Posted on 12/03/2023 5:20:01 AM PST by C19fan
Florida State does indeed have a weak strength of schedule, but Georgia’s strength of schedule isn’t much better. The odd man out, if it isn’t Alabama, is Florida, based on a weak strength of schedule. I myself think Florida will advance, but, if not, it’ll be Alabama advancing. Texas is in.
Actually, I think that was Washington. Washington played 8 teams in the top 25 at some point this year, including Oregon twice (ranked 8 and 6) (then add Arizona (finished 14), Utah (ranked 18 when played), USC (ranked 20 when played), Oregon State (11 when played, finished 21) and WSU (ranked 13 in week 5). Most of Washingtons opponents had a double whammy of playing Oregon the week after playing Washington, so that pushed a lot of them down the rankings at the end of the season, but Washington still beat 4 teams in the final top 25.
Texas played 5 ranked opponents all year (Alabama 3), Kansas (24), Oklahoma (12), Kansas State (23) and Oklahoma State (18).
Bama does not belong. From 8th place to in and they lost to one of the teams in the CFP already.
UNLV actually didn’t win any titles in the 1980’s, just for the record.
I stand corrected; they won their title in 1990, but the point remains the same. If basketball used the same system as football, they would never have even gotten the opportunity.
When Missouri wins 10 games, you know the SEC sucked this year.
College football playoffs
Final selections announced
1 Michigan
2 Washington
3 Texas
4 Alabama
They would have
Last slot in
They were hust given the Fiesta Bowl vs Oregon
LOL- data??
They got beat by two average teams- Oklahoma State and Kansas, in an average conference.
Bama played the #5 strength of schedule. FSU, #58.
If they tried to schedule someone like Alabama instead of North Alabama, I would listen more.
FSU could have joined the SEC years ago. They chose the non-football ACC because they thought it would be an easier road to championships. It finally paid off.
UGA would have beaten FSU by 3+ TDs yesterday.
If a committee decides who is in, it’s not a championship. Obama posted for this farce. The old bowl system was better. The national college champion is not the actual champion. Not if committees get a vote.
I actually think some modern fans get more enjoyment out of griping than they do the actual games.
They don’t realize just what they missed with the old system. Stuffing your face full of food, switching between a couple channels trying to watch 2 games at once, all day football and at the end things have been decided.
It may not have been fair to all teams
But
It was fun.
We considered playing our rival in a bowl game AS the championship.
This playoff stuff just sucks the fun out of it because everybody is always going to have a gripe.
“Florida State is the odd man out, IMO.”
The Disney Corporation owns/controls ESPN, ABC and the SEC network. Those networks are paying the SEC the largest $$$ amount in the history of sports - any sports - and so naturally the SEC expects to have at least one participating team in the CFP. On Saturday that team could no longer be Georgia which put the CFP in a quandary. They had to install Alabama, but how? Luckily for them, Texas has been playing magnificent football for several weeks. So since Georgia was now out, BOTH Texas and Alabama ascended to occupy the final two spots. It had to be that way as they never could have justified moving up Alabama and not Texas due to the road victory by the Longhorns in September. All four spots were then filled, icing out the Seminoles. If you think that there wasn’t enormous pressure placed on the CFP by ESPN/ABC/SEC Network/SEC then you probably also believe the Warren Report.
UW (honorary midwest powerhouse) is a co-Big10 champion, why not?
/s
I’m done with it all. Money ruins everything.
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