midatlantech
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Well here we are. A playoff is near. Being relatively close to the situation as a Tech fan, I find the whole thing incredibly interesting and disgusting at the same time. Although I certainly want Tech to win out, for these slightly different reasons, I'd really love to have Tech win out:
1) The early signals by the committee is that media persuasion is just as powerful inside the elite selection group as outside in the old BCS. I thought these elite thinkers would get things right but so far they are inclined to overly support a Miss St team (and other SEC) who's high ranking was based on big wins versus LSU, Auburn, and A&M. Oops, those teams stink! As does the rest of their schedule. I can't wait to see how this ends after conference championships, and see how folks get ranked because so far it's a SECSPN lovefest.
2) If Georgia gets to the SEC Final and Tech wins out, I can't wait to see how conference champions are weighed around the country and also how they are weighed versus Miss St who has beaten nobody.
How could a Georgia or Miami victory not matter (those teams would have 3 or 4 losses), when a 3 or 4 loss Auburn, LSU and A&M does? I can not wait to see how the committee responds to this and oh my, imagine when UGA beats Bama too. Transparency will help sell college football. Lack of it and all bets are off.
3) Imagine if Georgia goes to the SECCG after losing to Tech. Remember when the SEC refs were openly attacked for letting Tech win a game (Jasper Sanks)? Since then, the SEC has been really good about finding that one special team...and getting them through. I can not wait to see how the referees score a UGA v Alabama game. Gosh please let it happen.
4) And as others have stated, never before has rankings mattered so much to bowl selections. Amazing that Clemson's AD helps decide where they and other teams are ranked and amazing how the Orange Bowl's selection is based on that. If Tech doesn't win out, this will be fun to watch too. Wow, the team that is ranked early in the season will always win out with this committee? I find it incredibly hard to believe but I think it's coming based on how they've voted so far?
5) I was incensed by that Bama-LSU championship. That one should have a big asterisk next to it forever. No matter how hard one tries, there is no real good way to compare conferences annually. Certainly interleague play can help but how do you really compare a two loss team from a "strong" conference versus a one loss team from the "third best". This is a joke! FSU has not lost in 27 games. That matters folks. But not to the committee.
The committee should not even think about the past history of conferences (FSU is undefeated this year). Period! That thinking would suggest that GT is always better than VPI because we've won 4 NC's. But so far, this committee is looking like it does matter. "The SEC were good and they should get special attention."
When setting up this playoff the conference leaders talked about winning a conference as being most important. Really? Then shouldn't the top four have always been FSU/OhioState/Oregon/top SEC/Baylor-TCU instead of MissSt/Alabama/FSU/Auburn/A&M....?
I am so sick of the SEC lovefest and it's getting worse. This is why is sickens me that we play UGA annually since our record against UGA is partly responsible for the SEC lovefest.
There is a reasonably good chance that the SEC Champion has 2 losses and the rest of the Big Four don't. And we all know what is going to happen...and I can't wait to enjoy watching the death of the Final Four right out the gate.
There are all kinds of things to observe in the coming weeks!
1) The early signals by the committee is that media persuasion is just as powerful inside the elite selection group as outside in the old BCS. I thought these elite thinkers would get things right but so far they are inclined to overly support a Miss St team (and other SEC) who's high ranking was based on big wins versus LSU, Auburn, and A&M. Oops, those teams stink! As does the rest of their schedule. I can't wait to see how this ends after conference championships, and see how folks get ranked because so far it's a SECSPN lovefest.
2) If Georgia gets to the SEC Final and Tech wins out, I can't wait to see how conference champions are weighed around the country and also how they are weighed versus Miss St who has beaten nobody.
How could a Georgia or Miami victory not matter (those teams would have 3 or 4 losses), when a 3 or 4 loss Auburn, LSU and A&M does? I can not wait to see how the committee responds to this and oh my, imagine when UGA beats Bama too. Transparency will help sell college football. Lack of it and all bets are off.
3) Imagine if Georgia goes to the SECCG after losing to Tech. Remember when the SEC refs were openly attacked for letting Tech win a game (Jasper Sanks)? Since then, the SEC has been really good about finding that one special team...and getting them through. I can not wait to see how the referees score a UGA v Alabama game. Gosh please let it happen.
4) And as others have stated, never before has rankings mattered so much to bowl selections. Amazing that Clemson's AD helps decide where they and other teams are ranked and amazing how the Orange Bowl's selection is based on that. If Tech doesn't win out, this will be fun to watch too. Wow, the team that is ranked early in the season will always win out with this committee? I find it incredibly hard to believe but I think it's coming based on how they've voted so far?
5) I was incensed by that Bama-LSU championship. That one should have a big asterisk next to it forever. No matter how hard one tries, there is no real good way to compare conferences annually. Certainly interleague play can help but how do you really compare a two loss team from a "strong" conference versus a one loss team from the "third best". This is a joke! FSU has not lost in 27 games. That matters folks. But not to the committee.
The committee should not even think about the past history of conferences (FSU is undefeated this year). Period! That thinking would suggest that GT is always better than VPI because we've won 4 NC's. But so far, this committee is looking like it does matter. "The SEC were good and they should get special attention."
When setting up this playoff the conference leaders talked about winning a conference as being most important. Really? Then shouldn't the top four have always been FSU/OhioState/Oregon/top SEC/Baylor-TCU instead of MissSt/Alabama/FSU/Auburn/A&M....?
I am so sick of the SEC lovefest and it's getting worse. This is why is sickens me that we play UGA annually since our record against UGA is partly responsible for the SEC lovefest.
There is a reasonably good chance that the SEC Champion has 2 losses and the rest of the Big Four don't. And we all know what is going to happen...and I can't wait to enjoy watching the death of the Final Four right out the gate.
There are all kinds of things to observe in the coming weeks!