Re: Ole Miss in the Top 4 just exposed the playoffs

What a bunch of whining babies you guys are. I personally don't think Ole Miss is the fourth best team in the nation this year, but I think that'll work itself in the end. However up until this point, there's really no gripe about them being ranked the way they are.

Really? Them being in the Top 4 "exposed" the playoffs? The big ESPN conspiracy? What a joke.

Jeff Long - Arkansas AD. Obviously has an SEC connection.
Barry Alvarez - Wisconsin AD. Long time coach of Wisconsin and is now their AD. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Lieutenant General Mike Gould - Former Superintendent of the USAFA and originally from Ohio, attended Kent State prior to joining the military. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Pat Haden - AD of Southern Cal. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Tom Jernstedt - Former NCAA Executive VP. Born & raised in Oregon, played football for the Ducks. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Oliver Luck - AD of WVU. Born in Ohio, played at WVU, law school at Texas, son was a star at Stanford. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Tom Osborne - No explanation needed.
Dan Radakovich - Our friggin AD.
Condi Rice - Born in Alabama, went to Denver U and later Notre Dame and then went on to be the provost of Stanford. Born in Bama but has strong connections all over. Any argument that she's "in bed" with the SEC would be pretty weak.
Mike Tranghese - Former Big East commish. Zero reason to unfairly vote in favor of the SEC.
Steve Wieberg - USA Today reporter for 30 years, graduated from Mizzou. Connection to the SEC, even if it has only been for 3 years.
Tyrone Willingham - Born in NC, went to Michigan State, later coached for Stanford, Washington and Notre Dame. Currently a volunteer coach at Stanford.

Guys, there's no conspiracy. Constantly whining about this stuff makes you look like sniffling babies. Time to grow up and realize a lot of smart people just think they're very good right now. We'll see what happens moving forward but stop screaming conspiracy.

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Oct 29, 2014, 9:48 AM [ in reply to Re: Ole Miss in the Top 4 just exposed the playoffs ]

I get what you're saying, but your post is filled with assumptions, flawed logic, and bias.

You seem to be suggesting that the committee members aren't watching any college football and are simply relying on ESPN analysts to formulate an opinion. Why do you believe these people aren't watching the games? You couldn't possibly be saying they're watching the games, but since they're probably watching many games on ABC/ESPN, the SEC bias is leaking through to them...could you? I also love the fact that you, and all of the other message board conspiracy theorists, are able to see through the façade of the great "E$ECPN" conspiracy, but a former Secretary of State who ran Stanford, and a bunch of ADs who have risen to the pinnacle of their fields, are totally oblivious. That's just special. If you're suggesting that they themselves are corrupt, then I expect you'll be leading the charge for Clemson to fire Radakovich later today, correct? After all, if he's in bed with the SEC & ESPN then obviously he's going to do whatever he can to tank our football program so our future games against South Carolina, Auburn, and Texas A&M will fall in their favor...right?

Which random SEC team are you referring to? LSU? What's so random about them getting into the ranking? They lost to two very good teams and had a pretty good win against Wisconsin. What other team does that sound like...there's another team out there with two losses, who had lost both of their matchups with ranked teams, but were getting the benefit of the doubt because people thought they were still good...oh yea, us. Clemson lost to two very good ranked teams and had a win against a solid Louisville squad. Obviously since then, we haven't looked great due to the dumpster fire that is our offensive situation, but we're still not dropping because people appear to respect our defense and know we'll be improved once Watson's back. Why was it fair for us to be ranked, or Oklahoma (two losses, one quality win), or Southern Cal (two losses before last week, one quality win), or West Virginia (two losses, one very good win)...but when LSU is ranked, it's a part of some great conspiracy? The main bias here is coming from your end.

The Paul Finebaum Show has always been about the SEC. He works for the SEC Network, so obviously he's pushing the conference. I 100% agree that a lot of the talking heads show bias when talking about the SEC--some obviously more than others. I think guys like Schlabagh & Finebaum are bums who really have no interest in talking about other conferences, but others like Herbstreit are shooting straight. The problem with many of the non-SEC fans is that now whenever anyone on ESPN praises an SEC team, everyone screams SEC bias. Let's face it: the SEC is still the best conference in the nation, and probably by a pretty decent margin.

This final part is where you're so far off, I don't even know where to begin: ESPN has a vested interest in pushing the SEC. In case you haven't noticed, ESPN has a vested interest in pushing every conference. When we watch big ACC games, what do we see at the beginning? "It's the ACC on ESPN!" The B1G, Big XII, PAC 12, ACC and SEC are all under contract with ESPN. Do you understand how these contracts work? ESPN doesn't profit more if an SEC team wins the national championship. That's not the deal. ESPN profits from advertising revenue. As Chris Fowler said this past Saturday, it's in their best interest to have teams from all over the country in the playoff, not just the SEC. And he's 100% right. The only time there was an SEC vs SEC national championship, it was the worst-rated game ever and ESPN probably had a pretty solid economic loss because of it.

You know what ESPN's dream national championship is? Alabama, Southern Cal, Notre Dame/Ohio State/Michigan, and Texas. If the playoffs are Florida State, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Alabama, then the West and Northeast will tune out. Why, pray tell, would ESPN do everything in their power to lock down eyes in the poorest region in the country (the Southeast), while pushing away the wealthiest regions (Northeast & West)? The Northeast and West are the ones that need to be appeased in this conspiracy scenario since the Southeast will watch the game no matter what. The conspiracy theory is so flawed that it's laughable.

So please take a deep breath, think about what you're actually suggesting, and realize that despite how annoying it is to hear some of the talking heads blabber on about how Kentucky is actually a solid team, there's no conspiracy. Annoyance & bias from commentators/analysts? Yes. Conspiracy? No.

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Ole Miss in the Top 4 just exposed the playoffs

How would they have been able to fall in the ranking...

omg why are you defending them

I don't see what's so ridiculous about the ranking.

Ole's jump through the rankings was crazy

I don't know about "jumping", because I don't pay attention

Very, very similar to Oregon's resume, except

Re: Very, very similar to Oregon's resume, except

That depends on how you define "quality win"

Re: Very, very similar to Oregon's resume, except

'If you forget where they started'

And South Carolina was ranked #10 to start the season.

Mind blown, I guess..

I thought you were saying it matters.

Don't like you

LOL...no problem. Thanks.***

Re: I thought you were saying it matters.

Re: 'If you forget where they started'

Re: 'If you forget where they started'

Re: 'If you forget where they started'

Ole Miss was around 15 to start. Miss St wasn't ranked

He's the designated defender of all anti-$EC posts***

Have to agree on this one

Re: Have to agree on this one

Mich State, Oregon and Arizona are all better than

and how does the committee not see that?!