Re: Lot of truth right there

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FSU AD is Wrong

Dec 3, 2023, 4:04 PM

I feel for FSU, but the AD is incorrect on a couple levels:

1. College football is not the NFL and has always permitted subjectivity to influence who gets to play for the national championship - pre BCS, during the BCS (undefeated conference champ Auburn in 2004), and in the CFP era. Pure wins and losses have never been the barometer. If we lived in a world where the CFP consisted of 4 super conferences that grant automatic bids to two teams from each conference based solely on Wins and Losses and then wild card spots based solely on Wins and Losses - using objective tie breaker rules, THEN the FSU AD's comments would have merit.

2. Florida State only looked like world beaters against LSU. They nearly lost to Boston College. They nearly lost to the worst Clemson football team since 2010. They struggled against Miami. If they wanted to make it into the CFP, they needed to beat average Florida and average Louisville easily, sans Jordan Travis. I only thought they were a top 4 team after LSU. With each week that passed, they looked less and less impressive (with super senior Jordan Travis). Unfortunately for them and their record, college football has always permitted subjectivity - the opinions of flawed individuals to decide who plays for the title. You can't look average, and only win games, to make it into the CFP.

3. The AD says, "Today, they changed the way success is assessed in college football, from a tangible metric - winning on the field - to an intangible, subjective one. Evidently, predicting the future matters more." That is incorrect. As stated before, college football has never ONLY been about winning. It has always been subjective. FSU AD - Go talk to the real team who deserved a shot: 2004 Auburn. He states that "predicting the future matters more." This is also not true. Had FSU handily defeated Florida and Louisville, then they would have entered the CFP. They could not handily defeat average to slightly above average football teams the last two weeks. A 13-0 record earned in the past was being used against them. The past two weeks showed FSU was not nearly as good as their record 13-0 record indicated they should be.

Again, college football has always used subjectivity to decide who gets to play for the championship and NEVER pure wins vs losses.

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In it’s strictest interpretation, you are correct. Subjective. That is proven when an undefeated non-P5 school doesn’t get a whiff of consideration … other than superficial tripe … to be in the CFP.

Using the combinations of other consideration of strength of schedule, (?) conference champ (?), and W-L record, then you are incorrect and the FSU AD and HC are correct.

Alabama barely eked out their win against Auburn… same Auburn that lost to N.Mexico State. Bama also lost to TX. Sorry. if Bama was coached so poorly early in the season that Sagan played T.Buchner instead of Milroe, then the excuse that they ‘made a mistake’ or ‘would have won had Milroe been QB’ just doesn’t cut it as far as legit excuse to be in CFP vs. FSU.

Ohhh … Bama’s win against UGA erases all of Bama’s sins. BS again. The 2024 UGA team is nothing like the UGA teams of 2021 and 2022. ‘Best player’ Brock Bowers became just ‘good player’ Brock Bowers since his injury. Their defense also stepped back a notch. UGA struggled against bowl-less S.Carolina and Auburn, and also against 6 -6 GA Tech.

Bama is a very good team, but not the overwhelming juggernaut of 2021 and prior years. Beating UGA is like winning the beauty contest against the former two time beauty contest winner who shows signs of cellulite. Reputation (low ‘quality’ subjectivity) triumphs over the high quality ‘subjectivity’ such as W- L record, presence in P-5 conference, and conference champ.

Reputation helps to sell ratings. Disney Corp is having an awful yrs ear financially. Losing hundreds of millions on their movies and no box office hits on the horizon. A big time corporate raider is challenging Disney’s CEO with a board of directors proxy fight. Disney management will stop at NOTHING to save their jobs and (subjective) reputations. Disney needs for ESPN to crank out huge ratings for THIS SEASON’s CFP programming. Disney management doesn’t give two hoots about whether their ‘influence’ in the CFP harms the legitimacy of college football. Disney is betting that the CFP ‘beauty contest’ will yield better ratings than a CFP based on better subjective factors.

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Lot of truth right there