From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 10:28:57 AM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 10:18:03 AM UTC-5, Michael Falkner   
   wrote:    
   > > On Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 7:15:22 AM UTC-8, JE Corbett wrote:    
   > >    
   > > > Why should we only grade a team by their offense.    
   > > ESPN and it's mantra of football: It's All About The Quarterback.    
   > >   
   > Fortunately, the NFL doesn't vote a team out of the playoffs if they have   
   lost their    
   > starting QB. You get into the playoffs based on your record and nothing   
   else. The    
   > CFP chooses to make the selection process a beauty contest.   
      
   No matter how many playoff teams they add, it's going to be a bit of a beauty   
   contest.  There are 130+ FBS teams, and teams only play 12 games, 8-9 of them   
   against a pretty small subset.  So if you try to fit it as a matrix, it's   
   going to be a very    
   sparse matrix.  The NFL has 32 teams and each team plays 17 games.  While the   
   matrix won't be completely filled like it would be in MLB or NBA, it's a   
   pretty dense matrix.  The NFL is basically going to be as well defined as an   
   individual college    
   conference against itself.  All of FBS is going to remain ill-defined.   
      
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