Well you can just make the requirement universal. Maybe just word it something like, "no conference champion is eligible for an autobid unless they are ranked within the top 16."
I'm not complaining about anything. Simply pointing out that they have a lot of seniors on their roster. 4th, 5th and 6th year variety.
Idk where they can really go.
The odds really just reflect that Bama has a guaranteed pathway via the CCG, PLUS are still relatively unlikely to get bumped out with a loss in that game - because their biggest threat (BYU) isn't likely to win their CCG. At least, that's how I'd interpret that
If we want auto-bids, these huge conferences need to split into divisions again where they play everyone in their division to make the conference championship game. This current model is ridiculous, with the unbalanced schedules. And maybe shuffle up the divisions every few years based teams' performance during those years to try to keep things balanced between divisions.
I just don't see anyway you move Alabama up over us after they barely squeaked out a win over a bad Auburn team. That game was tied late into the 4th and then Auburn was driving deep into Bama territory to potentially tie it up again. If the committee is so big on "game control" there's no way they make that move.
Khaki central
Plus, it could reflect the fact that Kirby Smart/UGA has struggled the past 10 years quite badly against Alabama.
It's crazy because all that had to happen was either chalk - Bama beating OU and eliminating them - or after that, one singular upset of OU, Bama, TTU, Oregon or Ole Miss in the last 2 weeks. The fact that it's all gone perfectly to provide a pathway for us to be left out is really insane.
Yep. BYU/Bama parlay is +1000 rn on FD, FWIW.
Duke isn't guaranteed a spot if they win. In fact I'd be shocked if they were included.
Which is also a joke; it should just go to the next at-large, not a G5 champion IMO. No bias either. If ND was 11-1 and squarely in the top 5, I'd still say Bama or UT are more deserving than lower ranked of JMU and the winner of NT/Tulane.
If the ACC really cared, wouldn't their officials have already swapped Miami in for Duke?
If Alabama stays at 10 and doesn’t get faulted for a loss, they only miss if they lose to Georgia and if Texas Tech loses to BYU. Calling these roughly 50-50 and 80-20, that gives them .2*.5 = 10% chance of being left out, assuming they stay at 10.
So there’s the problem in my eyes. If Bama beats Georgia I promise you they jump us. But the committee has stated they won’t punish team that lose the conference championship games. But they’ll reward them? Can’t have it both ways
Very telling
The NCAA doesn't see a distinction between the P4 and the G5. As far as they're concerned all the conferences are equal. No one could have imagined the ACC would would fuck everything up by A) being complete ass and B) rigging their championship game rules to try and game the system to get more teams in. Which has backfired spectacularly. No one would be complaining about Miami being given a spot if they were playing this weekend.
I had the same issue last year when the committee refused to move PSU behind us after their loss in the B1GCG. PSU should have never been ahead of us to begin with and I thought it was bullshit that they wouldn't "punish" PSU for losing, but would have in fact rewarded them with a bye had they won.
They get in automatically if they win. Jumping is irrelevant. They are already behind us so if they don't win, even not being punished, they won't move past us.
I don’t agree that jumping us is irrelevant. That would clearly be rewarding their win
This is obviously biased, but it feels like it should happen. Their poor offensive production is not an anomaly and their Tennessee win was devalued.
