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I mean we're definitely homers. But LSU's losses were both worse, and we played 5 top 25 teams that season. Even the computers had us in. What a terrible season.
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Have I said lately how empirically bad VT's scheduling has been in the last 15 years and how it's cost them at least 1 national title appearance if not 2?
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Jan 14, 2015 23:15
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Crotch Bat posted:Have I said lately how empirically bad VT's scheduling has been in the last 15 years and how it's cost them at least 1 national title appearance if not 2? Sure, we'd love to play Boise and then have 3 days of rest!
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Jan 14, 2015 23:17
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Nur_Neerg posted:I mean we're definitely homers. But LSU's losses were both worse, and we played 5 top 25 teams that season. Even the computers had us in. What a terrible season. Computers knew what was up, people kept us out by seeing that week 2 result. Gonna be a homer about 07 till the day I die.
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Jan 14, 2015 23:22
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Using rankings at the time you played isn't sincere, use the final season rankings. Also you lost to LSU by 41! points.
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swickles posted:Using rankings at the time you played isn't sincere, use the final season rankings. Also you lost to LSU by 41! points. We didn't have a single ranked team we played during the season fall out of the rankings. LSU had 3. We sure did get wrecked by LSU, luckily it was the catalyst to our QB getting benched in favor of a true freshman who turned out to be one of our best of all time.
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Jan 14, 2015 23:40
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Georgia would've destroyed VT too. VT jumped Georgia on the last week of the season because (????).
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D.N. Nation posted:Georgia would've destroyed VT too. VT jumped Georgia on the last week of the season because (????). Mmm that's a legit argument there.
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Nur_Neerg posted:Mmm that's a legit argument there. Probably because VT was playing and Georgia wasn't since they didn't win their division. Also the computer's LOVED VT that year. I'm a VT fan and while I can understand LSU getting in, I think VT had a good argument too. Not that it mattered since we poo poo the bed against Mangino and Co.
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drunk leprechaun posted:Probably because VT was playing and Georgia wasn't since they didn't win their division. Also the computer's LOVED VT that year. Yeah, we passed UGA because we beat the #12 team in the country handily in our conference championship game while they sat at home and wished they'd done well enough in conference to play in theirs. I was just being facetious. VT was pretty good then, but our QB/OL situation was awful at the beginning of the season. Got it turned around pretty well though.
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Nur_Neerg posted:Yeah, we passed UGA because we beat the #12 team in the country handily in our conference championship game while they sat at home and wished they'd done well enough in conference to play in theirs. I was just being facetious. VT was pretty good then, but our QB/OL situation was awful at the beginning of the season. Got it turned around pretty well though. Ah gottcha. Yeah missed your sarcasm. Carry on. vvvvv You and me both buddy. Tyrod ruled. vvvvvvv
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How can any Big 12 fans argue that OSU shouldn't have been in the playoffs when OSU just won it fair and square by undeniable margins?
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All the schools that got creamed in the playoffs weren't from the Big XII, that's how. 
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TCU fans are putting a ton of stock in beating an overrated SEC team.
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Maxwells Demon posted:How can any Big 12 fans argue that OSU shouldn't have been in the playoffs when OSU just won it fair and square by undeniable margins? Wow 2 wins over some garbage teams that didn't deserve to be there over the TCU Horned Frogs and Baylor Bears, color me impressed. Big 12, bitch.
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Sash! posted:Baylor lost to sparty, so they are worthless garbage too wet and soggy to even catch on fire in the bottom of the portajohn some teenagers tried to set on fire I'm okay with this description if it means that TCU is literally a small pile of wet poo poo. 
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Maxwells Demon posted:How can any Big 12 fans argue that OSU shouldn't have been in the playoffs when OSU just won it fair and square by undeniable margins? I think the argument is that TCU also deserved to be there and didn't get a chance to prove it. And they're right. Not OSU's fault, but still a lovely result for the first year of the CFP, and they have a legitimate complaint.
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JT Jag posted:Some teams might lose good. Some times might win bad. The argument of Ohio State versus TCU was not good losses versus bad wins, however. It was a bad loss, singular, and multiple good wins versus a good loss, singular, and what was perceived as "bad wins". The team with the better wins on its resume was more impressive to the committee than the team with the better loss. If Ohio State hadn't blown the gently caress out of Wisconsin, TCU probably would have gotten in. No, because TCU's "good loss" was against a team from their own conference with the same record as them. Even if Ohio State had lost to Wisconsin, the committee would have put in Baylor. They made that clear by ranking Baylor above them.
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The goal of the 4 team playoff was to make sure an undefeated team didn't get left out. It accomplished it's goal, and the rest is bickering among teams that dropped a game. If it was 8 teams then Ole Miss fans would have been bitching that Miss St got in over them.
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Eltoasto posted:The goal of the 4 team playoff was to make sure an undefeated team didn't get left out. It accomplished it's goal, and the rest is bickering among teams that dropped a game. If it was 8 teams then Ole Miss fans would have been bitching that Miss St got in over them. Because Ole Miss was so clearly a playoff contender by the end?
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Eltoasto posted:The goal of the 4 team playoff was to make sure an undefeated team didn't get left out. It accomplished it's goal, and the rest is bickering among teams that dropped a game. If it was 8 teams then Ole Miss fans would have been bitching that Miss St got in over them. It's eerie how similar these arguments are to the ones SEC fans used for years to justify one loss SEC teams going to the NCG over one loss teams for other conferences. "Well, we won so I guess they made the right choice."
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Spiritus Nox posted:Because Ole Miss was so clearly a playoff contender by the end? They were ranked #9 by the playoff committee, 2 spots behind the team that they just beat. Those are the arguments you start getting with 8 teams. 4 teams means you get in all the undefeated teams from big conferences and then the 1-loss teams can fight it out. But that's ok, if you drop a game you aren't owed anything. The number of teams that are "clearly a playoff contender" will vary by year. I'm just not too keen on adding a 16th game.
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NippleFloss posted:It's eerie how similar these arguments are to the ones SEC fans used for years to justify one loss SEC teams going to the NCG over one loss teams for other conferences. Well duh homers generally pick the arguments that favor their teams. SEC doesn't have monopoly on that.
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Eltoasto posted:The goal of the 4 team playoff was to make sure an undefeated team didn't get left out. It accomplished it's goal, and the rest is bickering among teams that dropped a game. If it was 8 teams then Ole Miss fans would have been bitching that Miss St got in over them. Well, an undefeated big conference team at least. Anyway of course Ole Miss/Mississippi State/whoever would be whining, but it seems so completely obvious to me that it's better to push that argument away from the top. Within reason of course before the 128 team tournament joke gets thrown in again. 8 seems to be the sweet spot most people like to get everyone with a real argument in.
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Maxwells Demon posted:How can any Big 12 fans argue that OSU shouldn't have been in the playoffs when OSU just won it fair and square by undeniable margins? heres an article i just read i copied it from text and pasted it here with keyboard: College Football Playoff a rousing success everywhere but Texas true i dont know anyone who watched it except the thousands of ohio transplants living in texas because Ohio is so good no one wants to watch some almost playoff, include all of the P5 champions and it'll be less inconclusive KIM JONG TRILL posted:Wow 2 wins over some garbage teams that didn't deserve to be there over the TCU Horned Frogs and Baylor Bears, color me impressed. Big 12, bitch. Sounds right, baylor bitch oregon is just a worse version of baylor
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People place way, way too much emphasis on non-title bowl results.
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Crotch Bat posted:People place way, way too much emphasis on non-title bowl results. Agreed. I remember some ex-college football player on a sports radio show a few weeks ago talking about how in their bowl games, they were more concerned about the destination of the game because it was a vacation for them. The game was just an exhibition. Therefore, TCU's win over Ole Miss means absolutely nothing.
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I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to ensure Ohio State never wins another championship, up to and including bringing back the BCS
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Crotch Bat posted:People place way, way too much emphasis on non-title bowl results. Sounds like someone's team can't win in the postseason. 
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Neodoomium posted:I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to ensure Ohio State never wins another championship, up to and including bringing back the BCS
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Neodoomium posted:I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to ensure Ohio State never wins another championship, up to and including bringing back the BCS
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Neodoomium posted:I am in favor of doing whatever it takes to ensure Ohio State never wins another championship, up to and including firebombing Columbus
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Maxwells Demon posted:How can any Pac 12 fans argue that OU shouldn't have been in the playoffs when OU always loses to decent teams by undeniable margins?
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I didn't understand why Pac-12 fans cared about Oklahoma losing a couple of championship games by 100 then I got it.
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