🏈 Luck: Committee has focal points

[252BAMA]

Anyone who thinks the CFP is not about conference champions. Think again.

http://espn.go.com/c....dule-analytics

 

[252BAMA]

Or Third Down Efficiency.

"I'm not sure this committee could do this without the technology that exists today," he said. "All the stuff these analytics guys are going to provide us is going to be extraordinarily helpful. We'll be able to call up any game, in whatever sequence we'd like. For example, all third downs for Missouri when they were playing Texas A&M. We'll have all that access, which will be really helpful.

 

[TerryP]

Scenario:

Bama has two losses and ends the season 11-2.

Oregon ends the season at 12-1 but loses the PAC12 championship game.

Who deserves the invitation of it's all about that fourth place in the playoff?

 

[252BAMA]

I don't think "best" nor "deserves" will be a part of their vocabularies.

 

[TerryP]

I don't think "best" nor "deserves" will be a part of their vocabularies.

"But we're also going to use our eyeballs. Everyone also has their friends, their former teammates or former coaches or whatever. We'll all use our support systems a little bit differently. But ultimately, with only one goal: to make the best decision we can."

I see your suspicions.

Having a conference championship as a requirement to be in the playoff—as suggested by Delaney and the B1G—would be a mistake.

Having a conference championship weigh into the decision will not be.

 

[rick4bama]

I see your suspicions.

Having a conference championship as a requirement to be in the playoff—as suggested by Delaney and the B1G—would be a mistake.

Having a conference championship weigh into the decision will not be.

You saying that winning the conference championship won't mean anything to be select to the Top 4 teams?

 

[TerryP]

You saying that winning the conference championship won't mean anything to be select to the Top 4 teams?

No, I'm saying it should—not a be all, end all requirement though.

 

['65 Cobra]

Pardon my divergence from the main point of this thread, but it's unbelievable how poor journalism has gotten. This is an actual quote from the first paragraph of the piece, "...when deciding who and and who won't will be included..." That's copied verbatim. How does that get past editing? Amazing.

 

[TerryP]

Pardon my divergence from the main point of this thread, but it's unbelievable how poor journalism has gotten. This is an actual quote from the first paragraph of the piece, "...when deciding who and and who won't will be included..." That's copied verbatim. How does that get past editing? Amazing.

Online only publications aren't edited that often. As in, by an editor. I don't know if ESPN.com uses editors. I do know AL.com layed theirs off almost two years ago and it's up to the individual writer to edit his own work.

How many of them think "if it gets past spell check, it's good?" Hell, spell check doesn't cover errors.