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Post by EvilVodka on Nov 12, 2020 12:30:38 GMT
Anything less than 7 wins is half a season. It's not the SECs, ACC, Big XII's fault the PAC 12 and Big 10 mismanaged their seasons
If Ohio State continues to have games cancelled, they should be booted from the possibility of a playoff appearance; gotta have at least 7 wins
The PAC 12 is in even worse shape. They basically can't afford to cancel games at this point. Jerry Palm projects Oregon to make the playoff. How?? 1 missed game and their win total would be 6 games. How can you put a 6-game/half-season team in over someone like a 10-1 Texas A&M or Miami?
It's not fair to the teams that have done the testing and put in the effort to complete a full season
6 games is half a season. Half-season teams should not be in the playoff. Period.
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Post by doc on Nov 12, 2020 14:52:58 GMT
So it's Ohio State's fault that Maryland's football team had an outbreak. I guess we'll see how all this plays out but 2 things are for sure...1. This season is a mess and 2. We need to get Evil on the selection committee - he has it all figured out.
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Post by Hero on Nov 12, 2020 15:27:19 GMT
So it's Ohio State's fault that Maryland's football team had an outbreak. I guess we'll see how all this plays out but 2 things are for sure...1. This season is a mess and 2. We need to get Evil on the selection committee - he has it all figured out. Not OSU’s fault but it is the BIG10’s fault for pisspoorplanning. |
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 12, 2020 19:23:34 GMT
Because of the insular schedules, there is NO WAY to compare teams from difference conferences (especially the Big Ten, SEC, and Pac 12). There is no possibility of a SOS component. All you are left with is winning percentages and conference championships. This year, the CFP should be conference champions only. Even then, you still have trouble comparing the champions.
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Post by EvilVodka on Nov 12, 2020 19:28:30 GMT
So it's Ohio State's fault that Maryland's football team had an outbreak. I guess we'll see how all this plays out but 2 things are for sure...1. This season is a mess and 2. We need to get Evil on the selection committee - he has it all figured out. not Ohio State's fault, but definitely the Big 10's fault
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Post by EvilVodka on Nov 12, 2020 19:32:13 GMT
We need to get Evil on the selection committee - he has it all figured out. ESPN now bringing up the issue...
direct quote from the article:
"But is it realistic to expect a playoff berth for a team scheduled to play just six games?"
valid point
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Post by ajbuckeye on Nov 12, 2020 21:14:10 GMT
We need to get Evil on the selection committee - he has it all figured out. ESPN now bringing up the issue...
direct quote from the article:
"But is it realistic to expect a playoff berth for a team scheduled to play just six games?"
valid point
I thought it was suppose to be the best 4 teams regardless. The SEC was never penalized for playing 1 or 2 fewer games vs P5 schools compared to the BIG, B12, and P12. Knowing ESPN I am sure they will find a way to make it happen this year. |
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Post by Aufan on Nov 13, 2020 0:07:07 GMT
The solution is to go to 8 teams, and make it permanent.
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 13, 2020 0:33:46 GMT
Actually, a better solution is 16 teams, 4 pods. You play the three in your pod and two teams in each of the other three pods for a total of nine. You play every team at twice every four years. Then the four division champs have a conference playoff and the then the four conference champs have a nation playoff. Voila, a sixteen team playoff without having to subjectively pick the "best" teams.
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Post by Aufan on Nov 13, 2020 0:37:29 GMT
Even if Ohio State plays and wins the rest of their games, should a team get in when their best win is against Indiana?
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Post by doc on Nov 13, 2020 14:29:46 GMT
Even if Ohio State plays and wins the rest of their games, should a team get in when their best win is against Indiana? Indiana has wins over Penn State and Michigan (granted, those teams are 1-5 combined), are ranked #10 and that wouldn't be a good win? Let's see how things play out before we question a teams schedule. |
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 13, 2020 15:24:38 GMT
There is NO POSSIBILITY of determining SOS this season because there are five conferences playing no non-conference games and two other conferences playing, at most one. You can compare teams within a conference against each other, but you cannot compare teams from one conference against another. That is why it should be conference champions only. tOSU and Indiana could be the two best teams in the country or they could not even be top 25; we CANNOT know; there is no statistical context.
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Post by aufan on Nov 13, 2020 16:18:20 GMT
Mathematically, you are right. But no reasonable person would suggest that the two best teams are from the Big 10, not in any year.
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 13, 2020 16:54:31 GMT
They were in 2006, going in to their regular season matchup.
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Post by jameshowell on Nov 13, 2020 16:55:58 GMT
The point wasn't that tOSU and Indiana were the top two teams; only that we can't know. There is no way to know the four "best" teams this season. We can lower the chance of getting it wrong by making it conference champions only.
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