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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2092807, member: 6927"] People tend to over-fixate on one single data point. The committee does not cherry-pick one result and make major decisions on seedings and placement based on hair-splitting over a few points in a single loss. If it comes down to counting points, what about the games where Maryland only beat Penn State by 6, and only beat Rutgers by 11? What about the games where Maryland was tied with Washington State or led Michigan by only a point in the 4th quarter? What about the game where Maryland wasn't even particularly competitive with Ohio State? And it's not about "punishing" Maryland. It's simply applying the criteria that the committee has always used: quality wins and strength of schedule, both of which Maryland is sorely lacking this year. [/QUOTE]