhere really, but mainly in the BigEast/ACC
Condoleeza Rice: Stanford is clearly her biggest connection. If anything, certainly Pac12.
Mike Tranghese: About as big of a BigEast homer as you can get.
Steve Wieberg: Missouri guy. So I guess you could say SEC, though his history has mainly been in the Big12.
Tyrone Willingham: Almost all of his tenure in the Pac12 or Big10, or Notre Dame (midwest)

By my count that is:
Pac12: 3 1/2
Big12: 2
Big10: 2 1/2
ACC: 2 1/2
SEC: 1/2
Neutral: 1 (AF guy)

Again, you can maybe argue 1 guy on the whole committee with SEC ties. And that's tenuous at best. Almost all of the committee is Pac12/Big10/Big12/ACC. So where's the SEC bias? If anything there's an anti-SEC bias there.

And clearly so far this committee sees the SEC as the dominant conference.



Jeff Long is the Athletic Director at the University of Arkansas, how is that not an SEC tie?
I'm not even going to read the rest of your statement because it is already a crappy argument.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:07:47 PM   
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It's very possible this year that by the time the playoffs occur FSU will not have played a single top 25 team.



Well then imagine how pissed you'd be if a bunch of ACC teams all started highly ranked, only to play their way put of the Top25 after FSU beat them.

That is what those of us outside of the SEC fanbase face.

LSU
Georgia
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Miss St
Auburn
Alabama

have all been ranked in the Top 10 this year.
Collectively, they have a 18 losses between them.


I'm not in the SEC fanbase. Skilz is not in the SEC fanbase. We're of the opinion that the SEC is easily the strongest NCAA football conference going.


This. I liken it to the Spurs in basketball. I've hated them for most of my basketball fandom. But I can still respect that they're the best going.



Apples and Oranges.
The Spurs do not start the season ranked very high and play only teams from their division, who also happen to be ranked very highly, and then get invited to the NBA Finals.

Oh no, the Spurs actually play it out.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:09:51 PM   
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Whoops. My bad, Murf. I thought it was a smaller, non-FBS school. You're right. So 1 1/2 SEC. He has had a ton of experience in the Big10/ACC/BigEast though. The majority of his career has been in those places. Pretty impressive background for a chair I guess:

35 years college football experience as assistant coach, student-athlete and administrator. Athletics administration, coaching or staff positions at nine FBS institutions in seven FBS conferences.
Experience at FBS, FCS and Division II levels.


< Message edited by djskillz -- 11/10/2014 3:13:29 PM >


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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:13:09 PM   
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It's very possible this year that by the time the playoffs occur FSU will not have played a single top 25 team.



Well then imagine how pissed you'd be if a bunch of ACC teams all started highly ranked, only to play their way put of the Top25 after FSU beat them.

That is what those of us outside of the SEC fanbase face.

LSU
Georgia
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ole Miss
Miss St
Auburn
Alabama

have all been ranked in the Top 10 this year.
Collectively, they have a 18 losses between them.


I'm not in the SEC fanbase. Skilz is not in the SEC fanbase. We're of the opinion that the SEC is easily the strongest NCAA football conference going.


This. I liken it to the Spurs in basketball. I've hated them for most of my basketball fandom. But I can still respect that they're the best going.



Apples and Oranges.
The Spurs do not start the season ranked very high and play only teams from their division, who also happen to be ranked very highly, and then get invited to the NBA Finals.

Oh no, the Spurs actually play it out.


The point is that in both cases I have no dog in the hunt (hell, I actually do have one on in the NBA), but that I can still respect winning.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:16:50 PM   
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Whoops. My bad, Murf. I thought it was a smaller, non-FBS school. You're right. So 1 1/2 SEC. He has had a ton of experience in the Big10/ACC/BigEast though. The majority of his career has been in those places.



It's all good.

I Appreciate the debate.
At least consider what I am saying in all of this.

The best solution in my opinion will be an eventual 8 team playoff with 5 conference champions and three at large teams.

Wouldn't this be sweet.

Miss State vs Ohio State
Florida State vs Arizona State
Oregon vs Baylor
Alabama vs TCU

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:18:17 PM   
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No doubt, Murf. And I'm glad we can debate it without it devolving.

An 8 team playoff will certainly solve a lot. Though I think you'll always see at least 3 SEC teams in any 8 team playoff. I'm not a huge fan of automatic bids in general. If the ACC is really, really weak, well, they don't deserve a team. Ditto for any conference.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 3:22:28 PM   
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No doubt, Murf. And I'm glad we can debate it without it devolving.

An 8 team playoff will certainly solve a lot. Though I think you'll always see at least 3 SEC teams in any 8 team playoff. I'm not a huge fan of automatic bids in general. If the ACC is really, really weak, well, they don't deserve a team. Ditto for any conference.



Maybe, but a Conference Champ should not be punished for a weak conference.
Sometimes a team comes out of conference play clearly ahead of everyone else.

Also look at the past two Basketball champs, Uconn and Louisville.

Neither were favorites coming in nor would they have been picked by a committee for inclusion in either a 2 or 4 team playoff game.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 4:27:47 PM   
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But the best team doesn't always win. Especially in the NCAA tournament. The best Duke team of the Coach K era didn't win the National title game vs. UConn.

Tough to always have the best team win 6 games in a row. To me March Madness is the best thing in sports (other than the Olympics), but it's also too many teams. You shouldn't have teams with a .500 record, or near it, making it.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 5:11:57 PM   
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No doubt, Murf. And I'm glad we can debate it without it devolving.

An 8 team playoff will certainly solve a lot. Though I think you'll always see at least 3 SEC teams in any 8 team playoff. I'm not a huge fan of automatic bids in general. If the ACC is really, really weak, well, they don't deserve a team. Ditto for any conference.



Maybe, but a Conference Champ should not be punished for a weak conference.
Sometimes a team comes out of conference play clearly ahead of everyone else.

Also look at the past two Basketball champs, Uconn and Louisville.

Neither were favorites coming in nor would they have been picked by a committee for inclusion in either a 2 or 4 team playoff game.


The system needs to be st up a certain way so that not more than 2 teams can go from any one conference.  Similiar to the NFL.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 5:29:20 PM   
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But why? The whole point of a championship is to crown the best team. So if 3 of the 6 or 8 or 16 best teams come from one conference, so be it. Why reward bad conferences?

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 5:33:08 PM   
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But why? The whole point of a championship is to crown the best team. So if 3 of the 6 or 8 or 16 best teams come from one conference, so be it. Why reward bad conferences?


Those teams in that conference play each other all year and then have a championship game. So you want to do it again just because they're the SEC

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 5:48:48 PM   
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But why? The whole point of a championship is to crown the best team. So if 3 of the 6 or 8 or 16 best teams come from one conference, so be it. Why reward bad conferences?


Those teams in that conference play each other all year and then have a championship game. So you want to do it again just because they're the SEC


I could care less about the SEC. I'm making an argument for the system. I'd say the same if the Pac12 was the best conference, or the ACC, or the Big 10, or whoever. I just want the best teams to win. That's all.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 5:52:23 PM   
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But why? The whole point of a championship is to crown the best team. So if 3 of the 6 or 8 or 16 best teams come from one conference, so be it. Why reward bad conferences?


Those teams in that conference play each other all year and then have a championship game. So you want to do it again just because they're the SEC


I could care less about the SEC. I'm making an argument for the system. I'd say the same if the Pac12 was the best conference, or the ACC, or the Big 10, or whoever. I just want the best teams to win. That's all.


I hear ya and agree. But these conferences battle it out each season and prove who is the best. Then they can battle other conference winners in the playoff. In some cases, I agree that an additional team from a good conference should also get in. I just think there should be a cap on that number mainly due to all the SEC lovefest.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 6:24:48 PM   
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Would you feel the same way if the Big10 was the current best conference?

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/10/2014 6:44:47 PM   
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I don't think we will find out that answer anytime soon.

But, no, in theory I'd prefer to see a two team cap per conference. And that is w/8 team playoff

Currently, their talking two SEC teams in a four team playoff. No Good

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/11/2014 9:53:20 PM   
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I don't think we will find out that answer anytime soon.

But, no, in theory I'd prefer to see a two team cap per conference. And that is w/8 team playoff

Currently, their talking two SEC teams in a four team playoff. No Good


Ummmm not anymore.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 12:33:43 AM   
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Oregon moving ahead of the undefeated defending champs tells you all you need to know about how voting as a criteria for a playoff spot is all wrong.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 12:55:19 AM   
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Oregon moving ahead of the undefeated defending champs tells you all you need to know about how voting as a criteria for a playoff spot is all wrong.



Exactly, no bigger Oregon homer than me and I call it a crock.
We should have selection Sunday the day after the conference Championships.
5 winners, three at large.
With only AP polls until then. Starting after Week 4

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 5:38:43 AM   
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Oregon moving ahead of the undefeated defending champs tells you all you need to know about how voting as a criteria for a playoff spot is all wrong.


That particular decision doesn't bother me. Whether number 2 or 3, it wouldn't change the for-now matchup against Oregon. Should they beat Miami, I expect them to re-take number 2 from Oregon, unless Miss St loses to Bama. Then they'll vault to 1.

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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 7:10:48 AM   
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Oregon moving ahead of the undefeated defending champs tells you all you need to know about how voting as a criteria for a playoff spot is all wrong.


That particular decision doesn't bother me. Whether number 2 or 3, it wouldn't change the for-now matchup against Oregon. Should they beat Miami, I expect them to re-take number 2 from Oregon, unless Miss St loses to Bama. Then they'll vault to 1.

I don't see how "defending champs" should ever play into the picture - that was last year not the same team.


I have no problem arguing the undefeated part, however.
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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 8:16:01 AM   
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Hard and fast rules don't work with a limited field, nor do won-lost records. Unfortunately for Art, it takes a thoughtful selection process with frank analysis. I know out here, there were a couple of years where the conference (PAC 10) was weak but USC was clearly one of the best few teams in the country. The same thing could be happening in the Big 10 this year if Ohio State turns out to be a really good team who had one bad game against a decent team. At the same time, it's ludicrous that TCU is ahead of a team with the same record that it lost to and ahead of a team with the same record (Alabama) that has played a much tougher schedule. I couldn't give a shit if they score a lot of points---they would be undefeated if they weren't one of the few teams that has given up over 60. In fact, that might be a rule I could get with: Give up over 60----60---points and you cannot advance. But the fact is that like almost everything in college football, a lot of this will be a financial calculation: viewers like offense, some teams bring a lot more spending fans with them, let's have celebrity fans on the panel (Condaleeza Rice?), etc.

But for God's sake, don't let a kid trade his Auto Zone Bowl watch for a tattoo.
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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 8:27:33 AM   
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I stand corrected on Ohio State; their loss was against Va Tech, who does not seem to be a decent team.
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RE: College Football (Future Vikings!) - 11/12/2014 9:06:36 AM   
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Hard and fast rules don't work with a limited field, nor do won-lost records. Unfortunately for Art, it takes a thoughtful selection process with frank analysis. I know out here, there were a couple of years where the conference (PAC 10) was weak but USC was clearly one of the best few teams in the country. The same thing could be happening in the Big 10 this year if Ohio State turns out to be a really good team who had one bad game against a decent team. At the same time, it's ludicrous that TCU is ahead of a team with the same record that it lost to and ahead of a team with the same record (Alabama) that has played a much tougher schedule. I couldn't give a shit if they score a lot of points---they would be undefeated if they weren't one of the few teams that has given up over 60. In fact, that might be a rule I could get with: Give up over 60----60---points and you cannot advance. But the fact is that like almost everything in college football, a lot of this will be a financial calculation: viewers like offense, some teams bring a lot more spending fans with them, let's have celebrity fans on the panel (Condaleeza Rice?), etc.

But for God's sake, don't let a kid trade his Auto Zone Bowl watch for a tattoo.



Exactly. Agreed on all. Especially the 60 point argument. No way TCU should be above Baylor and Alabama IMO.

And agreed on Florida State. THIS team can't be judged on last year's performance. This team has not won any games impressively really all year.

In the end, there's so much left to decide. If Alabama wins out, they're not only in the top 4 but likely #1. Likewise, if Miss. St. wins out with the exception of a loss to Alabama, they're still likely in the final 4 with their schedule. They will have 1 loss at that point against the toughest schedule in the country (road against Bama/LSU/Ole Miss yet they will not play in their conference title game if that happens. How could the committee leave them out? There'd be no good argument of a 1-loss TCU/OSU/Oregon/ASU team over a 1-loss MSU team.

Could really see anyone in the top 8 still losing a game, or even 2.

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