Which Team Or Teams Do Not Belong?

[81usaf92]

Tennessee, Indiana, and SMU. Take your pick

 

[johnbt]

More than a 8 team playoff in cfb is and will always be a waste of time

Indiana, Boise st, smu will NEVER have the talent level to win a national championship in cfb

 

[B1GTide]

Tennessee, Indiana, and SMU. Take your pick

Indiana and SMU

 

[Windsortide]

Where do I start. Boise, SMU, Indiana, Clemson, and not sure what Penn State did this year. SMH

 

[colbysullivan]

There is never going to be a 100% foolproof way of determining who belongs and who doesn't. SMU clearly crapped the bed today and didn't do their argument any favors, but there is certainly an argument of why they belonged. As much as I want to say with certainty that Bama 100% belonged, I can also see JM having a day exactly like Jennings. It isn't like he didn't have some absolute clunkers this season. What I will say is that as a team, Bama is much better built to play in the playoffs than SMU was and it was less likely what happened to SMU or Indiana would happen to Bama (then I remember Oklahoma )

Absolutely not. No ACC team that goes 0-2 against the only ranked teams they played has an argument to make the playoffs.

 

[colbysullivan]

Where do I start. Boise, SMU, Indiana, Clemson, and not sure what Penn State did this year. SMH

The same thing they always do: lose the only two big games they play.

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

a) The committee appears to have acted on "SEC fatigue." Particularly "Alabama fatigue."

b) The committee also has a clear and obvious bias in favor of the Big 10.

c) Three teams, in particular, do not belong in this playoff: SMU, Penn and Indiana.

d) As for "what teams should be replacing those three," Alabama, Miami and either Ole Miss or South Carolina.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Rhett Lashlee's take after the game today: "We didn't play well enough to say anything that isn't going to be written," Lashlee said. "It'll be written, should we be in or did we belong? That's fine. You're welcome to write it. We didn't play good today. But this is a quality team. We had a good team. We deserve to be here. We earned the right to be here. I'm disappointed we didn't play to the level that validates that."

Why would he be disappointed? They did not play to the level that validated that all year.

They did not belong…

 

[TideEngineer08]

This playoff was about assuaging the feelings of the non-hegemonic powers.

You could get a 12 or 16 team playoff with competitive games. But you would have to stop regarding 11-1 Indiana, 11-2 SMU, etc the same as 9-3 Alabama. (To use examples from this season).

I expect similar results with Boise State and Arizona State.

 

[bamatex82]

You know who's liking this? The coaches that got in. They can add it to their resume and negotiate for more money even if they haven't won anything just by saying they made it to the playoffs.

 

[KrAzY3]

Part of the issue if you have to include 12 teams, for instance I start naming teams that probably don't belong and I come up with Indiana, Clemson, Arizona St., Boise St., and SMU.

Even if you bring in the three missing SEC teams (Alabama, South Carolina, Ole Miss), that's still only 10 teams though. So, I think you have to bring a couple of my exclusions list along. I saw a computer composite that includes those teams along with SMU and Indiana.

I kind of hate to say it, but since there has to be 12 teams I'd probably let Indiana stay and then it becomes a question of best team or most deserving. Boise State might be the best team on that list (hard to tell) but at least Clemson played a couple good SEC teams.

The real lesson here is the playoff shouldn't include 12 teams...

 

[RammerJammer14]

So a third of the teams? I think the same.

It’s almost like college football doesn’t have 12 teams worthy of winning an NC this year (or any year).

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

The real lesson here is the playoff shouldn't include 12 teams...

It should be an 8 team playoff. But ESPN wants the which comes with a 12 or 16 team playoff.

Watch....

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Part of the issue if you have to include 12 teams, for instance I start naming teams that probably don't belong and I come up with Indiana, Clemson, Arizona St., Boise St., and SMU.

Even if you bring in the three missing SEC teams (Alabama, South Carolina, Ole Miss), that's still only 10 teams though. So, I think you have to bring a couple of my exclusions list along. I saw a computer composite that includes those teams along with SMU and Indiana.

I kind of hate to say it, but since there has to be 12 teams I'd probably let Indiana stay and then it becomes a question of best team or most deserving. Boise State might be the best team on that list (hard to tell) but at least Clemson played a couple good SEC teams.

The real lesson here is the playoff shouldn't include 12 teams...

Your last statement is where I'm at on it.

It should be 6-8 teams at most.

I could see in any given year where a team in the 5-8 range might be the best and go on a run and win the NC.

But beyond that you're always going to risk putting in pretenders and/or teams with very exploitable flaws that have no business being in the bracket.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Greg needs to be quiet

Greg needs to get out of TV and be something else. His professional opinions on football aren't professional.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

a) The committee appears to have acted on "SEC fatigue." Particularly "Alabama fatigue."

 

[BAMAVILLE]

This format is shaping to to be the biggest waste of time imo

 

[B1GTide]

Greg needs to get out of TV and be something else. His professional opinions on football aren't professional.

I have pretty much lost respect for him. He is trying to be like Greenberg, and one Greenberg is one too many.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Your last statement is where I'm at on it.

It should be 6-8 teams at most.

I could see in any given year where a team in the 5-8 range might be the best and go on a run and win the NC.

But beyond that you're always going to risk putting in pretenders and/or teams with very exploitable flaws that have no business being in the bracket.

I’ve been screaming no more than 6 forever. And number 6 would be questionable at that

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Greg needs to get out of TV and be something else. His professional opinions on football aren't professional.

He’s always come off to me as that guy who believes his opinions are never wrong simply because he’s “smart”. Appreciate what he helped Bama accomplished in 09 but he’d be on a list of former players I wouldn’t care to ever see come back in any capacity