I'm asking this sincerely.
Move the start of the season back to current week 0.
Maybe. But I think it’s a no-win regardless. Look at ND‘s schedule before season started. It included FSU & SC…two teams that fell well short of their projection & became lesser impressive wins for ND. Then you had Miami opt out at the last minute so ND had to scramble to replace them w/ Army. None of that is ND’s fault. You play who you are slated to play.
I think Bama gets a mulligan for losing to 6-6 Vandy. Also, the loss to UT was respectable so 10-2 with that schedule & those wins & they’re in. But you can’t go into the last week of the season against a 5-6 team that you’re favored by 3 TDs to beat & get annihilated. You knew the SEC CG was out of the equation, so how is it the Committee’s fault that DeBoer & staff didn’t have the sense of urgency to put a beat down on a bad OU team? Saban wouldn’t have let that happen but Bama lost the “benefit of the doubt” they enjoyed previously b/c it was earned under Saban. Head coaches matter & it showed this season. Not saying Deboer won’t be great but he’s got to earn the same benefit of the doubt that Saban did & getting blown out by OU on top of two other losses doesn’t do it.
I said after the Oklahoma game that bama needed to move on to next year. I do think winning matters. But it’s the same premise most years where people look at all conferences being equal. They are not. So SMU , who I personally like watching, plays in a conference that is average to below average, and gets rewarded for what? Oh, they won games against trash in conference opponents, and won games against trash OOC opponents.
I think the argument can be made that Indiana doesn’t belong. How many pushovers are you allowed to play before it matters? I like Indiana. I love watching SMU play their style of football. But neither team belongs in a playoff before any of the three teams you mentioned.
Eh,… we have to beat a UGA or tOSU team to make it happen regardless,… now it just has to happen early. The focus needs to be strictly IU. This program CANNOT waste this opportunity. A big postseason game win (NY6 or playoff) hasn’t happened in 30 years. They need to finally put that to bed
It does suck as Indiana, Boise, and SMU would all get spanked by Bama, Ole Miss, and probably South Carolina. But oh well...lol
We’re arguing about teams, none of which “deserve” to be in the playoff.
What about Texas? They didn't beat any ranked teams either. Do they belong?
Only this year,…….
Honestly it seems like your beef should be with the SEC.
You’re making a joke, but if you’re one of the top 8 or 9 name brands, you probably should really think about it.
Unbalanced schedules are going to be a feature of these 16-18 team conferences. If they insist on sticking with these conference championship games ($$) they should go back to divisions, at least they will have the teams in the divisions playing the same schedules.
Context?
I don't have a problem with any particular system they've tried - BCS, top 2, 4-team playoff, 12-team playoff. My issue has and will be the same: put the best 2, 4, 12 or whatever in, not the "most deserving" or prettiest resume. If you're a coach or a full-time CFB journalist, or on the playoff committee and you can't watch teams play over the course of a season and have a very good idea who would beat who, then you're in the wrong business. Stop this silly "most deserving" or prettiest resume stuff. It should be about who are the best teams, period. I don't say that because I think my team undeservedly got left out this year. I don't even have a strong opinion on whether they should or shouldn't have been in, am not particularly disappointed they aren't in, and didn't expect them to be in. I just want the best teams in every year, not the so-called most deserving.
