I'm talking about why the CFP picks certain teams over others. That's not changed. When it was 4 teams, they had a vague "best 4 teams" qualification, not the best records or most "deserving".
? The criteria has 100% changed. There are 5 auto bids which didn't exist and then the next 7 highest ranked teams. That's wildly different than the 4 team format. I dont even know what your trying to get at here.
What we know is that
1. Had #11 BYU won their conference title, they'd have been in. They lost, so they were out and their ranking dropped.
Yep they would have and TT would have likely gotten in as well based on their ranking prior to that game putting them in the PO's. BYU was not in the PO prior to playing their CCG and they werent after they lost their CCG. What exactly is the "punishment" as it pertains to the PO's you think they suffered?
2. #9 Alabama lost their conference title, and they stayed at #9 (which has never happened before in 11 years of CFP rankings) and they stayed in.
So if had they dropped to 10 you wouldnt complain? Is their not dropping from 9 to 10 (which would have had zero impact on whether they went to the PO or not) your entire gripe? Talk about mountains out of mole hills
It doesn't get any more clear than that when you talk double standards.
No, nobody is bitching. I'm talking about optics, and I'll gladly parse an Alabama vs. Miami vs. Notre Dame debate.
What' the optic? Alabama was in the PO prior to playing their CCG and they were in post losing their CCG as the committee said would happen prior to the year starting. Miami and ND have nothing to do with it. ND had no business in the top 10 to begin with.
1. What messed this year up was something unrelated to who the best team is. Duke beat Virginia in the ACC championship game (which Miami didn't even qualify for). Had Virginia won, Virginia would have gotten in from the ACC, and the CFP committee would have had the freedom to leave Miami out and put Notre Dame in. Because Duke won, Virginia dropped (Unlike Alabama)... based on politics alone the CFP committee HAD to put in Miami, or else there would be no ACC team, and they couldn't justify that.
1. Virginia was not in the PO prior to playing their CCG which is why they still arent post playing and losing their CCG. They would have gotten into the PO's had they won their CCG based on the autobid selection.
2. Miami got in over ND because they beat them head to head. That's it. I dont know why anyone ranked ND in the top 10 to begin with as their resume doesnt support that, Im just glad they were outside looking in. Their little temper tantrum after the selection has bagged them their own special autobid now though. I hope the committee ranks them 13 from now until they join a conference. But we all know that wont happen. ND will play it's ridiculously easy schedule each year, and make the PO's
So, Miami got in over Notre Dame based on politics alone. People said it was head to head, but that was a toss up game that didn't really harm either team (Like OSU vs. Indiana), and Notre Dame was the superior team throughout the season by any metric or eyeball test.
No in over ND because ND lost to MIAMI. Want to know how we all know Miami is better than ND. Because they played a game and Miami won.
That leaves Notre Dame vs. Alabama, and this could go either way.
No it couldn't.
Bama had better wins, but also far worse losses. Bama also looked worse in their last 4 games, while Notre Dame was on a roll, pulling starters in 3rd Quarters... in hindsight they probably should have aimed to blow out teams as much as possible to "impress" the committee with 63-7 wins. The time of losses matters also, it always has. Notre Dame's losses were to elite programs at the beginning of the year. That's different than a loss at the end of the year. You know this if you have followed college football.
ND was "blowing out opponents" because they dont play anyone. Their schedule was ridiculously soft. The 2 good teams they played all year they lost to. Miami and Texas A and M.
So, My main claim here is that this just looks horrible if you're going to try to fight the idea of Alabama bias. What happened happened, much of it not for the reasons people claim.. but anyone who claims Alabama bias has every reason to continue to claim it based on historical precedent/norms as well as what happened this year when you compare BYU and Alabama.
What's the bias? Them not dropping from 9 to 10 and still making the PO's? OMG they should probably launch an investigation or blow up the entire system...
Yes it is, it's a pipe dream, an automatic 17-20pt line game that will be a blow out. It's a completely different sport trying to capture the "magic" of david vs. goliath in the basketball march madness and bring it to the football field, but that's not possible. G5 teams cannot defeat Ohio State, Indiana, Texas Tech, Oregon, etc. It's a more deliberate sport than basketball, I understand why they might have wanted to try it, but it's a joke. I'm glad Tulane and James Madison were blown out this year so hopefully it can all end. This year would have been so much better had we gotten Oregon vs. Notre Dame and Missouri vs. Texas
So break Div 1 up into smaller sections. Until that's done allowing 1 or 2 "Cinderella's" into the dance is a necessary evil.
