True interesting fact: 7 of 9 first round games have been decided by 17 points or more. I think it will soon be 8 of 10.
Another reason we don’t need more than 4 teams.
So you do not think the performance of OLotPT does not make a decent argument for including Georgia?
Of course not.
I seem to remember you mentioning something about the Big getting both Michigan and OSU in earlier this year. Have you forgotten that?
There was a chance of that. But the teams aren’t picked until all the games are played.
Regardless, that speculation has no connection to the expansion talk regarding the number
of playoff teams.
Wrong. It has everything to do with it. Your lack of vision again.
My speculation on 2 conference teams making the playoff was limited to a field of four.
Not in the context of Steve's question. If I understood it correctly.
Apples and Oranges.
Georgia, as the Committee took great pains to explain, was left out because it did not win a championship. The fact that Oklahoma and Georgia were considered practically equal in performance forced the Committee to use CGs as the tiebreaker.
Not apples and oranges in the context of the question.
Now, as to your recent comment above concerning Oklahoma, Georgia and the CG guideline.
That could lead one to realize that the committee's rules may not be entirely conducive to their stated goal of putting the four best teams in the lineup.
I don't think there is a problem with the rules. The committee does a.great job with the information availae.to them. Human perception is not something you can fix with rules.
I think they are doing a decent job too. We just disagree with the rules thing.
IMO if the stated goal is to get the four best teams then the CG thing seems abortive to that purpose.
Not that it applies in this instance anyways. Because it was undefeated ND that was the somewhat weak link here. They didn't have the offense to hang with Clemson or Alabama. Or probably Georgia either for that matter.
In years gone by you've mentioned the term paper tiger. And I think that applies to ND in this instance.
And no offense to my bro JB, but if the counterproductive GC rule was eliminated, IMHO if Clemson had played Georgia we might, MIGHT I say, be looking at an all SEC final. Then again Clemson may have won that game anyways. They're a great team.
But I can state will fairly strong firmness and feel you would be inclined to agree that the score would have been nowhere near the points margin that the Clem/ND game was.