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If they take the 4 best teams, it’s Clemson and a clear no-brainer.
Not really. They are sending the message that Wisconsin has no chance, which they shouldn't. If Georgia wins, they're in. If they don't, it looks like it could be Utah, or the winner of Oklahoma v. Baylor. That's it.
I agree, but I also probably would say that Alabama is one of the 4 best teams.
I agree, but I also probably would say that Alabama is one of the 4 best teams. They simply were not at their best, for a number of reasons, in a 5-point loss to LSU and a 3-point loss at Auburn. So they won't get to play among the final four, whether or not they are one of the 4 best.If Clemson somehow loses Saturday, they still might make the playoff ... but if they don't make the playoff, the fault will be 100% their own. (I know you're not saying anything different.)
OK, I'm fine with a 2 loss Wisconsin have no chance. Then, why wouldn't Baylor be ranked ahead of Wisconsin the week before? There is zero reason Baylor should jump Wisconsin, when Baylor beat Kansas and Wisconsin beat Minnesota last week.
Yeah, I don't think so. Not much evidence that's the case at all.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Teams with little or no chance to make the playoffs that would have had a reasonable chance to go unbeaten with Clemson's schedule: Baylor, Florida, Penn State, Auburn, Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, maybe even Minnesota. If you're going to punish UCF for playing an incredibly soft schedule (something I agree with), why would you not treat Clemson the same way? Wasn't Bama blasted because their SOS was incredibly soft for the first 8 weeks, and they were in the top 4 on reputation alone? We judging Clemson on 2019, or combined 2018-19?Now, I think they'll beat UVA and make this all unnecessary, an unbeaten P5 team gets in, but they're going to get either Ohio State, or LSU in the semi's. How it's going to look if a team that only beat Bama by 5 blows out Clemson?
Because the polls are a PR excercise meant to justify the final four selections and not a logical one.
With a healthy Tua, they're definitely a top 4 team.But they haven't had a healthy Tua for six weeks.
It's a bit silly, though, to judge a team solely or primarily by its strength of schedule. Clemson can't control the fact that the ACC is trash right now, thanks largely to the demise of Florida State and Miami. At some point, don't you have to judge the quality of a team by how it performs, rather than just who it performs against? SOS definitely ought to be a factor, but it shouldn't be used to exclude a team that checks all the other boxes.
All things aren’t equal. That’s why I dismiss arguments about fairness when it comes to players earning off their NLI. There are haves and have nots.Is that fair to UCF? Nope. My argument here will be using computer numbers. Not many computers, if any, had UCF in the top 4 or top 8 for that matter. Clemson has been a top 4 team all year. I also add, blowouts in the semi-finals aren’t that rare and probably means the team that does the blowing out is that much better
Clemson's in the top 4 because of their success last year, their ability to beat an A&M team in early September (who was not as good as the #12 ranking they had at the time), and their ability to not screw up and beat inferior opponents. Beating Georgia Tech 52-14 may look good, but then you look and see that GT also lost to the Citadel, and scored 2 whole points against Temple, and it becomes very meh. Full disclosure, with the implementation of the CFP, I've upped my CFB games watched per year from 1 to 3, so not exactly in my element, but if we're going to start using computer numbers again, why not just go back to BCS rankings?
They’re also undefeated. A 1-loss Clemson would be scrambling for the last spot with OU, Baylor, Utah and Georgia and have no room for error Saturday.I’d be fine if the committee used metrics as a barometer for a teams worth
Who is their best win? @ Texas A&M. Alabama's defense is very poor.
I've already stated that I think it'll be unnecessary because I think that they'll beat UVA and and undefeated P5 team should get in. My hypothetical is if they lose to UVA. There is certainly an argument to take a two loss team that has marquee wins (Florida, or Penn State for example), over a 1 loss team with no good wins. Just look at Auburn's schedule; Oregon (neutral site), @Florida, @LSU, Georgia, and Bama. That's three top 10 teams and an additional 2 top 15 (not to mention beating the same A&M team that is Clemson's best win). If they had found a way to turn one of their three L's into W's, I would certainly take a two loss Auburn over a 1 loss Clemson.
I understand your argument and politely disagree if that’s ok in scoop. I simply think Clemson would beat all the teams you list, including Auburn
They don't lose to Auburn with a healthy Tua, and maybe even beat LSU.And, again, it's lazy and over simplistic to judge teams only by who they've beaten. It's not irrelevant, but it's far from comprehensive.
Ooopsie....I'm sorry, so sorry, so so sorry