From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-05, JGibson  wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 5:40:03 PM UTC-5, Con Reeder, unhyphenated   
   American wrote:   
   >> On 2023-12-05, JGibson  wrote:   
   >> > 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. They were barely able to score on a team   
   >> >> that lost to Kentucky.   
   >> >   
   >> > With their backup to a backup. The regular backup would be back by the   
   >> > time the playoffs start.   
   >> If the regular backup had lit it up when he played his game, that   
   >> might be an argument. But he was 12-25, 5.4 Y/A, 0 TD.   
   >   
   > Well, then the committee should have dropped Florida State's ranking   
   > then. Instead they moved them up from #5 to #4 with Ohio State's loss.   
      
   There was the little matter of another week's play to deal with.   
   And if GA had won, I don't doubt that Texas would have been on   
   the outside looking in. But Alabama came in to eff that up, and   
   FSU was the odd team out.   
      
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