From: jecorbett4@gmail.com
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 4:28:56 PM UTC-5, Corky wrote:
> 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.
That shouldn't be the criteria for selecting the teams. FSU earned the right
to compete. They were one of the three most
accomplished teams in the country along with Michigan and Washington. They did
more than Alabama, Texas, or Georgia.
They went undefeated and won a Power 5 championship. None of the other three
can say that.
They were barely able to score on a team that lost to Kentucky.
Alabama needed a miracle to beat a team that got rolled by New Mexico State.
If you are going to downgrade FSU for
barely beating Louisville, shouldn't you do the same for Alabama for barely
beating Auburn? At least Louisville had a winning
record, was ranked in the top 25, and qualified for their conference
championship. You can't say any of those things about
Auburn.
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