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When did "Win-loss vs fpi top 40" become a playoff metric?
Ill tell you when, In the last few weeks to protect Alabama and the SEC. It's a bullshit metric the left, or ESPN, just created and metaphorically attatched to a bill to fool the voters.
ive never seen it and I play close attention. Suddenly Alabama's 1 win over a ranked team doesnt look so bad. Hey, theyre 8-1 vs the top 40. WTF is going on with college football? Its turning into a fucking shit show. Reality television, a popularity contest, nothing merit based anymore. Im sick to my stomach. Let me barf now.
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that being said, all this bullshit could be avoided with the removal of 2 non conference games (they are pointless anyways) and a 16 team playoff with 6 at large bids from the major conferences in college football.
Now, literally in the last few weeks, its about how you won vs the top 40. Throw out the AP top25, guess its irrelevant now as it hurts the SEC. Remember the SEC had 10 teams in top25? Now there is basically one that deserves to be there, so that poll doesnt matter for the playoff. What a laugher but I digress.
Its not that you won, its about how good your backups are if a starter goes down (which is purely subjective and no way to know) Even though you won a game, the committee now decides if THEY think your backups can compete in the playoff.
Iowa is undefeated but t he committee decides if THEY think iowa is good enough. The committee made up its mind about Bama pre-season, even though everyone outside the SEC saw they have the worst QB of all power 5 contenders, beat 1 ranked team, lost at home to ole miss and needed a miracle at home vs horrible tennessee. Oh and barely beat Auburn (the 2nd-3rd worst team in SEC.
Make it stop. Nothing has to do with winning and more importantly losing anymore. The silly metrics, SEC bias and a woman deciding who the best teams are is ludicrous. Im about ready to bid farewell to the new and unimproved college game. Cant stand it. Onne way to keep my interest? Put Bama at 5 tonight when rankings come out. Make them beat Florida Atlantic un SEC title game this weekend to even be considered. There a 4 MUCH MORE DESERVING TEAMS right now.
Furthermore, look at the two metrics Football Outsiders combines to rate how efficient teams are. Alabama is #1 with a healthy lead over #2. Again the SEC has 7 teams in the top 25 with the Pac-12 having only 3 in the top 28.
Here is the conclusion: Alabama is clearly #1. SEC is the clear best conference again but will only get one team in the playoff.
Puppy never responds to my post on this because he can't. There is no objective or reasonable way to argue against this.
The SEC is not clearly the best conference anymore. Both Sagarin Predictor and SRS have 6 SEC teams in the top 25. Both have the Big 12 with 5 in the top 25 (considering the Big 12 has 4 fewer teams than the SEC that's a higher percentage of top 25 teams) and 3 in the top 10 for a much higher percentage of top 10 teams. I think it's the best conference this year.
The Big 10 has 5 of 12 teams in the top 25 in Sagarin Predictor and 4 of 12 in the SRS, so very close to the same as the SEC percentage wise, with 1 out of 12 in the top 10 in each versus 1 out of 14.
I think it goes Big 12, SEC, Big 10, but all three are pretty close, but a bigger gap between 1 and 2 than 2 and 3.
I can allow someone to say the SEC is the best this year. It's not close to the clear best though.
The Big 12 is Oklahoma and the 9 dwarves
Harbaugh does it again. Michigan was 61 in SRS last year. Likely will finish in the top 10 this year. At Stanford he went from 61 in his second year to 1 in two years.
GA Techer uh Miami one in 1991.objectivebullshit rating system. Give it up with that fucking witchcraft. Bama will not get out of the semi's let alone win a natty this year, despite their big win against well... there aren't any big wins now that LSU was exposed.I know you all are yearning for the days when the script played out as it used to. It makes Doogs feel good about the " we are Washington damnit dayz" returning when the blue chippers from the SEC win and a non Sark USC has a chance to win a Championship.
But Grandpa Sankey can see that the SEC is way down this year and that Stanford will butt plunger SC once again on the way to beating Iowa in the Rose Bowl.