College Football Week 15 discussion (Conference Championship Week)

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Breeze

This goes back to my point regarding groupthink in the polls. I would guess seeing TCU ranked ahead of Baylor for several weeks caused coaches to put TCU ahead and leave them there. The polls aren't as dynamic as the playoff committee...

Or it could be because TCU beat its Big 12 opponents by an average of 22.8 points, while Baylor "only" had an average margin of +16.1 points. At a certain point shouldn't we give some consideration to the opinions of coaches who played against and watched multiple games of each team?

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Kind of funny, but it looks as if you can make a pretty strong case for the Big Ten's best OOC win as the Indiana win over Missouri (unless I'm missing or forgetting one).

The Indiana Hoosiers ... carrying the Big Ten in football since I don't know when.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

But surely the committee knew they were playing a poor team the next game, so what was the point of moving them up in the first place?

The committee has said repeatedly that they blank slate every week.

There is no move them up, move them down.

What I can't figure out is Miss St beign ranked behind Mich St, neither plays a game and then Miss St jumps 3 spots ahaed of Mich St. Of course I think everything is an SEC conspiracy theory but the net result was 3.6 MM more for the SEC teams to split based on the TV contract.

[Cap Ologist]

I think the best way to look at the college playoff seeding is that is how the teams were ranked if the season ended that day based on their completed body of work. Your body of work could be the 3rd best one week, but then after the next week, it's no longer the third best due to games other teams played and won.

[Dr. Sak]

In case you were wondering here is the breakdown of what Power 5 Conference Crews will be working the Bowls:

ACC - Cotton, Peach, Cacutus, Advocare TX, Liberty
B1G - Fiesta, Orange, Alamo, Belk
Big 12 - College Football Championship, Outback, BWW Citrus, San Fran, Holiday
Pac 12 - Sugar, Tax Slayer, Music City, Independence, Heart Dallas
SEC - Rose, Pinstripe, Russell, Sun, Quick Lane
AAC - Las Vegas, Idaho Potato, Bahamas

[Butter]

Oh Jesus, the Sugar Bowl is getting Pac 12 refs.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Oh Jesus, the Sugar Bowl is getting Pac 12 refs.

Haha you guys have fun with that. Don't get too handsy heh heh.

[dawgfan]

So Scout.com is reporting that Oregon State has been in contact with Bronco Mendenhall about their opening. Seems a little surprising - yeah, he's an alum, but he's also LDS and seems like a great fit at BYU. And Oregon State is a tough job, right there with WSU for the toughest jobs in the Pac-12.

[dawgfan]

Dola - I guess that should really go in the hire/fire thread...

[Matthean]

With no real place to put it so far, Funchess is going pro. Can't blame him, but I don't think he ever had the dominate season he should have.