9 of 11 ESPN writers have Miami as a playoff team

[MiamiInvestor]

Andrea Adelson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Miami 9. Notre Dame 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Bill Connelly: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Notre Dame 9. Miami 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

David Hale: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Miami 9. Notre Dame 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Eli Lederman: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Max Olson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Mark Schlabach: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Jake Trotter: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Notre Dame 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Dave Wilson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

 

[305407cane]

That’s what they would do. Which means nothing. Not what they think the committee will do

 

[SCarolina Ibis]

Well.. The betting markets and 7 of 9 CBS Sports writers see it differently.

Tom Fornelli - ND - Alabama
Chip Patterson - ND - Alabama
Brandon Marcello - ND - Alabama
John Talty - Alabama - Miami
Richard Johnson - Alabama - Miami
Shehan Jeyarajah - ND - Alabama
David Cobb - ND - Alabama
Brad Crawford - ND - Alabama
Chris Hummer - ND - Alabama

Seems like everyone is so up in their feelings about Alabama that they're now willing to ignore ND getting in over Miami, just so long as poor mistreated Alabama doesn't get left out.

 

[skyman]

Well.. The betting markets and 7 of 9 CBS Sports writers see it differently.

Tom Fornelli - ND - Alabama
Chip Patterson - ND - Alabama
Brandon Marcello - ND - Alabama
John Talty - Alabama - Miami
Richard Johnson - Alabama - Miami
Shehan Jeyarajah - ND - Alabama
David Cobb - ND - Alabama
Brad Crawford - ND - Alabama
Chris Hummer - ND - Alabama

Seems like everyone is so up in their feelings about Alabama that they're now willing to ignore ND getting in over Miami, just so long as poor mistreated Alabama doesn't get left out.

Muddy waters.. smh.. sigh

 

[drewm3i]

Well.. The betting markets and 7 of 9 CBS Sports writers see it differently.

Tom Fornelli - ND - Alabama
Chip Patterson - ND - Alabama
Brandon Marcello - ND - Alabama
John Talty - Alabama - Miami
Richard Johnson - Alabama - Miami
Shehan Jeyarajah - ND - Alabama
David Cobb - ND - Alabama
Brad Crawford - ND - Alabama
Chris Hummer - ND - Alabama

Seems like everyone is so up in their feelings about Alabama that they're now willing to ignore ND getting in over Miami, just so long as poor mistreated Alabama doesn't get left out.

Bama is a joke.

 

[Canesrule230]

Well.. The betting markets and 7 of 9 CBS Sports writers see it differently.

Tom Fornelli - ND - Alabama
Chip Patterson - ND - Alabama
Brandon Marcello - ND - Alabama
John Talty - Alabama - Miami
Richard Johnson - Alabama - Miami
Shehan Jeyarajah - ND - Alabama
David Cobb - ND - Alabama
Brad Crawford - ND - Alabama
Chris Hummer - ND - Alabama

Seems like everyone is so up in their feelings about Alabama that they're now willing to ignore ND getting in over Miami, just so long as poor mistreated Alabama doesn't get left out.

All of these ppl seem to be taking the “Can’t punish a conference championship loser” approach.

When your conference already has 4 teams locked in and the sec championship game loser got manhandled so much that team deserves lose its spot.

I could maybe agree if it was a close loss but Alabama didn’t belong on the same field today.

 

[LACane43]

Bama has sucked for a full month. What a joke.

 

[SCarolina Ibis]

Muddy waters.. smh.. sigh

Last year the betting market got word an hour early. Brent McMurphy called the committee and ESPN for word getting out when nobody was supposed to know before hand.

Point is.. we'll know before the show tomorrow based on what the odds-makers do in the morning.

 

[hcanes100]

Andrea Adelson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Miami 9. Notre Dame 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Bill Connelly: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Notre Dame 9. Miami 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

David Hale: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Miami 9. Notre Dame 10. Oklahoma 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Eli Lederman: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Max Olson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Miami 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Mark Schlabach: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Jake Trotter: 1. Indiana 2. Georgia 3. Ohio State 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Notre Dame 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Dave Wilson: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Georgia 4. Texas Tech 5. Oregon 6. Ole Miss 7. Texas A&M 8. Oklahoma 9. Miami 10. Alabama 11. Tulane 12. James Madison

Rittenberg is from Chicago, so that's that

 

[SCarolina Ibis]

At this point I'm just waiting to see if BYU gets the same treatment as ND and Alabama.

BYU has ND's "good losses" excuse since both of their losses were to the #4 team in the country.
They also have Alabama's "we wouldn't be punished if we just stayed at home" excuse.

I'm starting to get the feeling that tomorrow's rankings will look exactly the same as they did Tuesday.

 

[TRick72]

Rittenberg is from Chicago, so that's that

And Schlabach is from Indiana and a UGA alum

 

[TrojanCane]

I respect those more with the gumption to put us at 8 and OU at 10. That's what it should be

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

All of these ppl seem to be taking the “Can’t punish a conference championship loser” approach.

When your conference already has 4 teams locked in and the sec championship game loser got manhandled so much that team deserves lose its spot.

I could maybe agree if it was a close loss but Alabama didn’t belong on the same field today.

They aren’t being punished for losing in the sec championship game. They are getting punished because they have played like *** the last two weeks. Squeaking by a 5 win auburn and then getting blown out in the sec championship game, where they almost put up a goose egg on the scoreboard. Committee can sell that as the reason they dropped out of the playoffs. Playing in a sec championship game is not an exhibition game. It’s a real game where HOW they play should be looked at, not whether they won or lost the game. Do they look like one of the 12 Best teams? Not even close.

Sankey may say it’s unfair punishment. I say it’s the exact opposite. Teams that play in a conference championship get one more chance to prove they are playoff worthy. When it comes down to it, a loser that plays well in a conference championship has a massive advantage over the idle teams.

 

[JBCanes-NC]

0-11 espn writers are in the room

 

[CaneMutiny06]

There’s a lot of conflating between who people think should be in and who they think WILL be in

 

[Canesrule230]

They aren’t being punished for losing in the sec championship game. They are getting punished because they have played like *** the last two weeks. Squeaking by a 5 win auburn and then getting blown out in the sec championship game, where they almost put up a goose egg on the scoreboard. Committee can sell that as the reason they dropped out of the playoffs. Playing in a sec championship game is not an exhibition game. It’s a real game where HOW they play should be looked at, not whether they won or lost the game. Do they look like one of the 12 Best teams? Not even close.

Sankey may say it’s unfair punishment. I say it’s the exact opposite. Teams that play in a conference championship get one more chance to prove they are playoff worthy. When it comes down to it, a loser that plays well in a conference championship has a massive advantage over the idle teams.

Agree 100% with you - my concern is that this committee is biased and has been looking to protect Alabama and ND. On the Alabama front moving them up last week after the auburn performance was ridiculous but they did… so who the f*ck knows what these f*cks will do

 

[Dwinstitles]

Everything happened today that I wanted so I’m assuming we are in. No pause

 

[NBCOwnsUs]

They aren’t being punished for losing in the sec championship game. They are getting punished because they have looked awful the last two weeks. Committee can sell that. Playing in a sec championship game is not an exhibition game. It’s a real game where HOW they play should be looked at, not the W/L record. Do they look like one of the 12 Best teams? No.

Sankey may say it’s unfair punishment. I say it’s the exact opposite. Teams that play in a conference championship get one more chance to prove they are playoff worthy. When it comes down to it, a loser that plays well in a conference championship has a massive advantage over the idle teams.

They're not being punished at all. They'd be ranked appropriately behind both ND and Miami if you look at the season as a whole, especially the last month.

You basically get all reward and very limited risk in these games. You win and get a bye. You lose and compete you'll have a spot. Bama didn't even compete. They're soft and an incomplete team. Dropping them isn’t a punishment — it's just aligning the rankings with reality.

 

[aelmiami]

At this point I'm just waiting to see if BYU gets the same treatment as ND and Alabama.

BYU has ND's "good losses" excuse since both of their losses were to the #4 team in the country.
They also have Alabama's "we wouldn't be punished if we just stayed at home" excuse.

I'm starting to get the feeling that tomorrow's rankings will look exactly the same as they did Tuesday.

One of three things will happen tomorrow. The committee either devalues the conference championship games by putting Miami & ND in, the devalue OOC games by putting ND & Bama in, or they keep the sanctity of the conference championship games moving Bama to 10 & Miami moves to 9, thus keeping OOC games vitally important.

If the championship games and OOC games are the cash cows we are led to believe, option 3 will happen. I see no way the rankings stay unchanged. Not changing them would devalue both OOC games and conference championships because nothing was impacted except the byes. If the rankings of 9-12 stay the same we’d literally see the top 4 change and the 20s. The committee has obviously made **** up as they went along, but you can’t keep the status quo at 9-12 and then change the other championship participants. Makes no logical sense at all. Even for those brain dead morons.

 

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