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RonJohn said:
Things might be OK (or might have been OK) if the conference had a seperate spokesperson to interact with the media. I don't think the comissioner has to be the one making public statements and speaking with the media. There are plenty of companies that have seperate people, and even entire departments for that. It might be too late at this point to pass those duties off to someone else, so you might be correct that we need someone else. If we do get someone else, I would prefer a strong personality person who can spin and argue his points. Even if he is just a spokeperson and doesn't do any of the administrative duties. The ACC is like a WWE wrestler who just sits in the corner of the ring waiting for the bell instead of doing all of the theatrics. (And it seems like college football is not far from the WWE in other areas as well.)
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I agree that the spokesman could be a separate person, but that ship has sailed for the ACC. It's beyond time to move on. Hopefully it's not too late to undo all the damage...
 
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stinger78 said:
I personally think Phillips should be fired over this. Those tiebreaker rules likely predate him, but it is his responsibility to make sure, as things change, that old processes can meet the challenge of new configurations. He failed to do that. He has also been totally absent from the media crush to represent his teams in the national conversation. When is the last time you saw Phillips quoted on anything since he apologized to Wake for a bad call against us. He is MIA, which is probably not a bad thing in itself, but this conference needs that passionate, persuasive voice in the media narrative on behalf of its top teams. Crickets...
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There are nuanced differences, but the SEC tiebreakers are essentially the same. The tie between mutts, Bama, Ole Miss, and TA&M was decided by the exact same tie breaker that put Duke into the ACCCG. Using the SEC tie-breaker rules, Duke would be the team in the ACCCG.

The media management issue is the big thing with the conference leadership.
 
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stinger78 said:
that opens the door for Miami
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I'm not sure how that would work. Miami is currently 12th in the CFP rankings and would need to move up a spot or two, since a Duke win would open a spot for another ranked G6 champion. Since Miami wouldn't be a conference champ, they would need for a team currently above them to drop below them. I guess if Bama lost the SEC championship and went 10-3, they might drop. But Sankey wouldn't allow that. Am I missing something?
Maybe Miami will be viewed favorably this Tuesday since they beat Pitt by more than ND did.
 
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RonJohn said:
There are nuanced differences, but the SEC tiebreakers are essentially the same. The tie between mutts, Bama, Ole Miss, and TA&M was decided by the exact same tie breaker that put Duke into the ACCCG. Using the SEC tie-breaker rules, Duke would be the team in the ACCCG.

The media management issue is the big thing with the conference leadership.
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Still think it's shoddy. I will guarantee you, though, that the SECheat allows that because they know that they will not allow a 7-5 team to get that close. They will "lose them out" to avoid that embarrassment.
 

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RonJohn said:
The SEC played 17 OOC games. They played 4 total games against top tier teams in other conferences and were 2-2. They played 5 games against middle tier teams in other conferences and were 3-2. They played 8 games against bottom tier teams in other conferences and were 7-1 in those games. The SEC scheduled games against weak teams in other conferences, and uses the record against weak teams in other conferences to say they are much, much better than the other conferences. Ohio State, Miami, GT, and Michigan are the only top teams from other conferences that the SEC played.

The SEC also has a bottom tier that is horrendous and provides lots of wins for the top tier teams. Why are those bottom tier teams considered SECCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wins? Because the SEC is controlling the narrative.
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The bottom 6 teams in the ACC are no better than the bottom 6 in the SEC. In conference the bottom 6 in the ACC were 11-37. Syracuse only OOC win is over Coalgate. BC is over Fordham. VT's is over Wofford, UNC's 2 are over Charlotte and Richmond, FSU had the Big Win over Bama, their other 2 were against East Texas A&M and Kent State, and finally Stanford beat San Jose State.

You can't make a case the bottom of the ACC was any good.
 

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GoJacketsInRaleigh said:
SMU lost to two average Big 12 teams. Duke lost 3 non conference games that a really good power conference team shouldn't lose. Pittsburgh lost to a god awful WVU team. That's why the ACC can't pull the SEC spin.

Georgia, Alabama, A&M, Texas, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Missouri and LSU (I think that's all the bowl eligble SEC teams) lost non conference games to Ohio State and FSU (Bama game).

You can pull the conference beats each other up card if you win a bunch of non-conference games.
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Exactly.
It's not complicated.
 
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roadkill said:
I'm not sure how that would work. Miami is currently 12th in the CFP rankings and would need to move up a spot or two, since a Duke win would open a spot for another ranked G6 champion. Since Miami wouldn't be a conference champ, they would need for a team currently above them to drop below them. I guess if Bama lost the SEC championship and went 10-3, they might drop. But Sankey wouldn't allow that. Am I missing something?
Maybe Miami will be viewed favorably this Tuesday since they beat Pitt by more than ND did... more recently...
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... and they beat ND to start the year off.

Miami is currently ranked #6 by Sagarin, ahead of every SECheat school. Their SOS is higher than Tx Tech, Indiana, Notre Dame, and Ohio State - four of the five teams ahead of them. Vandy and Texas are ranked #11 and 12. Those two need to be dropped, if anything. However, JMU is #28, NTU is #38, and Tulane is #54. But he's got some real screwy ratings, too. The parity we see today is making these things weird.
 
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stinger78 said:
Vandy and Texas are ranked #11 and 12. Those two need to be dropped, if anything.
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Vandy and Texas are already below Miami in the CFP rankings, so that wouldn't help. Also wouldn't surprise me if the committee has Texas jumping Miami since they just beat former #3 A&M.

Maybe the committee looks at Sagarin, I don't know. They seem to make up rules as they go.
 

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Root4GT said:
The bottom 6 teams in the ACC are no better than the bottom 6 in the SEC. In conference the bottom 6 in the ACC were 11-37. Syracuse only OOC win is over Coalgate. BC is over Fordham. VT's is over Wofford, UNC's 2 are over Charlotte and Richmond, FSU had the Big Win over Bama, their other 2 were against East Texas A&M and Kent State, and finally Stanford beat San Jose State.

You can't make a case the bottom of the ACC was any good.
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But see we didn’t get to play the bottom 6 in the SEC. Their top teams play our bottom teams and claim supremacy.
 

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I'm not sure how that would work. Miami is currently 12th in the CFP rankings and would need to move up a spot or two, since a Duke win would open a spot for another ranked G6 champion. Since Miami wouldn't be a conference champ, they would need for a team currently above them to drop below them. I guess if Bama lost the SEC championship and went 10-3, they might drop. But Sankey wouldn't allow that. Am I missing something?
Maybe Miami will be viewed favorably this Tuesday since they beat Pitt by more than ND did.
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They need both Alabama and BYU to lose. I think BYU would drop below Miami but verdict is way out if Alabama would drop below Miami even with a 3rd loss.
 
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Augusta_Jacket said:
I've tried to bite my tongue for a while now, but Jim Phillips has been an absolute disaster hire for the ACC. We desperately need to replace him.

To be fair, Jim Phillips would have been great 20 years ago, but in the modern age of NCAAF, he's an anachronism that is detrimental to the league as a whole.
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Let's replace him before we do away with the ACC
 

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billga99 said:
They need both Alabama and BYU to lose. I think BYU would drop below Miami but verdict is way out if Alabama would drop below Miami even with a 3rd loss.
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Well scratch that, Vanderbilt is now ahead of Miami. Need to make sure SEC is protected. Coaches poll.
 
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