D.Kinsbrunner

Centre College Alumni | MSA student at Belmont University

[D.Kinsbrunner @Kinsbrunner]

This is why rankings are the most arbitrary, useless, and inefficient way in measuring teams. Unless a completely unbiased analysis of each team is made every week, completely constructed from scratch with no influence from the prior week’s location, rankings must be devalued.

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

Rankings Reaction ��

• There isn’t a team in College Football that receives more special treatment than Alabama. Nick Saban’s not there anymore. Giving him the benefit of the doubt was somewhat understandable most years, but the coddling has to stop now. Getting destroyed by 6-6 Oklahoma and beaten by 6-6 Vanderbilt is no big deal if you have the script A logo, but Miami coming up short against 9-3 Syracuse, who the committee thinks enough of to rank, is somehow a dealbreaker for a 10-2 team. Ridiculous.

• When I brought up Missouri four or five weeks ago and pointed out their undeserving ranking in numerous weeks, it wasn’t for no reason. Missouri staying at the exact same ranking after losing to South Carolina was all we needed to see. There was a clear push to keep Missouri ranked at any and all costs to give Alabama the “ranked win” they desperately needed for this exact scenario to have a talking point in comparison to a team like Miami.

• While they were doing everything in their power to keep Missouri ranked to boost Alabama’s résumé, they were also keeping Duke unranked at all costs. Duke is 9-3, lost to #12 Miami on the road, took #8 SMU to OVERTIME, and lost to Georgia Tech on the road after leading in the 4th quarter. Never once ranked or even mentioned in consideration for it. Barred Miami and SMU from a ranked win.

• How are Missouri, UNLV, and Illinois ranked over Syracuse? It doesn’t really matter at this point but that doesn’t change the fact that it makes no sense. Syracuse is 9-3 and has wins over #20 UNLV on the road and #12 Miami. How are they not ranked over UNLV with the head-to-head win in Las Vegas? They have more ranked wins than the other 3 combined, and losses that aren’t any worse than Missouri getting nuked twice or Illinois getting taken to overtime at home by the worst team in the Power 4.

• Yesterday I made a post about a blind résumé of a 10-2 team. 84% of the 27,000 people who voted on it said they would rank the team in the Top 12. That résumé is BYU’s. The Cougars are getting shoved down to #18 for seemingly no reason. They are 10-2 and have a Top 10 win over #8 SMU and the committee treats them like an afterthought.

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[Nick Domingue @geauxnick]

I don’t care if the number is $8 million or $10 million, NIL was not meant to be pay-for-play and it’s absolutely idiotic that someone would commit that type of money to a 17 or 18 year old who hasn’t played a down of college football.

College sports is broken.

[D.Kinsbrunner @Kinsbrunner]

@perry_nadreau Gotcha, looking forward to seeing the results come in the spring!

[Wess Moore @Wess_Moore]

This how you celebrate a good play when you’re down 32 points.

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Thank you Boston College Football. Locker room was left clean with all the chairs put back in the lockers. VT appreciates it.

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[AR @AustinR___]

Again, this was ruled a fumble last year and Miami lost. I didn't see people up in arms about it. Just blaming Mario and saying "don't leave the game up to the refs." If Cal doesn't give up 19 straight points it wouldn't matter but they left the game in the refs hands🤷🏻‍♂️

[D.Kinsbrunner @Kinsbrunner]

5. For the second week in a row, Miami had to do something I’ve seen very little of in my 22 years as a fan and that’s fight expectations. At 2pm CT I laid in bed watching the TV in disbelief of the 25pt comeback I just watched happen. It’s days like today that embody sports.

[D.Kinsbrunner @Kinsbrunner]

4. My night was not over however. The Miami Hurricanes, a team I was raised to root for had the 9:30 CT kick at Cal. After an awful start on both sides of the ball, Miami found themselves down 25 late in the game. On a day with already 4? Top 11 teams going down, Miami was next.

[Barstool Florida @UFBarstool]

On no buddy, don’t do this.

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