We Can Beat Tulane
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I guess they had to play it up to keep viewers.
They sort of overdid the OM suck-up tho.
Stop blaming Tulane. Conference championships are what’s 17ing up the playoff. Tulane should be playing Oregon and Notre Dame Ole Miss.
And don’t forget about how great oxfart is and that the fans at the Vaught broke the record for most people in a Santa hat at one place!!!
Based on the current selection criteria, Tulane and JMU absolutely deserved to be in the playoffs. Tulane and JMU aren't making a very good case for keeping that criteria intact, however.
Other records broken at vaught, but not mentioned: most people in loafers without socks, most bowties, most grown men in short pastel shorts and most people in one place with completely fabricated pedigrees.
They were SOL with me as I never turned it on. Didn’t watch the Oregon/JMU either. Waste of my time.
Say what you want, Ole Miss had an opportunity to choke on a large stage, and they convincingly took care business. You don’t have to like it, but I, for one, respect it.
If it were &tate in Ole Miss’ role yesterday given our lousy history of being on a big stage, we’d have lost by 17.
If it were &tate in Ole Miss’ role yesterday given our lousy history of being on a big stage, we’d have lost by 17.
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Technically it is but you left out his second sentence. I guarantee that criteria will be tweaked next year where it doesn’t happen again.
How so? The current system says the highest rated G5 team team gets an automatic bid (Tulane). The Sun Belt champ (JMU) was ranked higher than the ACC champ. I'm not saying that I agree with the current selection process, but that's the way the football currently bounces.
Agreed
I was focusing on the word “deserved.” The process is flawed. JMU and Tulane were pathetic, and, again, like them or not, Notre Dame’s exclusion was egregious and more than likely TV viewership suffered for it.
My sense is in about 6-8 weeks, changes in the criteria will be changed based on this year’s travesty. G5 and P4 don’t belong in the same playoff system. This year's inclusion will be shortly celebrated by the longshot hopefuls.
Weren't we the last SEC team they beat?My money would be like….
Fair enough. It just seemed you ignored the disclaimer I began with, "Based on the current selection criteria."
I'm with you on this one. The "rules" have been out there from the start and those rules (now seemingly "stupid" or not) came about as part of the compromises I assume were needed to even get the thing off the ground. Now that just about the entire FBS structure has been turned upside down since the original agreement/contract was put in place and we've seen things play out (some predictably) I have no doubt it'll be changed. Guessing a whole lot of people won't like that either.
Have to admit my GAS meter on it is pretty low given my team isn't in it and looks like it might be awhile before I have anything to worry about.
Glad you used "could", seems one of our roles in college sports is to provide the first, the most/largest, in history/program history, career high, etc. I kid but it's amazing the number of times that's a post game talking point. Obviously more sensitive to it with us but we sure have an uncanny ability to provide such.
Of course NDs exclusion was egregious, basically corruption over broadcast rights, espn shouldn’t own the sec, ACC and 60% of the big 12. ND was punished for having a broadcast deal with nbc.
ND was #4 odds on favorite to win it all by Vegas , #3 FPI, #3 sagarin but they aren’t in the top 12 ? BS. They are a very good team and got better each week. ND was -5.5 at OU where as Bama was -1.5 at OU according to Vegas. That says it all.