From: corkstrew@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:05:42 PM UTC-6, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:19:19 AM UTC-5, Con Reeder,   
   unhyphenated American wrote:    
   > > On 2023-12-04, The NOTBCS Guy  wrote:    
   > > > "The committee...selects the best teams." It says so in the Principles   
   and Procedures for Establishing the Bracket.    
   > > More precisely:    
   > >    
   > > 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.    
   > >    
   > > Note the acknowledgement that there might be teams left out which    
   > > have legitimate claims to participate. As with FSU.    
   > > > Oh, wait...my mistake...those are the principles and procedures for    
   > > > establishing the men's basketball tournament bracket. Nobody seems to    
   > > > mind that they don't choose the "most deserving" or "best when you    
   > > > look at their entire body of work" at-large teams. After all, they    
   > > > don't play the tournament over the entire season - just at the end.    
   > > And they have a delineated list of criteria they use to make this    
   > > choice of who to sadly leave out. Looks to me like they did their    
   > > job just as they stated they would do from the get-go.    
   > >    
   > > --    
   > > "The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you    
   > > should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never    
   > > treat a triviality as if it were a disaster." -- Quentin Crisp   
   > Using player availability is as dumb a principle as saying you are selecting   
   the four best teams. Every team loses players    
   > to injury. The phrase "next man up" has become a mantra in college football.   
   It is a way of saying losing a key player is not    
   > an excuse for failing to reach your goals. A team that overcomes injuries to   
   achieve its goals should be rewarded, not    
   > penalized. On top of that the committee ignores the fact that when the CFP   
   commences, FSU would have their QB2 back    
   > as a starter. If they are going to downgrade FSU because they were   
   unimpressive in their season ending rivalry game with    
   > Florida, why didn't they downgrade Alabama for a less than impressive   
   performance against Auburn which they won on    
   > fluke play and ridiculously poor defense by Auburn. Auburn won only one more   
   game than Florida and lost to New Mexico    
   > State in what was supposed to be a tune up game for the Iron Bowl.    
   >    
   > FSU got cheated and there is no way to excuse it. Everyone on the CFP   
   committee should resign and none of them    
   > should be allowed on the selection committed for next year's 12 team playoff.   
      
   Cry me a river.  Florida State couldn't beat anyone in the current top ten   
   without Jordan.  They were barely able to score on a team that lost to   
   Kentucky.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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