billybud wrote:We can whine about committees...but can we do better?
Yep...we can yell "computers"....which are just man designed algorithms. Some flawed...some not as much.
Today...perusing computer rankings...you have computers that rank Baylor as #4 and another as #22....LSU #1 and #11, Clemson #1 and #7, Oregon #3 and #17
And systems that use those models also factor in wins/losses as a secondary stand alone algorithm, then use all of these computer values as a compiled component to average out a team's ranking, rather than just choosing a single method.
If a team's statistics are used to formulate their net gain on the field vs yardage allowed. That is 1 computer factor. But in a poll average where other statistics are assimilated, that 1 factor sees #11 LSU balanced to #5.5 when averaged with #1 LSU from another computer model.
Yes, we could, and have, had better than what is presently used.
I liked the BCS better with all of its flaws. At least, then, all 5 games mattered to the 10 teams selected.
What we have now, are players opting out, because those other games mean basically nothing in context, since the once revered BCS Bowls are now categorized as a consolation prize. Where the mainstay prestige of appearing in a BCS venue, is now looked at as a lack of success.
What we have now, does not just separate the haves from the have nots ... it also rewards the separation of the have mores from the haves.
And I will reiterate a comment I made either a or more back, which is simply this.
If we are to believe that the only factor that matters is Schedule Strength.
And we are to believe that the SEC is the epitome of Conference Strength.
If we are subject to believe that the SEC is far better in a League of its Own.
Then maybe they should be.
Let the SEC pretend they are the end all be all of the college football world. Let them have their own 4 team Tournament, and exclude the rest of the NCAA.
They were already trying to figure out how to get the conversation started about what scenario we'd see where 3 teams from the SEC would be selected for the playoff.
It's bad enough when you are housing a tournament in a division that only gives an avenue for half of the conferences a legitimate chance of appearing in.
It's even worse when you fracture the criteria to eliminate 3 of the 5 suppose conferences, in favor of a subjective perception as to who the best teams really are.
However, to assume by any means that choosing 3 teams from one conference, because of biased archetype, is somehow fair or balanced ... well, that's just downright disingenuous.
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