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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
You're right. I would say all of those teams are overranked and overrated. Notre Dame I sort of understand the invisible hand of moneyed interests trying to help them qualify since they have no access to an auto bid. Indiana and Tech could very easily be exposed in the playoffs, though. Assuming Indiana loses to Ohio State in the conference title game, I don't have an issue with them having a playoff bid just like they had one last year. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
I would avoid indulging concepts like "more deserving," but I agree that the argument for who's better is easier to make when BYU has two losses instead of one. If Tech loses, the argument that Texas is better is easier to make. The committee would be dumb to allow two teams from that conference to get in. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Well, sure, but if that were actually the case an undefeated G5 team would always be ranked ahead of a 1-loss P4 team, and a 1-loss G5 team would always be ranked ahead of a 2-loss P4 team, and so-on and so forth, but that clearly isn't true. There are 1-loss teams who are currently ranked behind ND, ousux, and Alabama. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
For rankings purposes, they are selecting who is "best" and ranking accordingly. The five "best" conference champs take up five of the spots on the bracket, and the seven "best" remaining teams on the rankings are the teams who fill out the rest of the bracket, which is seeded according to their ranking. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
The mission of the CFP committee, from its website: https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2016/10/24/selection-committee-protocol It does not say to select the "most deserving" teams. It says to select the "best" teams. That's a very meaningful distinction. The key phrases to me here is: "comparable teams" Must Team A have the same record as Team B in order for them to be "comparable" enough that the "process" comes into play? Because I believe Texas has everyone else beat as far as these factors are concerned. The only principled way to avoid using these factors is by saying 3-loss teams cannot be "comparable" to 2-loss teams. Honestly, they should record and televise the entire deliberation process. Full transparency, like an ACC video review of a ruling on the field. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Nobody seriously believes that any other team in the CFP conversation would have won three of five against Ohio State, Vandy, ousux, aggy, and Georgia. If BYU were to sneak in, they would be blown out and embarrassed. Same goes for Utah, Virginia, and whichever G5 gets in. "Deserve" should not have anything to do with it. The task of the committee is to find the five best conference champions and the seven best at-large teams, using all of the information available to it. The five best conference champs will come from the P4 conferences and from one G5 conference. I don't think anyone here would disagree that Texas for most of the season was not one of the seven best at-large teams, but they clearly improved and are currently better at least six of the other teams in the CFP conversation. I don't think any of the other six teams should come from the Big XII, and the only teams outside the SEC and B1G who have any business being considered one of the seven best at-large teams are Miami and Notre Dame (in that order). We should not be rewarding teams for avoiding tough competition by granting them playoff spots. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
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San Antonio Spurs 2025-26 - Release the Kraken
chainsaw replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Basketball
The old adage, "you are what you emphasize," still true. The Spurs clearly do not emphasize perimeter defense. Ant Fucking Edwards! He should never be wide open! Under any fucking circumstances! At times they appear so easy to solve. The offense also suffers amnesia at least twice in the second halves of games, and completely forgets its identity. That is the most frustrating part of these games, and it almost always results in a lead being erased in a matter of minutes. If we're lucky, we regain control of the game. Eventually the top half of the league is going to figure out how to exploit this even more, and the games will take on the trajectory of what we saw tonight. Wemby hopefully can continue his maturation and in the process of being "the guy" prevent those amnesia spells. But the defensive issues are extremely worrisome. I have not seen it get better and we're approaching December. I would hate to see a team this good swept in the first round. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
If they make it in, it would be as a 10 seed, so they'd travel to #7. Texas only gets in if Tech and Georgia win. If Tech and Georgia both win, I think they'd get first round byes (Top 4 seeds). The other teams with byes would be the B1G champ and either Indiana or Oregon. #5 is probably Aggy. #6 is probably Indiana or Oregon. I bet #7 is an SEC team, probably Ole Miss. -
San Antonio Spurs 2025-26 - Release the Kraken
chainsaw replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Basketball
Really like seeing CB getting good minutes. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
As much as I want Disney to be able to pull the strings, we have to take the committee at its word when it claims to be impervious to outside influences. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
chainsaw replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
This is why I've been saying we should not be pushing Sark out at this time. Inventory is at an all time low. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
I don't see why UVA would want Miami in. I also wonder if ND has any friends on the committee. It's a 2 loss team with a weak schedule, but it also has been smart enough to run up the score to try to deflect attention from the fact that they started the season 0-2. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
UVA also on the committee. Shouldn't matter because UVA beats Duke and autobids in. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
chainsaw replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
And yet, as Sark correctly points out, if we'd played Syracuse instead of Ohio State, we'd be in.
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