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Handsome Squidbum said:
Don’t think it’s the same thing. I gave the example in a different thread about the nfl. If team A lost to team B, and then ran the table the rest of the season looking impressive , while team A lost to a 1 win team at the end of the season and looked inferior to team B for most of the season, and ends with the same record. When it comes down who gets in the playoffs, you would be laughed out of the room if you said, “well team B passes the eyeball test more than team A and should be in the playoffs.” Why? Because head to head ALWAYS is the tiebreaker in every sport. It is objective and beyond question. There is no controversy.

So do you think it’s a better system for a
committee to just pick who they like best? I think that ruins the sport. I know the counter argument is “well this is what everyone agreed to” but there is a reason that H2H is listed as the first criteria for a tiebreaker. It’s objective. ND is saying- well the committee should not use objective criteria. They should just rely on internal bias to pick who they like best. Sure, they CAN (and probably will) do that, but it is fundamentally wrong. You don’t ignore clear cut objective standards in favor of how you feel about a team.
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I think you may have missed my point.

I'm saying, that the people in this thread who are saying that Tech looked awful & didn't deserve to be in the Playoffs, basing it off of this one game are using the same logic that the committee is using against us.

To say a 12-1 Big XII champion shouldn't be in the playoffs because they didn't win in a fashion by which people who haven't watched them all year think they should is really kinda asinine.

Miami should be in the playoffs, but acting as if we haven't lost or had any bad games this year, while simultaneously saying that Tech shouldn't be in the playoffs is CIS math at its finest.
 
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Jonnyblaze said:
Like what? Lawsuits? Legislative action? Maybe for show but that’s it. Changes to the CFP format are coming regardless, so that won’t be it either.

Only possible fallout is the ACC and maybe some other conferences changing how they determine tiebreakers, but that’s it.

The news cycles quick in this country and it won’t be a major story for that long.
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Rich people are petty and they hold grudges. When you intentionally disregard stated criteria to promote bias and simultaneously threaten the integrity of the game it's not a good thing. Miami is legitimately being wronged here and the committee has been taken to task on a national level about honoring H2H.
 
Bama Bama Bama….we need Bama at 9. If Bama loses they’ll swap Bama and ND - and get the 2 teams they want without Miami-ND debate.
 
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