Vishnu Parasuraman

Columnist for @5ReasonsSports covering @MiamiHurricanes and @F1. Co-host @SixthRingCanes, @buckets_canes, @canesondeck, and @F1_5Reasons. Editor @sebastianspub

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[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

@IanHest There will be zero recalibration when Louisville blows out Kentucky in the last game of the season.

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

@IanHest Kentucky's resume is LOL. They have two 1-point wins against 3-loss teams on 2-point conversions and two 28-point losses to 2-loss teams. That's their resume. They wouldn't be ranked in another conference and instead these dummies have them in the playoffs.

[Ian Hest 🟦 @IanHest]

UGA 1-loss, Utah undefeated
Bama 2-loss, UCLA undefeated
Texas 2-loss, Miami 1-loss
Tennessee 2-loss, Indiana 1-loss
Kentucky 2-loss, Texas Tech 1-loss
South Carolina 3-loss, USC 2-loss
Ole Miss (my bad) 3-loss, Ohio State 3-loss
LSU and Mizzou 3-loss, Arizona 2-loss

EVERY ONE!

[Ian Hest 🟦 @IanHest]

Every single SEC team ranked (that’s 9 teams) are ranked a spot ahead of a team from a different conference DIRECTLY behind them with a better record…(with the exception of South Carolina and Ohio State who have the same record)

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

@MikeSanchize Yes

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

The reason people engage in propaganda is because it works. 20+ years of ESPN being the SEC mouthpiece and flooding the zone with BS has the CFP Committee saying that Kentucky losing 2 games by 56 points does not put them behind 1-loss teams from other power conferences.

[Dusty Baker @DustyBakerTV]

Compare the #CFBPlayoff rankings from Week 11 this year (Nov. 10 rankings) to Week 11 in 2016, 2011, and 2006.

"Strength of Schedule" has officially been given more weight than actually taking care of business and winning games.

That is a massive problem for college football.

[Dusty Baker @DustyBakerTV]

Compare the #CFBPlayoff rankings from Week 11 this year (Nov. 10 rankings) to Week 11 in 2016, 2011, and 2006.

"Strength of Schedule" has officially been given more weight than actually taking care of business and winning games.

That is a massive problem for college football.

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[Dusty Baker @DustyBakerTV]

What I’m saying is winning should be the most important thing, and that’s what it was 10, 15, and 20 years ago. But now instead it’s about who you play which is ranked on FPI, a stat established by ESPN.

An 11-1 team that plays in a power 5 conference shouldn’t have to worry about a 10-2 or 9-3 team getting in over them, but with this format, it’s allowing that to happen, and primarily with one conference. No other sport or league operates that way.

[Alyssa Andrews @HoosierLyss]

The indiana hate & delusion is getting comical at this point. It’s actually better to lose to an SEC team than play a game at all 😂

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

One thing to be said for the 24- team playoff, the regular season is already dead. Results don't matter in the SEC. Any win is a quality win, any loss goes unpunished.

[Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg]

If you want to know why the Big Ten pushed for the 24-team CFP, consider this from selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek last night about South Carolina:

"They also have what we believe are quality wins against Oklahoma, Florida and Texas A&M."

[Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg]

If you want to know why the Big Ten pushed for the 24-team CFP, consider this from selection committee chair Hunter Yurachek last night about South Carolina:

"They also have what we believe are quality wins against Oklahoma, Florida and Texas A&M."

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[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

Yes, and what we're actually seeing is the committee filling the bottom of the Top 25 with opponents that teams they want to arbitrarily rank high beat, and then giving said team a "quality win." But they've been doing that for years.

[Jake Butt @Jbooty88]

If we’re moving towards an NFL style system then using “ranked wins” has to go away. We value a win over #25 when objectively, 5-10 teams on a given week could realistically hold that spot?

Imagine a random cutoff of a moving target in the nfl deciding playoff spots?

[hawkeyeheritage @hawkeyeheritage]

@Jbooty88 if were going to an nfl model we should go back to the regional conferences that can act like divisions where winners of each and wild cards get in. how you gonna have an 18 team conference pick a champ when you only play 9 of 18 teams?

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

Well, if you listen to Hunter Yurachek, Miami was in the Top 6 pod and somehow finished 7th in it, so you gotta penalize them for that.

[J.D. PicKell @jdpickell]

After watching 10 weeks of football, you can't convince me that Miami isn't one of the best 5 teams.

[Vishnu Parasuraman @vrp2003]

I don't know what this buffoon is talking about, but this is the Strength of Record. They have several SEC teams with a worse record ahead of teams with better records and better Strength of Record.

[Mike Rodak @mikerodak]

Hunter Yurachek on ESPN on Alabama: "They're No. 1 in record strength, No. 1 in schedule strength. They have four what we call quality wins because we continue to call that win against Mississippi State earlier in the year when they had Kamario Taylor on their team, they were 4-0. Alabama went there and won that game. Alabama we believe deserves to be the No. 3 team in the country."