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re: 1 to 6 vs Tyler Simmons
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:05 pm to wdhalgren
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:05 pm to wdhalgren
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I guess it depends on the criteria.
I consider myself pretty well versed on the selection committee operated, at least compared to the average joe, and what's maddening to me is that they did a total about face this year. Maybe it's because it was the final year and they just said "eh frick it, we're tripling in size next year anyway so who cares". Maybe it's because of extenuating circumstances. Who knows. What I DO know is that they operated *literally* in the exact same manner for 9 consecutive years, then did the exact opposite in year 10.
For the first 9 years the committee ALWAYS voted on best resume/most desreving. Period. "Best team" argument is bullshite, "best team" is subjective and relies on the eye test, while best resume is far more objective. And honeslty they got it right all 9 years as well. Fast forward to year 10. There is no way to justify a 13-0 undefeated P5 champ not having a top 4 resume. So if they want to leave FSU out beacuse of travis being injured, now they are shifting from best resume to best team, since FSU was no longer a great team without their QB. Ok...so if we've now shifted the goal posts to best team, how is UGA not obviously and clearly one of the 4 best?
Note I'm not even really complaining about us being left out, since we'd be left out every other of the 9 years in the same scenairo. So t's not a "woe is us we got screwed" argument. FSU got royally and absolutely fricked.
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 5:50 pm to WG_Dawg
Here's what Bill Hancock (CFP director) said about "best team" vs "most deserving".
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If best four teams is the criteria, leaving FSU out does seem appropriate, keeping in mind that even the word "best" is subjective here. They lost their most important player at the most important position, and two subsequent games demonstrated that they didn't have a good backup. At that point, they weren't a top four team according to the committee and I have to agree.
On the other hand, including TCU in 2022 didn't seem consistent with choosing the "best teams", to me at least. I spent some time studying them prior to the championship and came away thinking they were a good, but not great, team.
Bottom line, ranking teams with widely different schedules is more art than science no matter how you do it. I'm fine with different opinions because there's no right answer, but that means the committee gets it wrong sometimes too. And whenever people make choices of this magnitude, bias and outside influences are part of the process.
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“I appreciate your asking that question. It is best. Most deserving is not anything in the committee’s lexicon. They are to rank the best teams in order, and that’s what they do. Just keep that word in mind: best teams,” Hancock said.
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If best four teams is the criteria, leaving FSU out does seem appropriate, keeping in mind that even the word "best" is subjective here. They lost their most important player at the most important position, and two subsequent games demonstrated that they didn't have a good backup. At that point, they weren't a top four team according to the committee and I have to agree.
On the other hand, including TCU in 2022 didn't seem consistent with choosing the "best teams", to me at least. I spent some time studying them prior to the championship and came away thinking they were a good, but not great, team.
Bottom line, ranking teams with widely different schedules is more art than science no matter how you do it. I'm fine with different opinions because there's no right answer, but that means the committee gets it wrong sometimes too. And whenever people make choices of this magnitude, bias and outside influences are part of the process.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 6:19 pm
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