2017 College Football Thread: Hawaiian QB devastated to find out Jesus was "kinda rooting for Georgia" (2 Viewers)

[-OZ-]

This is why the loss to Iowa, as bad as it was, isn't as important as people are making it out to be. The committee looks at losses, but not as much as they look at wins. They want 4 teams capable of winning the playoff. All teams are capable of losing it. Not having a bad loss on your resume is not as good as having big wins on your resume. 

Well it sounded good when you wrote it but the committee disagrees.

Clemson +2 won't last too long I don't think.

I'd bet the house on Clemson.

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

ESPN asking Finebaum if the committee got it right!  WTF Finebaum has so much of Saban's cokc in his mouth what was he going to say?   I want ESPN to interview Saban and Meyer at the same time. 

 

[Christo]

Anyone else think Clemson has a tougher matchup than Oklahoma?

 

[RUSF18]

The committee guy saying that Alabama was "unequivocally better" seems a little strong.

 

[Politician Spock]

Well it sounded good when you wrote it but the committee disagrees.

I'm happy they did what they did. OSU would have gotten trounced, and by lowering the bar to let Alabama in, they just fanned the flames of needing to expand the playoff. 

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

All of them do. That's the problem. Nearly all the teams only schedule one decent out of conference game. If you want more decent out of conference games, then punish them when their one decent OOC game ends up being a dud. There shouldn't be cupcakes on any team's schedule. unless they don't give a #### about the national championship. 

I know you understand how economically devastating that would be for the teams collecting the paychecks.

Either way, it's a different argument than you started with.

Arguing that the ACC and SEC should be forced to play 9 conference games like the other P5s would probably be something a lot of people would get behind. I know I'd like to go back to 2 cross-division rivals and play Auburn every year.

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

I don't know what can be done but a team not playing and risking anything the last week of the regular season and still making into the playoffs seems wrong.    2 years in a row 

 

[AAABatteries]

How about beat someone that is good?

Alabama's best win is 3 loss LSU, then Mississippi State.

They had good intentions scheduling FSU to start they year but yeah 6-6 oops.

I don’t really care who gets in but I have a feeling if Francois (sp?) doesn’t get hurt it would look like a much better win.  I do like that Clemson/Auburn, OU/OSU and Bama/FSU all scheduled these OOC games.

I’m in favor of 8 teams.  The five P5 champs plus 3 at-large.  Just seems like a no-brainer to me.

 

[Politician Spock]

I know you understand how economically devastating that would be for the teams collecting the paychecks.

Either way, it's a different argument than you started with.

Arguing that the ACC and SEC should be forced to play 9 conference games like the other P5s would probably be something a lot of people would get behind. I know I'd like to go back to 2 cross-division rivals and play Auburn every year.

No it's not. The committee claims that big wins and conference championships matter. Last year they had to decide between the two. This year, they ignored both. 

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Linebacker Natrez Patrick was one of two Georgia players arrested late Saturday night on misdemeanor marijuana charges. Reserve receiver Jayson Stanley was arrested for DUI, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and speeding. It's Patrick's third...

blaze up for the win!

 

[whoknew]

I don’t really care who gets in but I have a feeling if Francois (sp?) doesn’t get hurt it would look like a much better win.  I do like that Clemson/Auburn, OU/OSU and Bama/FSU all scheduled these OOC games.

I’m in favor of 8 teams.  The five P5 champs plus 3 at-large.  Just seems like a no-brainer to me.

Sure but there's no reason to schedule those. If OSU scheduled a MAC team and is 11-1 instead of 10-2, they make it in over Alabama. 

 

[Capella]

I don't know what can be done but a team not playing and risking anything the last week of the regular season and still making into the playoffs seems wrong.    2 years in a row 

1. Don't lose twice 

2. If you do, make sure one of those losses is not a murder scene 

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

Linebacker Natrez Patrick was one of two Georgia players arrested late Saturday night on misdemeanor marijuana charges. Reserve receiver Jayson Stanley was arrested for DUI, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and speeding. It's Patrick's third drug-related arrest, which could lead to his dismissal from the team.

 

[Politician Spock]

1. Don't lose twice 

AKA: Schedule cupcakes. 

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

1. Don't lose twice 

2. If you do, make sure one of those losses is not a murder scene 

So get ranked high lose the last game of the season, and win/win PLAYOFFS.   

 

[whoknew]

AKA: Schedule cupcakes. 

Right. That seems to be the prevailing lesson the last few years. The committee values number of losses most. So if you are in one of the better conferences - and play a decent conference schedule (not like WI this year), there's no reason to schedule anyone good non conference.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Linebacker Natrez Patrick was one of two Georgia players arrested late Saturday night on misdemeanor marijuana charges. Reserve receiver Jayson Stanley was arrested for DUI, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and speeding. It's Patrick's third drug-related arrest, which could lead to his dismissal from the team.

That's a quiet Saturday night in Athens

 

[AAABatteries]

Lol - when I posted I didn’t realize it was already announced.

 

[Politician Spock]

Right. That seems to be the prevailing lesson the last few years. The committee values number of losses most. So if you are in one of the better conferences - and play a decent conference schedule (not like WI this year), there's no reason to schedule anyone good non conference.

And that was the prevailing lesson for decades.... before the playoff committee was supposed to change that. 

 

[Capella]

AKA: Schedule cupcakes. 

Clemson scheduled Auburn and South Carolina 

Oklahoma scheduled OSU

Bama scheduled FSU 

Georgia scheduled Notre Dame and Georgia Tech

 

[Jayded]

Actually the more I think about this, the more I like Bama in. The committee has effectively neutered any concept of conferences: they’re meaningless.

You not only don’t have to be a conference champion, you don’t even have to win your division or play for the championship to be considered. 

 

[Politician Spock]

Clemson scheduled Auburn and South Carolina 

Oklahoma scheduled OSU

Bama scheduled FSU 

Georgia schedules Notre Dame and Georgia Tech

Yes we need more of that, and less cupcakes. What the committee just did just sent the opposite message. 

 

[Capella]

You guys are focusing on the wrong thing. Penn State lost by 31 points last year. Ohio lost by like a billion. That's way worse than carrying an extra L. If you're just willing to ignore a giant loss like that I don't know what to say. 

 

[Capella]

Yes we need more of that, and less cupcakes. What the committee just did just sent the opposite message. 

Only if you want to focus on your narrative and not pay attention. 

 

[Capella]

Only if you want to focus on your narrative and not pay attention. 

Like, literally last year, Ohio State got in almost solely because they had that big win at Oklahoma. 

 

[Politician Spock]

Only if you want to focus on your narrative and not pay attention. 

I've been paying attention to the committee's narrative that conference championships and big wins are important. Their actions don't match their narrative.

Last year they had to decide between the two (the conference champion Penn State or the team with more big wins Ohio State). 

This year they ignored both (the conference champion and team with more big wins or Alabama with neither). 

So let's just all agree that conference championships don't matter, nor do more big wins. Fire up the cupcake factory.  

 

[Moe.]

Georgia -1

Red flag in front of Baker Bull.

OU is -2 at the Westgate, not sure where he's seeing that 

 

[jplvr]

We need to rename this "Overreaction Sunday."

 

[FreeBaGeL]

It also says don't play games like Oklahoma vs Ohio State.  The loser is hurt and it's better to play Mercer or Akron and get another W.  If Ohio State is 12-1 even with the Iowa loss they are in.

It worked out that way this year because the win didn't really even help Oklahoma.  They're probably still the same seed if they had beaten Mercer instead of OSU.

But sometimes those big wins are what get teams in.  It's definitely a negative EV play to schedule one of those games, but it can be the difference in getting you in.

 

[Moe.]

I've been paying attention to the committee's narrative that conference championships and big wins are important. Their actions don't match their narrative.

Last year they had to decide between the two (the conference champion Penn State or the team with more big wins Ohio State). 

This year they ignored both (the conference champion and team with more big wins or Alabama with neither). 

So let's just all agree that conference championships don't matter, nor do more big wins. Fire up the cupcake factory.  

Nothing matters. They wait until the season is over and pick the four teams they want. That's the whole point. We don't need a bunch of dumb criteria in place before the season. 

 

[jplvr]

OU is -2 at the Westgate, not sure where he's seeing that 

Those early lines always move quickly. I never understand why people assume lines were never different than what they currently see. 

 

[FreeBaGeL]

So winning conference title game is meaninless

Massive hyperbole here.

 

[Politician Spock]

Nothing matters. They wait until the season is over and pick the four teams they want. That's the whole point. We don't need a bunch of dumb criteria in place before the season. 

Yep. We're back to what we had before the committee. The committee is simply doing exactly what the polls did before. 

 

[Moe.]

It worked out that way this year because the win didn't really even help Oklahoma.  They're probably still the same seed if they had beaten Mercer instead of OSU.

But sometimes those big wins are what get teams in.  It's definitely a negative EV play to schedule one of those games, but it can be the difference in getting you in.

You gotta play them. Probably kept OU out last year but that's how it goes. Gives you some leeway and lets you drop another game if you win. 

I don't look at Mercer and think Bama should have played another solid OOC game. They scheduled Florida St, Fresno, and Colorado St. That's perfect scheduling. I look at Mercer and think they should have played another SEC school. Maybe this year that would have been UGA and we'd have a lot more information to base this decision on. Or maybe it would have been UF or whatever and they would have won by 30 and it wouldn't be much different. It's the SEC's fault - they need to go to 9 conference games.

 

[Moe.]

Those early lines always move quickly. I never understand why people assume lines were never different than what they currently see. 

It opened at the Westgate with OU -2. I have not seen UGA favored anywhere at any point. 

 

[jplvr]

It opened at the Westgate with OU -2. I have not seen UGA favored anywhere at any point. 

One of my best friends is a bookie.  I got it from him

 

[AAABatteries]

I think Georgia is winning it. 

You shut your whore mouth

 

[Politician Spock]

It worked out that way this year because the win didn't really even help Oklahoma.  They're probably still the same seed if they had beaten Mercer instead of OSU.

But sometimes those big wins are what get teams in.  It's definitely a negative EV play to schedule one of those games, but it can be the difference in getting you in.

OSU and OU played in both 2016 and 2017, and following both games the loser was left out of the playoff because of losing that game. If OSU and OU had scheduled cupcakes instead of playing each other in 2016 and 2017, OU would have made it in in 2016 and OSU would have made it in in 2017. 

It's not hyperbole to say that the committee's decision just told ADs to avoid scheduling OSU/OU games. 

 

[FreeBaGeL]

OSU and OU played in both 2016 and 2017, and following both games the loser was left out of the playoff because of losing that game. If OSU and OU had scheduled cupcakes instead of playing each other in 2016 and 2017, OU would have made it in in 2016 and OSU would have made it in in 2017. 

It's not hyperbole to say that the committee's decision just told ADs to avoid scheduling OSU/OU games. 

And OSU got into the playoff in 2016 because they beat OU, and they would have been out otherwise.

Sometimes it helps, sometimes it hurts.  It's probably negative EV overall, I can agree with that.  But to act like it can only hurt you is silly.  Just like acting like conference championships "don't matter at all" because they're not an automatic berth is silly.  Georgia is the 3rd best team in the SEC.

 

[Christo]

I have no problem with these selections.   Don't get blown out by an unranked team in November for your 2nd loss.    

And follow that loss up with squeakers over obviously flawed Michigan and Wisconsin.

 

[McJose]

I'll see your bets and raise you:

Central Arkansas

Lindenwood-Bellville

Good god.

 

[AAABatteries]

Think I'll end up rooting for Georgia, but would be fine with Oklahoma too. Don't want the repeat and never want Bama.

I used to think you were cool.

 

[Politician Spock]

And OSU got into the playoff in 2016 because they beat OU, and they would have been out otherwise.

Sometimes it helps, sometimes it hurts.  It's probably negative EV overall, I can agree with that.  But to act like it can only hurt you is silly.  Just like acting like conference championships "don't matter at all" because they're not an automatic berth is silly.

Assuming OU would have gotten in and OSU left out in 2016, and both OSU and OU getting in in 2017 if the teams had scheduled cupcakes instead of each other, that's three trips to the playoffs instead of two for them both. They reduced their trips to the playoffs by 33% by playing each other. 

 

[AAABatteries]

Anyone else think Clemson has a tougher matchup than Oklahoma?

I do but I think Bama is the best team every year.  All I know is for the semis:

BOOMER SOONER!!!

 

[James Daulton]

Yep. We're back to what we had before the committee. The committee is simply doing exactly what the polls did before. 

But now we get 4!

 

[Take_The_Shot]

Besides OU, OSU non conference games....Army and UNLV. Not Mercer level of cupcake, but let's not act like those are tough games. 

 

[Moe.]

Assuming OU would have gotten in and OSU left out in 2016, and both OSU and OU getting in in 2017 if the teams had scheduled cupcakes instead of each other, that's three trips to the playoffs instead of two for them both. They reduced their trips to the playoffs by 33% by playing each other. 

He's saying he agrees it's a net negative overall. There are other factors though. Playing good competition makes you better. Maybe the results of the other games aren't the same if those big games don't happy early in the seasoneed, who knows. I am glad OU plays those games regardless. We will get to an 8-teamer with all P5 champs soon enough, and the firet few weeks will be packed with those games. 

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Assuming OU would have gotten in and OSU left out in 2016, and both OSU and OU getting in in 2017 if the teams had scheduled cupcakes instead of each other, that's three trips to the playoffs instead of two for them both. They reduced their trips to the playoffs by 33% by playing each other. 

 at "33%" with a sample size of 2 games.

Like I said, I agree it's probably negative EV, but you're using some serious results bias here.  If OU had dropped another game this year that OSU win would probably still have gotten them in whereas without it they'd have had no chance.

 

[Village Idiot]

Clemson scheduled Auburn and South Carolina 

Oklahoma scheduled OSU

Bama scheduled FSU 

Georgia scheduled Notre Dame and Georgia Tech

Something here does not seem like the other things here.

 

[Moe.]

I don't know what can be done but a team not playing and risking anything the last week of the regular season and still making into the playoffs seems wrong.    2 years in a row 

Fix is 8 teams, conference champs are seeded 1-5, quarterfinal games are on campus. So you can get in without winning your conference, but you're going on the road in the playoff.