From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-04, joe@mich.com  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 11:58:13 -0800 (PST), JGibson    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >>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!   
   >   
   > And FSU would not have with Alabama's schedule either. FSU would   
   > have had at least two losses.   
   >   
   > BTW, here is a Bobby Bowden quote about the time he was fleeing in   
   > terror from the SEC invitation FSU had waited so long for and   
   > begging the ACC to take them in.   
   >   
   >  "When I think of scheduling I look at boxing. It doesn't matter how   
   >  many patsies you fight, as long as you win you end up in the   
   >  championship bout." A lot of people seem to have this attitude.   
      
   FSU has an easy task should they be all they claim. Beat Georgia   
   or at least don't get blown out. If they can do that, they can talk   
   all they want. If not, they can kiss my asterisk.   
      
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