So it’s okay if a Power 4 team gets BTA in the playoffs but it’s not acceptable for a Group of 5 team to get BTA because of Strength of schedule? I thought everyone was eligible to get BTA.
Blowouts in the College Football Playoff have always been common place. No matter what Power 4 or Group of 5 conference you play in:
-Alabama lost 44-16 to Clemson
-Oklahoma lost 63-28 to LSU
-Ohio State lost 31-0 to Clemson
-Ohio State lost 52-24 to Alabama
-TCU lost 63-7 to Georgia
-Florida State lost 59-20 to Oregon
-Michigan State lost 38-0 to Alabama
-SMU lost 38-10 to Penn State
-Notre Dame lost 30-3 to Clemson
-Tennessee lost 42-17 to Ohio State
Just add JMU and Tulane to the list and keep it moving. No one said to keep these Power 4 teams out of the playoff FOREVER after their bad loss. So stop trying to punish all Group of 5 teams for it.
Just a reminder that if the Heisman was ACTUALLY given to the best PLAYER in the country, Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez would win by a landslide
Week 1 mattered to Notre Dame and Miami.
It didn’t matter to Alabama.
CCG mattered to drop BYU.
It didn’t matter to Alabama.
You don’t hate ESPN and the CFP committee enough.
Objectively, how do you defend this:
Miami (10–2)
– ESPN SOS: 45
– ESPN SOR: 14
– Did not play for a conference championship
– Losses: Two 8–4 teams (SMU, Louisville)
BYU (11–2)
– ESPN SOS: 22
– ESPN SOR: 9
– Played in the Big 12 championship
– Losses: No. 4 Texas Tech on the road & in the Big 12 title game
Notre Dame (10–2)
– ESPN SOS: 44
– ESPN SOR: 13
– Did not play for a conference championship
– Losses: Miami (who lost to two 8–4 teams) & No. 7 Texas A&M
Interesting point. We went back and looked.
2023 FSU- total yards 219, points 16, 10pt WIN, undefeated- assessed as too dull an offense for playoff.
Today Alabama- total yards 209, points 7, 21pt LOSS, 3 total losses- assessed as deserving of a playoff.
Goalposts move for SEC.
@secnumbersguy Of thirty total appearances, 19 of them are by only two teams
Am I allowed to interpret this as Georgia and Bama being really good and the rest of the SEC being mid?
Is there really any other way to interpret it?