Yep. See my post above one that you quoted. There was zero chance that playoffs did not have an SEC representative.
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Since the selection criteria is that injuries do count in the CFP rankings, what would happen if Michael Penix Jr. tears an ACL this week in practice? Still plenty of time to re-select and make a change and bring in another team. That wouldn't happen, but now you no longer have the best four...Using injuries as a criteria sucks and will lead to hiding injuries as disciplinary issues for players not playing. I hate it...
Illini4Chief
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Georgia has something like 29 wins in a row, loses to Bama...and now is 6th place? Georgia got the real whine.not FSU.
Illini2010-11
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I do ultimately believe that Georgia might be one of the best four teams, but the win streak has no impact on anything. Only this season's records and team matter, not what they did the prior seasons. Georgia has no real case at all to be top 4. There were three undefeated P5 teams, and two teams ahead of them (including one that beat them) that are one-loss conference champs. Georgia also did not have that difficult of a schedule this year. Dropping to 6 is completely justifiable.
Money spoke more than anything else with the committee's decision to drop FSU behind Texas and Alabama. It makes me wonder what would have happened if Alabama would have not had the fluke win over Auburn. I suspect that somehow Georgia would have slid in at #4, as the SEC had to have a seat at the table. It is pure money that drives these decisions, when the results of games have to be the first criteria, IMO. The committee wiped that away by justifying that FSU was not good enough in their current roster construction to be a top 4 team, even though they easily coasted through their schedule and did their job every week. Only 3 P5 teams can claim that: Michigan, Washington, and Florida State, with Liberty being the non P5 undefeated team.
FSU has the whine, not a one loss team that did not win their conference.
Can’t afford healthcare, climate is in dire need, corporate profits soaring, housing crises in all corners of the US……and Rick Scott is looking for answers.
Can’t afford healthcare, climate is in dire need, corporate profits soaring, housing crises in all corners of the US……and Rick Scott is looking for answers.
Correct- and that they didn’t look good with the backup in their conference championship
In fairness the NCAAB committee factors in injuries to key players too in selection and seeding for the tourny
Won’t be an issue next year with 12 teams in the playoffs - while it will be more difficult to differentiate- there will be much less gripe on the national stage of who should be 12 vs 13
Mr. Tibbs
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don’t count on it - life has a crazy way of imitating goofy scenarios where the 12 vs 13 seeding will be an issue and cause all kind of angst
There may not be any angst actually. It's just room for all the 1 loss non-confernce champs that they would have debated at 3/4 seeds.
The Oregon/Ohio State/Penn State/Notre Dames/Clemson/FSU types just get a tiny bit more margin for error. There's no G5's that are gonna get in regularly.
The Oregon/Ohio State/Penn State/Notre Dames/Clemson/FSU types just get a tiny bit more margin for error. There's no G5's that are gonna get in regularly.
IlliniFanHere
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FSU was not impressive in final games....also had the weakest of schedule...only wins against now ranked # 13 LSU and Louisville #16....Had to go to OT to beat unranked Clemson I can see why FSU was so desparetly trying to leave the ACC. The body of work for Georgia is more impressive....I cant see 5 teams ahead of Dogs....By virtue of losing to Bama by 3 seems more for the eye.
Illini4Chief
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Vegas Insider got Georgia win by 2 touchdowns........
This is where I have a big problem. Last year Alabama would have been favored against TCU for sure. So why does TCU get to the playoff even if they aren’t one of the four best teams? Because their QB hasn’t been injured yet? It makes zero sense.
Illini2010-11
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If we use the final CFP rankings, Georgia does not have a body of work significantly more impressive than FSU to overcome having a loss and not winning their conference. Also Clemson is still a good win, especially on the road. They may have been unranked at the time, but they are #26 in the most recent AP/Coaches poll and in top 25 of final CFP rankings.
Ranked teams that FSU beat: LSU (#13), Louisville (#15), and @Clemson (#22)
Ranked teams that Georgia beat (lost to #4 Bama): Mizzou (#9), Ole Miss (#11), and @Tennessee (#21)
The fact remains that Georgia had a very soft non-conference schedule (UT Martin, Ball State, UAB, and @GT). Florida State, meanwhile, had LSU (neutral site destruction), Southern Miss, North Alabama, and @Florida). Pretty easy to say that Florida State played a tougher non-conference schedule, especially since half of them are against SEC teams. Georgia's strength of schedule is propped up by the perceived strength of the SEC, who literally have the softest non-conference schedules, making it very difficult to assess true strength of that league.
Is Georgia better than FSU, most likely, but the results of games have to matter. Most claim that TCU was not one of the best 4 teams last year, but they still ended up making the CFP final. The fact remains that Georgia did not win their conference, and in a four team playoff with three undefeated P5 teams and two one loss conference champs (including one who beat them); it is easy to see why Georgia slipped to #6. I just hate that the results of games did not matter more than a subjective analysis of one particular team. Georgia struggled with Georgia Tech the week before and Alabama should have lost to Auburn. So neither of those two teams exactly looked great in their final 2 games either. The committee had to find any way to ensure that the SEC was represented in the playoff, so they had to use the argument that FSU looked offensively terrible (ignoring the fact that the defense looked elite). If Georgia beats Bama, I highly doubt that Texas would have jumped FSU, and we would have 4 undefeated champs in the playoff. However, to have the SEC represented, the committee had to bring Texas along at the expense of FSU, since they beat Bama. The committee has to state that had nothing to do with their decision, but it is naïve to think otherwise.
At least next year we will not need to have this type of debate of high-level teams. The debate will be about fringe level two loss teams battling for the #11 seed in the playoff.
Given opt outs that are expected to come to a game that does not truly matter, I wonder how the Georgia/FSU game will play out. I expect Georgia to win, but it will look much different than if they played #1 vs #4 in the playoff, had Georgia beat Bama.
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Illini4Chief
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We're putting way too much emphasis on Conference Champs.......the goal should be Best Football team....what if ACC ( not particularly high on the football rich conference) has so so teams yet wins Conference Champs.....should they get an auto bid just for winning the Conference. I can see the intent of the committee.....maybe the best football team has one loss. Georgia 14 points favorite yet ranked below FSU by committee?
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FSU's Strength of Schedule was 55, and they hadn't beaten anyone special. LSU was their best win, and that was Bama's third best win. Alabama's SOS was 5th and just came off a win over Georgia. If we want to dig even deeper, it's hardly a discussion between FSU and Bama, it's really FSU and Texas. If UGA wins, Texas is sitting at 4 and FSU is out. People are just tired of Bama and that's why there's this much outrage. Louisville is not a good team either, they were just a byproduct of their incredibly easy schedule. FSU was also down 13-0 to FCS North Alabama, WITH Jordan Travis fwiw. Like I said, I feel horribly for FSU, they deserved to be in, but we see what happens when the committee puts in deserving teams over the best teams. TCU loses by 60. This was really the perfect year for 12. Such a shame we can't get that this year.
Texas QB Murphy to portal; won't be CFP backup
Texas backup quarterback Maalik Murphy is entering the NCAA transfer portal, he told ESPN. He will not be with the Longhorns for the College Football Playoff.
UT would be down to their 3rd string if their starting qb goes down
Alabama hires former Michigan LB coach let go after last year. Saban is turning the screws on Harbaugh trying to make him do something desperate and get caught...AGAIN!!
Not sure where to put this but there’s a report that Minnesota is paying their backup QB 30k in NIL to play in their bowl game so that they have one available because their starter and 3rd string QB have already decided to transfer. I guess that’s the college sports world we live in but that’s wild to me.
how did Minny even get a bowl with a 5-7 record?
edit: sorry just read the earlier post about it
Nix is not sitting out. We will be missing starting RB, Center, #1 WR and one D line starter also I thinke we'll be short one safety. We should be fine.
I'm surprised there didn't end up being more opt outs. I think Liberty has just as many players sitting out as Oregon does. Regardless I'm looking forward to that game.
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