Oso planning to go pro
Well, I'll admit to not watching or caring much about college football but my guess is they would have been rolled no matter who decided to play in the playoff.
Lit
Of course that would be the most likely situation. But that shouldn’t matter. They scheduled a projected top 3 SEC team (more than almost any college football team does) in the non-con and won every game they played. What more can they do? 2 teams who didn’t win every game got in above them.Imagine telling George Mason, “We love Cinderella stories and your run has been awesome, but you’ve made it too far and now we want the blue bloods in the Final Four. So even though you won those previous games and deserve to be where you are, we think Duke is one of the 4 best teams and you aren’t so, well, you’re going to play in the NIT semifinals instead.”
Is FSU one of the four best teams?
They were 1 of the 3 P5 teams with a 0 in their loss column.
I'll take that as a "no."
Are we sure Washington or Michigan are? Or Texas or Bama? Are we sure Georgia or Ohio State aren’t?Seems like we should just go with who earned it by the results on the field over the course of the season. Not some subjectively saying these are your 4 best teams.Otherwise just have the 4 teams with the most 5 star or top 300 recruits on their rosters play double home and homes with each other and let everyone else enjoy watching.
So, Libery should be in the playoff? 13-0, after all
Poop
I think they did go with the four best teams who earned it over the course of the season. Florida State went undefeated sure, but their schedule was trash. I think one loss Texas and Alabama teams had a more impressive season. Not to mention that Washington and Michigan had more impressive schedules as well.And this isn't really fair to FSU who usually schedules well. But Florida has been bad, LSU wasn't as good as advertised, and Clemson and the rest of the ACC was mediocre. Losing their quarterback gave the committee a reason to exclude them sure, but I'm not sure they would have gotten the nod anyway. Bring on the 12-team playoff. It will solve these problems.
The committee's criteria literally states that it should consider injury reports and try to project outcomes.
Does the committee criteria literally state that earlier season games don’t count if you are Alabama?Does the committee criteria state that later only later season games matter unless you are Alabama needing a hail mary against a below .500 team? This is like the scene from “A Few Good Men”’ when Barnes is asked to flip to the page that reveals the location of the mess hall.
Was Georgia?
If I understand your outrage correctly, you're very mad that the playoff committee faithfully followed the criteria that's been in place for a decade.You should take it up with them.
Was Michigan’s schedule impressive? Penn State crapped themselves against teams with equal or better talent. Ohio State is a very good team but is beating them that at home that much better?
Michigan's schedule being awful (for CFP standards) has been an ongoing story in college football for 2 years. They were exposed by TCU last year and I wouldn't be surprised if they do again this year. Sultan, Michigan has been given credit for how they win not who they have beat.
They beat two teams (OSU and PSU) better than anyone FSU beat.