It's true that the late shifts in the rankings, especially Bama jumping us, were not responsive to actual events on the field. Did anyone watch Bama play Auburn? Or OU play LSU? And then when Bama got smoked by UGA, ND (not Bama) drops again? Huh? The contrived explanations obviously suggested that there was a pre-determined outcome, e.g., both Bama and OU would be in at 10-2 (or 10-3 with the SECCG loss). But to be clear -and I'm sure MF thinks this, but didn't say it- we deserved to be ahead of both Bama and OU regardless of any previous ranking.
Oh, and the "head-to-head is decisive" argument -although reasonable, even if it not applied consistently- wasn't really made in good faith, imo. I am convinced that Miami got in because UVA lost, not because of the head-to-head.
And yeah, ESPN controls the sport and so MF can't go on the show and attack them to their face. Better not to turn up than to do that.
