Chicago-Bull-E wrote:Dresden wrote:Chicago-Bull-E wrote:FSU about to get massively screwed out of the playoff. Too bad. Elite defense, lots of NFL players on that side of the ball IMO
Who would you leave out? Texas beat Alabama and only has 1 loss. Alabama just beat the 2 time champ. It's a shame someone has to go home, but FSU won't have their starting QB so I think that tips the scales in favor of the other two. I think AL is in for sure and it's between TX and FSU.
Clearly Alabama. Texas beat Alabama in Alabama, same record, both conf champs.
and texas played better over the course of the season as well. 21.4 SRS vs. 17.9 for 'bama. better SOS too
Alabama looked like garbage 7 days ago and needed a miracle to be in the discussion.and beat georgia yesterday. the "miracle" was a perfectly executed play on a great throw and catch
FSU barely beat a bad BC team earlier in the season...while at full strength. outgained by over 100 yards. they beat clemson by sending the game to OT w/ a 56 yard fumble return with 31 seconds left. certainly more of a miracle scenario than alabama vs. auburn. finally, auburn is better than florida and FSU trailed florida going into the 4th quarter a week agoA power 5 undefeated school has never been left out of the CFP until today. ESPNs own predictors gave them a 97% chance of getting in, but the money grubbing humans are the ones to decide.
the committee does not make money by putting 'bama in over FSU. strengths of schedule:
4.92 bama (12-1)
1.93 FSU (13-0)
-5.65 liberty (13-0)
nobody is arguing that liberty should be anywhere close to the top 4, right? because they trail 'bama in SOS by over 10 points. FSU only trails by 3 points, so is that close enough? tough call. it basically means that FSU had a 3 point advantage going into each game that 'bama did not. if BC had been 3 points tougher FSU would have theoretically lost that game. same w/ the clemson game. which would have left FSU at 11-2
given that the committee is also permitted to consider major injuries, it's pretty clear to me that factor justifies FSU being left out. i don't particularly like that criteria, but it's there. and it wasn't put in for TV financial purposes
and by the way, i'm pretty sure that SMU has a bigger fanbase than liberty...yet the committee chose liberty to play oregon on new year's. although i guess you could argue that the cinderella story makes for better viewing...at least until some point during the 1st quarter
if FSU beats georgia on jan. 1 and 'bama loses to michigan, FSU will be entitled to bitch until the end of time. still won't mean the committee was wrong
