Why should I be surprised? The playoff is just scary rigged since preseason polls already proclaim greatness from the SEC. Blecch.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...-football-poll
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/1
Why should I be surprised? The playoff is just scary rigged since preseason polls already proclaim greatness from the SEC. Blecch.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...-football-poll
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/1
I'm working up a Rondo thirst.
They go way up when they beat each other, and they don't go down when they lose. It's a joke. Meanwhile, OSU lost to the #1 team in the country by a measly 6 points, yet they couldn't even get into the top 25 until this week. WVU only lost to Alabama by 10, and they don't have a chance at top 25. South Carolina got throttled by A&M, yet they're #14. This is just a big circular load of crap. There better not be more than one SEC team in the playoffs.
It is a load of crap, but let's not act like the Big XII is some kind of juggernaut this year or in most years recently. It is basically us, Baylor, and Okie State.
Of the 13 members of the selection committee, only 1 (Archie Manning) has obvious ties to the SEC. Big12 has Oliver Luck. Pac12 has Pat Haden and Condoleezza Rice. Perhaps it would be prudent to refrain from whining until the first committee rankings is released in late October. I suspect the politics in those meetings is going to be huge and I doubt they put a lot of weight into polls or ESPN commentary.
Well, the problem is someone has to take those spots. If not them then whom? I'm not sure I'd replace any of those teams with WVU or OSU at this point.
It's a racket for sure, but as long as OU is #1 at the end of the season, I don't give a rat's @$$ where the SEC is currently ranked. Or the rest of the Big 12, for that matter.
No doubt they will be considering a similar set of teams as a lot of shaking out will have happened by then. But even if the AP was *the* ranking for the playoff today, only 'Bama would be in. If an SEC lands in the dreaded #5 slot at season's end, I will point and laugh.
Yes, someone has to take those spots. As long as opinions are the basis of polls, the teams with the best records in the conference with the best record will rank highest. Imagine if Domers, who have not conference ties, go 12-0. With their schedule they will get a bid. Similarly, if OU goes 12-0 we will be in the playoffs even though our strength of schedule is not great. The playoffs will not be decided before December.
Think about something. SEC brags about their difficult out of conference schedule but, to SEC folks...every other conference sucks.
This is such complete nonsense. Georgia and South Carolina and ESPECIALLY Ole Miss do not belong in the top 15. Ole Miss at 10? WOW.
The coaches poll has them slighty more accurate. Still overrated. However the coaches pole didn't make oregon jump us until they beat freakin wyoming... the weekend AFTER they beat a top 10 team? What the hell?
The polls not having an influence is nonsense. They will have a huge influence. ESPN will have tons of sway as well. You end up with several 1 loss teams and the SEC will start getting multiple teams in. I am aware that the selection criteria is different, but the Bama LSU rematch was indicative of what we could see.
I'm working up a Rondo thirst.
In the Bama/LSU rematch, the polls were part of the BCS formula. But I didn't think it was a travesty anyway. There is no such criteria for the selection committee at all. You think Pat Haden and Condi Rice will be swayed by ESPN to include more SEC teams? Haha, you've never been on a committee trying to hash out a decision with conflicting hidden agendas. My observation in the BCS era is that the human polls have been influenced by the BCS ranking more than the other way around. The polls would mostly fall inline with the BCS ranking once it was published in October. I would expect it to be more that way now that's there is no built-in feedback mechanism. It's going to be entertaining.
They are just way too fast for most pollsters. Gotta rank 'em high.