You just know they are going to place us #5 just to fuck with us/punish us for losing to Iowa if we beat Wisconsin.
Any anger I feel is not that we "got snubbed" or deserved it over anyone. Our losses were too bad to overcome and that is certainly justifiable.Once again, we can go back to the beginning and say it's our fault by losing to Iowa. But if they put "so much" weight towards winning a conference championship - and Bama didn't even get to theirs - we should have been in even w/o blowing out Wisconsin.
Final rankings is what matters.Can someone settle this once and for all?
Do they count the rankings of teams WHEN you play them, or is that constantly evolving? I feel like it's asinine if a top team ends up unranked yet people still count it as a top win. I thought it was common sense. Then I was flipping through the channels and ended up on the Finebaum Show for 30 seconds (my god...) and they were all acting like you're supposed to count rankings of teams when you play them?
Right. It is absurd to count the rankings when you play them. This is especially true at the beginning of the season when some teams are overrated. FSU was a prime example this season.Final rankings is what matters.
I don't get it, why do I see people not doing that? It's shockingly uninformed. I know in today's day and age nothing should surprise me in the media, especially when we're talking about ESPN and such, but...
You called into Finebaum's show and you're wondering why people on there are uninformed? Are you aware of the audience of that show?I don't get it, why do I see people not doing that? It's shockingly uninformed. I know in today's day and age nothing should surprise me in the media, especially when we're talking about ESPN and such, but...
You called into Finebaum's show and you're wondering why people on there are uninformed? Are you aware of the audience of that show?
I'm gonna go ahead and assume this was people gassing Alabama's "resume" by talking about the rankings of teams when they beat them. FSU was 3! Miss State was 16! etc shitty takes to push their narrative.
I beat the "get rid of divisions" drum really hard last year. It's the only way to get this system working. Somehow the Big 12, of all conferences, is the only one to get it right. Obviously, I like Klatt's solution. I wouldn't say you HAVE to win your conference championship game, though, to make it. But I'd say you'd have to at least make it to the conference championship game to make the playoff. No way you can be the 3rd (or worst) best team in your conference and make the playoff.Joel Klatt absolutely nuked the CFP committee live on air today....def worth a watch.