So much for the Committee not counting “quality losses”

[Sgt Brutus]

Hey @Rolltide94, did LSU lose to a Sun Belt team? Sorry, I'm in the middle of a move so all of my documents are in boxes right now

 

[Rolltide94]

Hey @Rolltide94, did LSU lose to a Sun Belt team? Sorry, I'm in the middle of a move so all of my documents are in boxes right now

They sure did, which is why they are #17, but they also didn't lose by 31 to a 7-5 Iowa team.

 

[4down20]

Iowa St isn't 1/2 bad this year. They beat both TCU and OU.

Iowa St finished 7-5 and wouldn't even be bowl eligible if not for those 2 wins you mention.

Good wins for them and obviously not a terrible team, but it's still a pretty bad loss. Lucky for Oklahoma it's the only one they have and they have some good wins to offset it.

 

[4down20]

Hey @Rolltide94, did LSU lose to a Sun Belt team? Sorry, I'm in the middle of a move so all of my documents are in boxes right now

And? It's not like they got blown out and are still ranked in the top10.

LSU has a better win than Ohio St as well.

 

[navamind]

The committee weighs 3 things higher than anything else:

• Quality Wins
• Conference Strength
• Conference Title

Further down the line they look at things like:

• Bad losses while at full strength
• Fluke losses or losses with key injuries

Auburn is up there because they've beaten the #1 team 2x this year already and one of their 2 losses comes from the current #1 team. I have no problem with them being there.

not to mention those losses came at two of the toughest places to play, one of which was against a potential playoff team.

 

[Tharvot]

Iowa St finished 7-5 and wouldn't even be bowl eligible if not for those 2 wins you mention.

Good wins for them and obviously not a terrible team, but it's still a pretty bad loss. Lucky for Oklahoma it's the only one they have and they have some good wins to offset it.

It's a bad loss for sure, but Iowa St's record is a little misleading. They lost 3 of their last 4, all by a score or less in the closing moments of the game. And their early season loss to Iowa was also a miracle finish at the end of the game. If you add up the point differential of their 5 losses its 25 total points...less than a TD each game. They've been a tough out this year.

The loss hurts, but the big wins definitely are more important...especially since OU dominated most of those wins.

 

[navamind]

LSU lost to Troy, but they were also without Guice.

 

[Yo Tee]

When you beat 2 teams that were #1 in the country at the time you beat them, you can't get any better win than that. Sorry, nothing tops those two wins. There's nothing anyone can do this weekend or from here on out that would top those two wins by Auburn. They hold the quality win tiebreaker with EVERYONE. However, if they lose they're out, so there's that.

 

[navamind]

When you beat 2 teams that were #1 in the country at the time you beat them, you can't get any better win than that. Sorry, nothing tops those two wins. There's nothing anyone can do this weekend or from here on out that would top those two wins by Auburn. They hold the quality win tiebreaker with EVERYONE. However, if they lose they're out, so there's that.

And it's not like Auburn just scraped by them either, they were both convincing wins. Especially UGA... they had more than double UGA's yards and held both Michel and Chubb to under 3 YPC (they averaged over 6 YPC on the season).

 

[kburjr]

Wisconsin has no good losses.

 

[Yo Tee]

And it's not like Auburn just scraped by them either, they were both convincing wins. Especially UGA... they had more than double UGA's yards and held both Michel and Chubb to under 3 YPC (they averaged over 6 YPC on the season).

Exactly. And they beat an Alabama program by 12 and an Alabama team hasn't lost by more than 1 possession since the Sugar Bowl in 2014.

 

[Yo Tee]

Wisconsin has no good losses.

They don't have any really good wins either.

 

[Tharvot]

When you beat 2 teams that were #1 in the country at the time you beat them, you can't get any better win than that. Sorry, nothing tops those two wins. There's nothing anyone can do this weekend or from here on out that would top those two wins by Auburn. They hold the quality win tiebreaker with EVERYONE. However, if they lose they're out, so there's that.

And it's not like Auburn just scraped by them either, they were both convincing wins. Especially UGA... they had more than double UGA's yards and held both Michel and Chubb to under 3 YPC (they averaged over 6 YPC on the season).

I'm rooting for chaos in championship weekend. Winner of the SEC game gets in no matter what, so it doesn't matter much there. Same with the ACC game.

It will be interesting to see what happens if TCU, USC, and Ohio State all win tho.

 

[Yo Tee]

I'm rooting for chaos in championship weekend. Winner of the SEC game gets in no matter what, so it doesn't matter much there. Same with the ACC game.

It will be interesting to see what happens if TCU, USC, and Ohio State all win tho.

I want there to be so much chaos that there's like 5 different possibilities of top 4. ACC and SEC title games in my opinion are play-in games. But just imagine, all that chaos and little ol' Alabama is just sitting there watching and hoping for the right combination of teams to lose so they can get in haha. The reality side of my head is kinda predicting at least Clemson and OU will win their games, but outside of that it's really anyone's guess.

 

[kburjr]

They don't have any really good wins either.

This thread is about quality losses. Wisconsin and UCF are not part of the discussion.

 

[PIBuckeye]

The committee is a joke.

I'm coming to this conclusion as well. not buying the idea of having 13 random people decide for the CFB world who is in and out......... seems terribly shady and sketchy imho........ I trust the computers a little more.....

 

[4down20]

I'm coming to this conclusion as well. not buying the idea of having 13 random people decide for the CFB world who is in and out......... seems terribly shady and sketchy imho........ I trust the computers a little more.....

"My 2 loss team isn't getting in, it must be the system and not the fact that my team lost twice badly, and one of them a blowout to an unranked team."




Fucking cry baby.

 

[PIBuckeye]

"My 2 loss team isn't getting in, it must be the system and not the fact that my team lost twice badly, and one of them a blowout to an unranked team."




Fucking cry baby.

not what I said dumbass.......

 

[4down20]

not what I said dumbass.......

Teams that can complain about the playoff rankings and committee without being total hypocrites:

Anyone but Ohio St

Teams that have no right to ever say a word about the playoff rankings and committee without being total hypocrites:

Ohio St

 

[LambeauLegs]

Wisconsin has no good losses.

Exactly what are these losses these people are talking about