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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131123325" data-attributes="member: 1428007">excerpt:Delany also said he's surprised by how important the so-called &quot;eye test&quot; has been in shaping the playoff field, noting that it never came up in forming guidelines for selecting playoff teams.&quot;Somebody like an Iowa or a Kentucky or any other program that is a developmental program, taking players from three stars to compete with teams with five stars, if you used the eye test in that area, they would never be considered to be better,&quot; Delany said. &quot;We thought it would be résumé-based, ties would go to conference champions, and strength of schedule. In that area, it doesn't reflect what I thought would occur, but it is occurring.<a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28326537/jim-delany-sec-acc-snub-spur-playoff-change">https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28326537/jim-delany-sec-acc-snub-spur-playoff-change</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131123325, member: 1428007"] excerpt: Delany also said he's surprised by how important the so-called "eye test" has been in shaping the playoff field, noting that [B]it never came up in forming guidelines for selecting playoff teams.[/B] "Somebody like an Iowa or a Kentucky or any other program that is a developmental program, taking players from three stars to compete with teams with five stars, if you used the eye test in that area, they would never be considered to be better," Delany said. "We thought it would be résumé-based, ties would go to conference champions, and strength of schedule. In that area, it doesn't reflect what I thought would occur, but it is occurring. [URL]https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28326537/jim-delany-sec-acc-snub-spur-playoff-change[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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