OTF Premium Flawed logic has tainted the College Football Playoff selection process

[Ronnie Barnhardt]

27 minutes ago, Chris Evans said:

Also his fact is purely wrong. FSU was never ranked by the committee. Wish he would get called out. 

Exactly! How is this not being hammered by anyone, anywhere? I get that bama is 10-2 but still

Edited 2 hours ago by Ronnie Barnhardt

[4thandFive]

Texas should have beaten Florida.

[Waxahorn]

Won't it be exciting to watch North Texas take on Oregon?😗

And who will we root for?

[Burnt Orange Horn]

2 hours ago, HornsUpThumbsDown said:

Good points, Texas has 3 losses, 1 worse than others puts them behind teams that don’t have 3 losses. Bama probably thought same thing last year. Good fuel to take care of Biz next year 

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.

 

[Burnt Orange Horn]

17 minutes ago, 4thandFive said:

Texas should have beaten Florida.

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.

[4thandFive]

2 minutes ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

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.

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.

Edited 1 hour ago by 4thandFive

[FootLaw]

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.

[marathon]

3 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

Don’t say you’re picking the best teams when Miami’s head-to-head win over Notre Dame, as of now, doesn’t matter.

Don’t say you’re picking the best teams when the Longhorns, who played a tougher schedule than any of the other current CFP candidates, appear to be disqualified from consideration solely based on accruing three losses.

 

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

[Junior]

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.

[Here for the Wins]

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

[AusMOJO]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

Jon Gruden did a bit, but it makes more sense than the current format:

 

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. 

[Bunk Moreland]

4 hours ago, Joe Zura said:

I didn’t even read this damn playoff post just came because it was yet another 🤬🤬🤬😭😭😭

[Oskies1279]

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 🤯

[Titleist8412]

3 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

I know how everyone on this board feels about Mike Elko, but he's 100 percent right on this topic. All we want is clarity and we're not getting it from the committee:

 

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.

[Tres Comas]

9 minutes ago, Oskies1279 said:

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 🤯

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