Wins and losses should matter, but they’ve gone too far in ignoring strength of schedule. If you are playing highschool teams, being undefeated doesn’t mean anything in that scenario. Bama would have been a better game than the second best ACC or Big12 team, and Indiana. Still probably a loss, but that’s the case either way.
Yeah but the teams in the ncg both lost to terrible teams, ND especially. I think anOSU fans will genuinely still consider this a spoiled season 10 years down the road because they lost the game. And in my mind, that has GOT to be enough to keep a team from being the best in the nation. If we won every game except florida, I would enjoy the NC, but I would still look back at the season as a faliure. The media moguls don’t understand this. And I can’t reasonably vote against this. At the end of the day, I’m still a cfb sicko, and I will watch the playoff as it continues to expand, even though its not what I want.
If Bama doesn’t lose to unranked Vanderbilt and get obliterated by OU, then they’re in. They showed, with the product they put on the field that they were undeserving of the spot. Simple as that.
I’m not saying bama would be amazing, I’m saying even with the “worse” record, they were better than the bottom 4 (and probably Arizona State and Boise State). It wouldn’t change the outcome, but it would lead to better games. It’s not worth pretending that the ACC or Big12 have two or even one legitimate contender in a playoff.
At that point, though, why play a regular season? The teams can be selected without looking at results. If Bama cannot get the job done against OU the week before playoff selection, what other chance do they need? The excuses that get dropped at their feet are astounding. Win. Your. Games. That’s should be the goal of every team, every season. If you win your games, you get in. No one can argue wins. Anyone can argue losses.
Wins and losses should matter, but they’ve gone too far in ignoring strength of schedule. If you are playing highschool teams, being undefeated doesn’t mean anything in that scenario. Bama would have been a better game than the second best ACC or Big12 team, and Indiana. Still probably a loss, but that’s the case either way.
Yeah but the teams in the ncg both lost to terrible teams, ND especially. I think anOSU fans will genuinely still consider this a spoiled season 10 years down the road because they lost the game. And in my mind, that has GOT to be enough to keep a team from being the best in the nation. If we won every game except florida, I would enjoy the NC, but I would still look back at the season as a faliure. The media moguls don’t understand this. And I can’t reasonably vote against this. At the end of the day, I’m still a cfb sicko, and I will watch the playoff as it continues to expand, even though its not what I want.
If Bama doesn’t lose to unranked Vanderbilt and get obliterated by OU, then they’re in. They showed, with the product they put on the field that they were undeserving of the spot. Simple as that.
I’m not saying bama would be amazing, I’m saying even with the “worse” record, they were better than the bottom 4 (and probably Arizona State and Boise State). It wouldn’t change the outcome, but it would lead to better games. It’s not worth pretending that the ACC or Big12 have two or even one legitimate contender in a playoff.
At that point, though, why play a regular season? The teams can be selected without looking at results. If Bama cannot get the job done against OU the week before playoff selection, what other chance do they need? The excuses that get dropped at their feet are astounding. Win. Your. Games. That’s should be the goal of every team, every season. If you win your games, you get in. No one can argue wins. Anyone can argue losses.