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Time to eliminate the DEI criteria from the College Football Playoff
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:28 am
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:28 am
Those who established the CFP chose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion over Performance-based Results
- Checking a box for conference affiliation, should never trump on-field performance
- Why give preferential treatment to teams just because they are from a particular conference?
- Can you imagine the 100 meter finals in the Olympics having to have a representative from each continent as opposed to the top performers from the
preliminaries? Yet, that's actually what the CFP committee is doing
- The CFP committee is making a PREDETERMINED ASSUMPTION that the winner of the B1G, Big 12, ACC
and the top-ranked G5 team is equal to the winner of the SEC, despite being an apples & oranges comparison
The DEI CFP is wrong and flat-out Un-American!
- Checking a box for conference affiliation, should never trump on-field performance
- Why give preferential treatment to teams just because they are from a particular conference?
- Can you imagine the 100 meter finals in the Olympics having to have a representative from each continent as opposed to the top performers from the
preliminaries? Yet, that's actually what the CFP committee is doing
- The CFP committee is making a PREDETERMINED ASSUMPTION that the winner of the B1G, Big 12, ACC
and the top-ranked G5 team is equal to the winner of the SEC, despite being an apples & oranges comparison
The DEI CFP is wrong and flat-out Un-American!
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Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:31 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
The Top 12 teams should be in the playoff ...
PERIOD!
PERIOD!
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:32 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Unless it’s your team being affected, no one cares about the 11th/12th ranked team being left out of the playoffs.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:34 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Well, this is what everyone wanted.
I always thought the classic BCS did it right 95% of the time by putting the top two teams in a NC game.
But because everyone bitched, this is what we're getting. Oh fricking well.
The way I look at it for my team: Bama is not a national championship team really and so in my view, I do not expect them still to make the playoffs but if they make it, I hope they win it all. It won't really be a true NC though. It'll just be a tourney win as far I'm concerned.
I always thought the classic BCS did it right 95% of the time by putting the top two teams in a NC game.
But because everyone bitched, this is what we're getting. Oh fricking well.
The way I look at it for my team: Bama is not a national championship team really and so in my view, I do not expect them still to make the playoffs but if they make it, I hope they win it all. It won't really be a true NC though. It'll just be a tourney win as far I'm concerned.
This post was edited on 11/18/24 at 7:36 am
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:42 am to Jon Ham
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Unless it’s your team being affected, no one cares about the 11th/12th ranked team being left out of the playoffs.
Disagree
Regardless of who's affected, right is right and wrong is wrong
This season has proven that on any given Saturday (with the exception of Mississippi State) any SEC team can be competitive
See Vanderbilt-Alabama, Kentucky-Ole Miss, Georgia-Kentucky, South Carolina-A&M, Arkansas-Tennessee
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:42 am to theballguy
LOL I knew they would have to go to 16 or 24 teams with quickness.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:44 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
funny because texas is the king of CFB DEI lol
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:45 am to bigDgator
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LOL I knew they would have to go to 16 or 24 teams with quickness.
Yep. The more they try to fix it, the more everyone wants it fixed again.
People live way too much through their teams.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 7:53 am to Miznoz
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funny because texas is the king of CFB DEI lol
Interesting comment
As Texas is not individually affected in my scenario, but the SEC as a whole most definitely is
It's reasonable to assume that one or more deserving SEC teams will be left out of the playoff for weaker Big 12, ACC or G5 teams
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:46 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Go to to 16 and eliminate the top 4 bye..
Everyone should have to play every post season game.
Miami getting a bye is ludicrous..
Everyone should have to play every post season game.
Miami getting a bye is ludicrous..
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:47 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
HOW are you going to answer “which conference is better?” if you A. don’t let them play & B. already have a bias to those involved?
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:49 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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Those who established the CFP chose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion over Performance-based Results
College football has always been more about record than how good a team really is.
BYU won a national title in 1984 with their best win against a barely .500 Michigan team. They weren't the best team, but they were undefeated and that got the AP voters to put them #1.
The playoff is based on the same thing. Less losses = higher ranking.
For example, there's no legitimate reason to rank Texas ahead of UGA. UGA beat Texas head to head. Neither team has lost to an unranked opponent. UGA has 3 wins over ranked teams while Texas has zero.
But Texas has one less loss, and for College football that puts them ahead of UGA in the polls even though there's no logical reason to think they're better.
That's simply the way it works, for good or ill.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:54 am to DawginSC
But how many loses does Tx. & Ga. have against ranked teams?
Posted on 11/18/24 at 8:56 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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- The CFP committee is making a PREDETERMINED ASSUMPTION that the winner of the B1G, Big 12, ACC
and the top-ranked G5 team is equal to the winner of the SEC, despite being an apples & oranges comparison
No, they're not. They're awarding teams who win their conference in the regular season. There is no assumption the teams who receive the automatic bids are the best five out there. You're just an idiot, that's all.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 9:28 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
It's a sport where you can pay for players and you are crying about the rules for a playoff that were agreed upon by all parties involved. Get a grip and find another crusade.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 10:09 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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Can you imagine the 100 meter finals in the Olympics having to have a representative from each continent as opposed to the top performers from the
preliminaries? Yet, that's actually what the CFP committee is doing
Using the Olympics as an example to support your argument was so mind-numbingly stupid that it’s hard to take anything in your post seriously. The entire foundation of the Olympics embodies an approach to sports that directly contradicts your argument—something you seem unable to grasp. Awful post.
Posted on 11/18/24 at 10:38 am to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Pickle, even though I agree to some extent, I think you're missing the point of the expanded playoffs.
We look at it as a way to get more teams from the strongest conference in the playoffs, but in reality it's designed to take away a lot of "what if's".
For example if we had the 12 team playoffs last season FSU would have gotten in, been curb stomped and tossed in a dumpster...we hear no chirping from them at all.
We look at it as a way to get more teams from the strongest conference in the playoffs, but in reality it's designed to take away a lot of "what if's".
For example if we had the 12 team playoffs last season FSU would have gotten in, been curb stomped and tossed in a dumpster...we hear no chirping from them at all.
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