SMU vs Taters
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Who is that clown kidding?
It's a frickin' religion to those urnj clowns - they derive their entire reason for living from how the football team does.
Don't believe it? Just visit one of their fan sites - they make the Branch Davidians look stable.
ROTFLMAO
Yeah, it means so little to the Triggers that they run over here every chance they get to tell us how much they don't care about us.
They win - "Suck it! We take football seriously and own you! We live for this game!"
They lose - "It's no big deal to us, we focus on Tallest Midget Titles".
Yep, pretty much sums it up.
I agree - they earned their reserved DEI spot, fair and square.
They did not earn a spot because they were one of the 12 best teams.
I stand by my statement. If you think they're in because they're one of the 12 best teams, please make your case.
Y'all beat us and want the CFP committee to show you favor for doing so, but we win our conference and we're the tallest midget. So what you're saying is you only beat the tallest midget, right!!
News flash that’s not how it works, they earned their spot fair and square by the rules. Saying anything else just makes you look like an idiot.
You're rabbit trailing now and confusing posters on this board.
But one thing is correct - USC did beat the taters and is definitely taller than those midgets... but they aren't the only ones USC beat. They have 4 wins over ranked teams, your scalp is just one of them.
Which means what exactly, Jack ****. They go to a playoff and we get what some ranked wins. Yeah keep pounding that chest and looking like an idiot.
Please point out what I said that is inaccurate.
News flash - there isn't anything; you just don't like my characterization of the system.
Now, please make the case that they're one of the 12 best teams - or are you afraid that attempting to do so will make you look like an idiot?
Translation-no. In your mind this is completely just even though we are better than you this year.
Your view of the rivalry has warped your sense of what is right.
The playoff doesn’t house the 12 best teams. It has rules and they accomplished that no matter how bad you dislike it. They got in per the rules. You sound like a woman scorned lol.
At this point it's apparent you're just stalking me when I make factual statements (especially to trolls) that you don't like. You can't dispute the facts so you just start calling names.
I'm gonna have to pass on this game. If you don't like something or disagree with it, just pass on by or hit the ignore button.
Have a good, sane evening.
Nite-nite.
Again you sound salty. Fact is Clemson got in per the rules. They earned there way in period.
Lol, reading comprehension isn't everyone's strong suit. If you win your conference, you will make the playoff. I apologize for confusing you with polysyllabic words. 
We realize that. Our issue is that the current system is set up to reward lesser teams like yours.Lol, reading comprehension isn't everyone's strong suit. If you win your conference, you will make the playoff. I apologize for confusing you with polysyllabic words.
Been a Clemson fan for nearly 50 years. Wife and son are Gamecocks, FWIW. Told a house full of Gamecock fans last weekend I didn't think we would win before the game started. We're ACC champs and will get into the CFP. I'm not a fan of the process. If they want to have 2, 4, 12, or whatever they should be the best of the best. We'll find out the seeds tomorrow and see how it turns out. If UGA and TX meet again can UGA beat them 3 out of 3?
No reasonable person would state that any AQ is automatically among the 12 best teams.
I hope Alabama is shut out. That will force changes in the system. I hope to see:
1. no more automatic qualifiers
2. a formula, much like there was in the BCS days, to pick playoff participants, thus eliminating human subjectivity in picking teams
3, Increase the number of teams from 12 to 16.
This will put in the best 16 teams in the nation.
1. no more automatic qualifiers
2. a formula, much like there was in the BCS days, to pick playoff participants, thus eliminating human subjectivity in picking teams
3, Increase the number of teams from 12 to 16.
This will put in the best 16 teams in the nation.
As a high school teacher, I see GPAs regularly. Many of you know it's common to have a "normal" GPA (4.0 scale) and a weighted GPA (often up to 5.0 or 6.0). The weighted system is in place to differentiate between kids who take honors/AP classes and those who take lower-level classes. Without it, the latter would appear to have performed just as well as the former in the event both achieved all As. We know this is simply not the case, though.
Why can't the powers that be come up with something similar for the playoffs and eliminate the automatic bids? For example, a win might be worth 1 quality point at base, but a win against a top-25 team might be worth 1.2. top-20 wins are 1.4, top-15 is 1.6, top-10 is 1.8, and top-5 is 2.0. Likewise, losses could be calculated in a similar fashion. a loss to a top-5 team subtracts .2, top 10 would be .4, and so on.
Does this make sense to anyone else?
Also, even though I'm not a fan of the basic premise, this type of quantification could be used to score margin of victory or defeat.
Why can't the powers that be come up with something similar for the playoffs and eliminate the automatic bids? For example, a win might be worth 1 quality point at base, but a win against a top-25 team might be worth 1.2. top-20 wins are 1.4, top-15 is 1.6, top-10 is 1.8, and top-5 is 2.0. Likewise, losses could be calculated in a similar fashion. a loss to a top-5 team subtracts .2, top 10 would be .4, and so on.
Does this make sense to anyone else?
Also, even though I'm not a fan of the basic premise, this type of quantification could be used to score margin of victory or defeat.
The South Carolina High School League has done somehting similar in the past on a point system, Play someone in your conference (e.g., an AAAA school playing another AAAA school, or an out of state opponent whose enrollment would make them AAAA were they in SC) and you get X points. Play an AAA school with a winning record (or an OOS equivalent), you also get x points. Play an AAA school or OOS equivalent with a losing record gets you X-1 points. And so forth.
As stated many times, I do like the AQ. And that would mean this year that in all likelihood, Army, Jax State, Marshall, and Ohio would have first round games on the road at those who get a first round bye. Either that, or set up the G5 with their own playoffs.
No sensible person would argue that these four are among the 16 best in the country. Bu I contend they need to dance for the integrity of conferences. Dance either with the P4 or among themselves.
Again, I really dislike the idea of auto bids. IMO, it's punishing those who have tougher competition and rewarding those who face lesser competition.
Along those lines, I wonder what qualifies a conference to be considered a "power" conference. Is it the members? If so, then should conferences who have had to replenish their membership with teams from "G5" conferences have to be reclassified?
I think power = perception, $$$, and media markets.
I do think there's criteria in football for D-I FBS, and FCS, as well as D-II & D-III.
Has to do with stadium size and the number of athletic scholarships the school can offer. In D-III, athletics scholarships are prohibited.
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