Automatic bids are equally as bad. Either UPC or UNC are about to provide a sterling example as to why. One of them is probably going to win the ACC championship; neither deserves to be in the playoff. If someone other than them wins the ACC championship this year, that team doesn't deserve it, either.
Not sure an invitational as we have now addresses strength of schedule as it should as it is now. The Pac12 may very well be better than the ACC this year, maybe with CU losing, they will draw more eyes but they probably had no chance to overcome had CU won yesterday.
Upload all pertinent data into the computer and let the computer pick and seed the participants. Leave conference championships out of it since it's obvious they are not conclusive. The onfield performance stats laid aside record and strength of schedule should settle all doubts.
I'd far prefer their opinion versus what Pfizer or General Mills believes is best for their advertising models. Most schools support it as well.
Caught me while I was editing my last post. I referred to LSU, UGA and Tenn as they are this year. If LSU wins the SECCG no way they get left out so then what? If you get a chance, look at it, I'd like to hear your thoughts.
Yes, the criteria would be very transparent. I do believe that an LSU team that wins out from here gets in. I still remember Ohio State losing its opener at home to Virginia Tech and going on a rampage from there.
It's fair to the teams that get picked, and as long as two of them are the two best in the country, the CFP committee is home free as far as I'm concerned. I daresay they have usually done considerably better than that, while eliminating the vast majority of the pretenders.
Just for that particular year though. You're not considering the implications of further rewarding teams who already have an embarassment of riches.
To me. that is a socialist construct. Penalizing people for doing something well does not foster excellence. Hobbling excellence is not a good thing.
That is just saying the ACC is a crappy football conference with only two or three teams that have every been very good, and a couple of those are still down. In other words the ACC is not deserving of an automatic bid, we should agree on that, but that doesn't mean the SEC or Big Ten doesn't deserve it.
When it comes to academia and the individual, I would completely agree. Not at the commercial/anti-trust level.
I understand the need for antitrust measures in a business context - where people's lives are affected, but not with respect to athletics. I hate contrived parity in athletics; Hate it. If laissez-faire doesn't work there, then I don't care if sports continue or not.
