Commissioner Jim Phillips on CFP

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yeti92 said:
Clemson I can understand, but why does Miami's losing to Cuse by 4 outweigh Bama losing 24-3 to a garbage Oklahoma two weeks ago?

The bar for entry is much higher for teams not from the SEC/Big10, especially the name brands.
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This is so true.
The takeaway from this years committee is schedule weak and avoid losses.

The committee thinks the only good losses are SEC losses… unless you’re say, Clemson, who has losses to two upper tier SEC teams. Those aren’t “good losses” because they play in the ACC.

No, I’m not arguing that Clemson should be in, necessarily, but their SEC losses look a lot better than Bama’s SEC losses…. and they played a tougher SEC schedule than Texas…. Just sayin.
 
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yeti92 said:
Clemson I can understand, but why does Miami's losing to Cuse by 4 outweigh Bama losing 24-3 to a garbage Oklahoma two weeks ago?

The bar for entry is much higher for teams not from the SEC/Big10, especially the name brands.
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I’m not saying it’s fair. Bama gets the benefit of the doubt over anybody, and Saban isn’t even there any more.

Both Clemson and Miami could be confident last weekend that if they win, they’re in. They both lost.

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CEB said:
This is so true.
The takeaway from this years committee is schedule weak and avoid losses.

The committee thinks the only good losses are SEC losses… unless you’re say, Clemson, who has losses to two upper tier SEC teams. Those aren’t “good losses” because they play in the ACC.

No, I’m not arguing that Clemson should be in, necessarily, but their SEC losses look a lot better than Bama’s SEC losses…. and they played a tougher SEC schedule than Texas…. Just sayin.
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Alabama beat the good SEC teams that Clemson lost to. Frankly, Clemson and Miami haven't really beaten anyone of any significance. FSU being awful this year really screwed the conference over. Miami, Clemson, and SMU haven't beaten a team currently in the top 25 of the playoff rankings. That is a problem.
 

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WreckinGT said:
Alabama beat the good SEC teams that Clemson lost to. Frankly, Clemson and Miami haven't really beaten anyone of any significance. FSU being awful this year really screwed the conference over. Miami, Clemson, and SMU haven't beaten a team currently in the top 25 of the playoff rankings. That is a problem.
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neither has Texas or Indiana. Not a problem for them?
Penn state has one top 25 win... its over Illinois, who has 1 win over a team with a winning record.
you missed a critical part of my post - Clemson probably doesn't deserve to be in.... hence, neither does Bama.
You realize the expanded conferences have made everyone's schedule extraordinarily weak, right? and the committee is incentivizing scheduling even weaker. when they get done punishing teams for playing conference championships, we can cross another week of compelling football off of the schedule.
 
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WreckinGT said:
Alabama beat the good SEC teams that Clemson lost to. Frankly, Clemson and Miami haven't really beaten anyone of any significance. FSU being awful this year really screwed the conference over. Miami, Clemson, and SMU haven't beaten a team currently in the top 25 of the playoff rankings. That is a problem.
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Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma is a lot worse than any loss by Clemson or Miami.

Miami beat Louisville and crushed Florida. They have a legit resume. What screwed the conference over was Clemson losing to South Carolina, and Miami losing to Syracuse. Had they both won, we'd be looking at three ACC teams in the CFP--deservedly.
 
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WreckinGT said:
Alabama beat the good SEC teams that Clemson lost to. Frankly, Clemson and Miami haven't really beaten anyone of any significance. FSU being awful this year really screwed the conference over. Miami, Clemson, and SMU haven't beaten a team currently in the top 25 of the playoff rankings. That is a problem.
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Syracuse is the only 9-3 team that is 2-0 against current top 25 teams. This can be reverse engineered however one party sees fit. The bottom line is ESPN/Disney is corrupted and will do anything to get their biggest brands in the playoffs each year. It’s why college football has a committee and no other sport does. Corruption
 
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Eli said:
Syracuse is the only 9-3 team that is 2-0 against current top 25 teams. This can be reverse engineered however one party sees fit. The bottom line is ESPN/Disney is corrupted and will do anything to get their biggest brands in the playoffs each year. It’s why college football has a committee and no other sport does. Corruption
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Basketball???
 

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orientalnc said:
Basketball???
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Eli said:
Syracuse is the only 9-3 team that is 2-0 against current top 25 teams. This can be reverse engineered however one party sees fit. The bottom line is ESPN/Disney is corrupted and will do anything to get their biggest brands in the playoffs each year. It’s why college football has a committee and no other sport does. Corruption
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Similar arguments here

 
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Eli said:
Syracuse is the only 9-3 team that is 2-0 against current top 25 teams. This can be reverse engineered however one party sees fit. The bottom line is ESPN/Disney is corrupted and will do anything to get their biggest brands in the playoffs each year. It’s why college football has a committee and no other sport does. Corruption
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We will never get these fonts to agree. It is not our mission to do so. IIWII.
 
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stech81 said:
i can't speak for him but i really hate uga and the sec.
If you really can't see how prejudiced that ESPN and the media is to the SEC if feel sorry for you.
THE HELL WITH UGA AND ESPN
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I don't understand why he even hangs out on this board. I wish he would not respond to any of my posts, he does not have a clue.
 
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4shotB said:
I tend to agree with you here. Any organization needs the policy and procedure followers and the "color inside the lines" type of people. This is the comfort zone for the vast majority of people imo. WTBS, you don't need that type of personality at the very top or you become stagnant and rely on doing what you have always done.
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Actually a guy who is creative at wrong time is worse than a guy who is a do nothing but smile. TFP never got anything done because he had a new thing everyday.
But if you get a creative guy with help at right time (Hiesman, Dodd; Broyles, Rice & I ADD Caberra) there are factorial difference makers.
A dud can hide as a conservative "very considered decesions type. ( TFPREZ)
 
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slugboy said:
I’m not saying it’s fair. Bama gets the benefit of the doubt over anybody, and Saban isn’t even there any more.

Both Clemson and Miami could be confident last weekend that if they win, they’re in. They both lost.

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Seriously, if you can’t rise to the challenge and pressure of beating a lessser team how in the hell do you expect to be in the playoffs, or to succeed if you did make it? I watched Miami vs. Cuse, they are playing like trash, typical end of the season collapse by the Canes.
 
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