LSU vs Alabama
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It's been kind of interesting to see some media about the SEC bias. J. Klatt has been very outspoken.
Check out @joelklatt’s Tweet:
Check out @joelklatt’s Tweet:
Nope if Nd and Clemson have losses and a 1 loss conference champ Michigan
Your wrong if Nd and Clemson are undefeated that is not happening a 1 loss Michigan champ is getting in
I feel dirty for doing so, but rooting for Alabama tonight to knock LSU out of the playoff picture. Also rooting for Kentucky to knock Georgia out, since they'll inevitably stumble somewhere down the stretch.
What can you say? Computer rankings are flawed, apparently, and can't be relied on. Human rankings are flawed, apparently, and can't be relied on. The BCS, a mix of computers and humans, was flawed and can't be relied on.
There is no way to do the rankings that make more than about 50% of the people happy. Actually, 50% is probably too high.
There is no way to do the rankings that make more than about 50% of the people happy. Actually, 50% is probably too high.
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"This is THE most flawed way we could POSSIBLY rank college football teams and it's that flawed by a wide margin." @JoelKlatt sounds off on the CFP committee rankings.
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Of course it is. And anyone with even a small SEC brain knows it. But how else can the status quo be maintained? After all, you go to 8 teams with all conference champs getting automatic bids, maybe somebody pulls off a miracle and beats Alabama or another SEC team. We sure as hell can't have that.
And if you were to go to 16 or 24 teams (like the FCS), then chaos is likely, and the odds the SEC would be exposed increase exponentially.
No, the safest thing to do to determine a "national" champion is to let a biased committee choose four teams, often leaving out the West Coast (Pac 12) and the Midwest (Big Ten), and giving no opportunity at all to teams like Central Florida or Buffalo, let alone Stanford or Michigan.
D1 baseball, basketball, and FCS football put about 20% of their teams into the national championship playoff. In the BCS era, D1 football put in about 1.5%. With the CFP, that has leaped to THREE PERCENT--four teams. Two entire major conferences aren't even considered worthy of stepping onto the field.
Anybody who thinks this system is rational or fair needs a few lessons in logic and ethics. It's just another BS system run by and for the elites of college football. So thanks to Joel Klatt and others for having the guts to speak up. It's past time for the Big Ten, Pac 12, and Big 12 commissioners to stand up as well and demand AT LEAST an 8-team playoff with ALL five major conference champions automatic qualifiers.
The current system is so absurd it defies description. It's like something Alice would have come across in Wonderland, and that's insane. Unless, of course, you really believe the "national" championship game should feature Alabama and LSU (or some other SEC team) every year. Back when polls decided the national champion after the bowl games, it was referred to as the "mythical" national championship. I would submit that those "mythical" national champions were much more legit than those crowned by the CFP.
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Of course it is. And anyone with even a small SEC brain knows it. But how else can the status quo be maintained? After all, you go to 8 teams with all conference champs getting automatic bids, maybe somebody pulls off a miracle and beats Alabama or another SEC team. We sure as hell can't have that.
And if you were to go to 16 or 24 teams (like the FCS), then chaos is likely, and the odds the SEC would be exposed increase exponentially.
No, the safest thing to do to determine a "national" champion is to let a biased committee choose four teams, often leaving out the West Coast (Pac 12) and the Midwest (Big Ten), and giving no opportunity at all to teams like Central Florida or Buffalo, let alone Stanford or Michigan.
D1 baseball, basketball, and FCS football put about 20% of their teams into the national championship playoff. In the BCS era, D1 football put in about 1.5%. With the CFP, that has leaped to THREE PERCENT--four teams. Two entire major conferences aren't even considered worthy of stepping onto the field.
Anybody who thinks this system is rational or fair needs a few lessons in logic and ethics. It's just another BS system run by and for the elites of college football. So thanks to Joel Klatt and others for having the guts to speak up. It's past time for the Big Ten, Pac 12, and Big 12 commissioners to stand up as well and demand AT LEAST an 8-team playoff with ALL five major conference champions automatic qualifiers.
The current system is so absurd it defies description. It's like something Alice would have come across in Wonderland, and that's insane. Unless, of course, you really believe the "national" championship game should feature Alabama and LSU (or some other SEC team) every year. Back when polls decided the national champion after the bowl games, it was referred to as the "mythical" national championship. I would submit that those "mythical" national champions were much more legit than those crowned by the CFP.
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Mr. Klatt nails it with a thoughtful well reasoned explanation. In my opinion, the College Football Playoffs need to be played out on the field. Until Division 1 expands its playoff system to include at least 8 teams the system will always be rigged. Championships are won on the field not in the polls.
The SEC needs to play nine conference games like everyone else. They play nobody in their OOC play. Alabama hasn't played a true OOC road game basically sine Reagan was president. Look at their strengths of schedule. There are lots of things to be corrected, a bias committee isn't going to fix it. I am surprised that the Conference Presidents can't influence making the SEC play nine games or get discounted when it comes to the playoffs.
Go Hawks!!
The ACC also plays just 8 conference games. Must be something in the water in that part of the country.
-Only will be fixed when they expand to 8 and put in all conference champions and fill the field with highest rated at large.
Alabama won at Penn State 7 years ago but I understand the point you are trying to make.
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