From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 2:29:13 PM UTC-5, j...@mich.com wrote:   
   > On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 06:56:41 -0800 (PST), RSFC Moderator  wrote:   
   > >On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 7:06:06?AM UTC-5, mckyj57 wrote:    
   > >> On 2023-12-03, michael anderson wrote:    
   > >> > Never was, and won’t be this year.    
   > >> What do they say their mission is?    
   > >>    
   > >> For purposes of any four-team playoff, the process will    
   > >> inevitably need to select the four best teams from among    
   > >> several with legitimate claims to participate.    
   > >>    
   > >> And what do they consider?    
   > >>    
   > >> Conference championships won, strength of schedule,   
   > >> head?to?head competition, comparative outcomes of common   
   > >> opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and, other    
   > >> relevant factors such as unavailability of key players and    
   > >> coaches that may have affected a team’s performance during    
   > >> the season or likely will affect its postseason performance    
   > >    
   > >Somehow, this omits the part about winning games and not losing games.    
   > >    
   > >FSU won all their games and lost none of their games: they should be in.    
   > >    
   > >1 Michigan    
   > >2 Washington    
   > >3 FSU    
   > >4 Texas    
   > >    
   > >If FSU is left out and win their bowl game, give the tournament winner a   
   big fat asterisk. Or, better, don't to that and let FSU play for it.   
   > schedule counts, for instance anyone can win against an Ivy League schedule    
   >    
   > against ranked teams    
   >    
   > FSU played #13 LSU #15 Louisville SOS #55 according to Yahoo Sports    
   >    
   > Alabama played #1 Georgia #3 Texas #11 Ole Miss #13 LSU #21 Tenn SOS #5    
   >    
   > winning 13 games with FSU's schedule was much easier than with Alabama's   
      
   And Alabama didn't win 13 games!   
      
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