CFP Final 4

[UCFBfan]

But this whole thing would be moot in a 12 team playoff. If FSU or Clemson go 13-0 or 12-1 and win the ACC they will be one of the top 4 seeds and get bye every year.

Today's actions just proves you that it's not the case. They went 13-0 and were passed over for the top 4 seeds by the SEC and B1G (UW is B1G now in my eyes). So they'd lose a bye. Everyone saying it's a lot of nothing because they'd be in next year is wrong. They'd be in, but they'd be screwed out of a bye just like they were screwed out of the Top 4.

 

[Jimdish255]

Anything that causes chaos in the ACC helps whatever slim opportunity UConn has to get aboard the last train to P-4 status. Root for FSU getting shafted.

Lolol haha!!

 

[Jimdish255]

College football is kind of a joke, I wish people would stop paying attention.

Trying to pin down irony can sometimes be difficult.
In this case, not.

 

[champs99and04]

True, but I don’t care about FSU & the ACC. I get they think they’re entitled because they’re P5 but it’s really the same criteria at play. Now suddenly FSU thinks we should ignore conferences & focus only their record. No - their schedule & conference clearly isn’t as good as Alabama’s.

IMO the SEC is still probably the best conference top to bottom, but if people think this is like past years, where there was this huge chasm between the SEC and other leagues, then they haven't been paying attention. The ACC more than held its own with the SEC head to head this season and included a lopsided FSU win over arguably the SEC's third best team on a neutral field (and by a larger, more convincing margin than Bama who played them at home).

I mean, FSU got left out because the QB got hurt. I know FSU and the ACC have rightfully made a lot of enemies on this board, but people trying to make this about the conference are reaching.

 

[billybud]

O.K., I know you’re a reasonable, calm guy but how can you not be outraged by this. I dislike FSU but I’m outraged. In my mind, it’s very simple. The Committee opted for the 4 teams that Vegas would make the heaviest betting favorites rather than the four teams that accomplished the most in the regular season. That’s outrageous, because to take it to an absurd extreme what would have stopped them from taking a team that’s 8-4, with the 4 losses early without a few star players and then undefeated dominating performances when they come back healthy? Because if that’s what you’re doing, the entire regular season is nothing more than an exhibition season to convince a committee you are, at the end, really good. Who wants that? Who wants to pay for tickets and give up days to watch games that don’t actually count for anything? Why does the NFL, clearly the US’s most popular sport, bother with standings based on wins and losses instead of just deciding who is “best” at the end of the regular season?

What a sham. You should be working with other alum thinking about how to seek an injunction or move to a P-2 conference next year.

I am not otraged because I can see the reasonableness of the decision.

I do feel badly for the players who worked hard, never gave up, and fought to win for their much loved injured quarterback. This is a group of brothers who never quit when behind.

It was a good year. Going 13-0 is a great year...being State Champs, beating Florida and Miami two years running is great.

And...when you were close to dying 6 months back with cancer, down 65 pounds, being wheeled in a wheelchair down to the radiation room and catching your beloved wife and son exchanging sad looks, you have a different perspective about what matters in life.

I am not outraged at all. I have emailed Boosters to start a campaign to pay Coach the bonus his contract calls for when making the CFP...I wanted my pledge to be among the first, if not the first.

Laugh and the world laughs with you....cry and you cry alone...

 

[Kolumbo]

But this whole thing would be moot in a 12 team playoff. If FSU or Clemson go 13-0 or 12-1 and win the ACC they will be one of the top 4 seeds and get bye every year.

Not moot at all. It's not like FSU and Clemson are gonna start reeling off undefeated seasons making this season a minor blip. The line has been drawn, in bold. There are 2 big boys tables and everyone else. SOS could continue to be a factor as the P2 continue to separate from the rest. ACC will need to be perfect because a 2 loss P2 program could very well make the playoffs before a 1 loss ACC team.

 

[How Sway?!]

Today's actions just proves you that it's not the case. They went 13-0 and were passed over for the top 4 seeds by the SEC and B1G (UW is B1G now in my eyes). So they'd lose a bye. Everyone saying it's a lot of nothing because they'd be in next year is wrong. They'd be in, but they'd be screwed out of a bye just like they were screwed out of the Top 4.

You do know that there can only be one SEC and B1G champion correct? And the byes are guaranteed for the 4 highest ranking champions? So unless a G6 league champion is ranked ahead of the ACC champion, which the committee will never do, the ACC champion will always get a bye

 

[champs99and04]

And...when you were close to dying 6 months back with cancer, down 65 pounds, being wheeled in a wheelchair down to the radiation room and catching your beloved wife and son exchanging sad looks, you have a different perspective about what matters in life.

And that's exactly why they'll get away with it.

 

[Waquoit]

I know you’re a reasonable, calm guy but how can you not be outraged by this. I dislike FSU but I’m outraged.

It's college football, Jake.

 

[Vowelguy]

You do know that there can only be one SEC and B1G champion correct? And the byes are guaranteed for the 4 highest ranking champions? So unless a G6 league champion is ranked ahead of the ACC champion, which the committee will never do, the ACC champion will always get a bye

Think about basketball: do you want to be in a one-bid league?

 

[businesslawyer]

I am not otraged because I can see the reasonableness of the decision.

I do feel badly for the players who worked hard, never gave up, and fought to win for their much loved injured quarterback. This is a group of brothers who never quit when behind.

It was a good year. Going 13-0 is a great year...being State Champs, beating Florida and Miami two years running is great.

And...when you were close to dying 6 months back with cancer, down 65 pounds, being wheeled in a wheelchair down to the radiation room and catching your beloved wife and son exchanging sad looks, you have a different perspective about what matters in life.

I am not outraged at all. I have emailed Boosters to start a campaign to pay Coach the bonus his contract calls for when making the CFP...I wanted my pledge to be among the first, if not the first.

Laugh and the world laughs with you....cry and you cry alone...

I have no issues with your priority being different. If one wants to argue that 'Bama should be ahead of FSU because of a much harder SOS and going 1-1 against Top 5 opponents is better than not playing another top ten team, so be it. I just find being influenced by an injury as opposed to accomplishment counter to everything sport is about and thus horrific. But I'm glad you're around to have other priorities.