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DeBoer really wants the job. They have to wait for him to play the CCG.

I think a simple solution to how to select the playoff teams is to remove the committee all together and create a ladder point system that would rank the teams week to week (separate from the AP poll ofc). The way it could work is you only gain points if you win and the amount of points you gain is based on the quality of opponent you are playing. This system would balance out the risk/reward of scheduling tougher games. You can either gain a lot of points for a big win or get 0 points for a loss. It also would not allow teams with a soft schedule to get fewer points for wins over bad teams. The amount you win by would have no value on the amount of points you win. No more G5 teams and auto bids but instead just straight up top 12 in points move into the playoffs with the seedings in place. Conference championships could either not count because it's an extra game for only some teams or it could act as bonus points for conference winners which would all but ensure them a high ranking and a good seeding. This is system is pretty similar to the ELO system game developers use in their ladder matchmaking. It's simple, effective, transparent, and can be tracked all the way to the finish. With the number of games being such a small sample size, figuring out the quality of opponent early season would be the only thing that needs to be debated. You could still use the AP poll for this I guess since the AP poll is trying to accurately rank week to week what they believe will be the eventual rankings at the end of the year.

Jeff, it is not flawed logic as much as it is dereliction of duty. When the schools and networks must seriously jean on the NCAA and it's corrupt Committee. They have not performed as charged!

They also have a game against Eastern Illinois on their schedule. Why that should count as anything more than a meaningless scrimmage is beyond me

I agree with the quote, but their schedule was definitely weak. Their SEC wins were a combined 12-44. Their opponents this year, including us, to whom they obviously lost, were a combined 67-77. Teams they beat were a combined 58-74. They beat: Missouri (4-4; 8-4); LSU (3-5; 7-5); Florida (2-6; 4-8); Auburn (1-7; 5-7); MSST (1-7; 5-7); SoCa (1-7; 4-8); and Ark (0-8; 2-10). ND (10-2) is the only team they beat with a pulse, but ND's best win was against Pitt, so what does that say about them. Their other NC games were against UTSA (6-6), Utah ST (6-6) and Samford (1-11). Somehow, their strength of record is ranked 3rd with that schedule. I don't know how it is calculated, but that is a joke. I know your point did not involve the Aggies' schedule, but I couldn't help but push back on the idea that their schedule wasn't weak.

If byu and bama both lose then I just can't get around the fact they'll still take bama in over Texas. I don't care that it is the conf champ game. A loss is a loss as defined by the playoff committee, and they lost to fsu, who lost to Florida. Suddenly they just magically forget about that loss? I'm mind blown by that fact 🤯

I still don't get how BYU would be in if they lose? They need to win to stay in the CFP, if they lose they're out.

I think A&M got hosed to keep us out of it. Maybe Vandy too.

I’m honestly baffled why some Texas fans and media are still running air cover for this committee. It's like agreeing with a judge who didn’t read the case but liked the font on the first page.

Just checked up on Agiye (mainly trying to make sure I spelled his name correctly) and he's STILL 'playing'. Now at Sacramento State, his fourth program. He was the # 5 ranked WR in his class, # 45 overall (247 Composite), ranked ahead of Dont'e Thornton, Xavier Worthy, Brian Thomas Jr and Marvin Harrison. Here are his career stats - he made his own bed but dang what a waste of talent. Three of those guys went in the first round of the NFL draft and Thornton went in Rd 4

I bet Franklin is laughing his ass of, counting his benjamins and now coaching at another school so quickly.

The committee should be fired for ranking Notre Dame over Miami even though Miami beat ND and they both have 10-2 records. It’s as if Miami never played ND. Why even play the game. Flawed logic implies there was logic to begin with. Their selection process is simple. They look at won loss records and pick the prettiest records. Here are their top 13 rankings. Ohio State: 12-0 Indiana: 12-0 Georgia: 11-1 Texas Tech: 11-1 Oregon: 11-1 Ole Miss: 11-1 Texas A&M: 11-1 Oklahoma: 10-2 Alabama: 10-2 Notre Dame: 10-2 BYU: 11-1 Miami (Fla.): 10-2 Texas: 9-3

Paging Agiye Hall - can you help us get this damn thing off?

If the big guy gets the boot, everyone is fair game 🤣

Win/Win situation.... Feel like we're likely to get either CHJ or Lott now. Either paired with Jermaine and our other wr signees would be a Good Haul.

Looks like it’s going to be their interim

It seems like PSU pulled a 2013 Mack Brown, but much more acrimoniously and in the NIL and transfer portal age. They have 2 recruits committed. HC candidates are turning them down. They need to pull a serious rabbit out of a hat. This seems like it could make them irrelevant for a bit.

The BS gets worse every year. Bama has the worst loss of the top 15 hands down. Until you put non-interested parties on the CFP committee, it will be flawed. End of story.

I was there and got to spend it with my daughter at UT. That might have been the loudest rendition of The Eyes of Texas I have ever heard. It gives me goose bumps thinking of it.

I haven’t been brainwashed…Texas lost 3 games. Don’t lose 3 games (one of them being to a sub-.500 team) and we’d be in the playoffs without question. Period.

Yes, but it should not be the on criterion that invalidates Head to Head records and Strength if Schedule. You have been brainwashed by the Committee's malfeasant decision process. Unfortunately we have many others who also lack critical thinking capabilities. Sad time in America.

Which is exactly why total losses is the wrong criteria by which to classify teams. Head to Head and Strength of Schedule must come first. It is non critical thinkers who accept the Committee's losses first criteria. Kind of like the good Germans in the 30s who justified accepting Hitler. The committee ranks teams as it wants, then works backward to make it make sense. This is the fatal flaw of the Committee which invalidates all of its actions. It has negated the value of marquee match ups. The consequence of invalidating such elevated competitive matchups means less CFB fans will be able to view them. Which also means total revenue for the networks and the involved colleges will decline. If Texas and other colleges with premier football programs will not speak against this obviously flawed model, then the networks must. Kudos to Jeff for articulating the obvious flaws of this Committee of program fans and professional pundits expressing personal biases over sober evaluation. The NCAA must do better or be kicked to the gutter by the power conference members.

Who takes the crown for the biggest hater? Tim Brando or Booger McFarland? Both are on generational hate runs.

Thank you