Yep. People who say preseason ranks don’t matter are fooling no one. It carries over all season

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Dec 29, 2024
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& often into postseason. It’s been the lifeblood of the SEC & B1G for decades.

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BamaCoug, I love you man

Heinz57

12/29/24 12:20pm

BYU had two play-in games and lost them both in the last 3 weeks of the season.

idcougarfan

12/29/24 12:26pm

That's the "unfinished" business I am talking about.

Heinz57

12/29/24 12:28pm

I agree. I have never had an 11-2 season feel so unsatisfying. Even Sitake felt

idcougarfan

12/29/24 12:30pm

That’s your fault and how you choose to respond the events that happened this year. I’m sorry you choose to be a downer

TheLoneCougar

12/29/24 4:33pm

Losing to asu on the road is not choking. The term choking is becoming the most

NYCougz

12/29/24 12:32pm

It wasn’t good when the season was on the line and they showed up unprepared.

idcougarfan

12/29/24 12:38pm

Ok then many teams choked throughout the season. It’s an epidemic out there.

NYCougz

12/29/24 12:41pm

At the highest level of performance "attention control under pressure" can be

Plantagenet

12/29/24 1:02pm

And every week can be defined like that to not “choke”

NYCougz

12/29/24 1:08pm

Like clockwork. 🤦Miami lost 2 of their last 3 Reg season games & were still in

BamaCoug

12/29/24 2:19pm

This!!! Why does Miami get a pass and not us.

dallasbyu

12/29/24 3:03pm

Miami was ranked higher all year. More of an issue with

KYU

12/29/24 6:02pm

Yep. People who say preseason ranks don’t matter are fooling no one. It carries over all season

Soupie

12/29/24 7:04pm

There shouldn’t be a hint of a ranking until week 5 or 6 IMO.

KYU

12/29/24 7:19pm

The problem is the play in games vary based upon your conf.

slatecoug

12/29/24 4:14pm

It’s really crazy how many people don’t understand your point. Somehow some feeling entitled for going 9-0

KYU

12/29/24 6:00pm

How does the CFP remove playing games as the “ultimate source of truth and facts?”

RealTaysomHill

12/29/24 12:27pm

There's no division winners

Heinz57

12/29/24 12:32pm

In the NFL, all divisions are basically on equal footing though

krindorr

12/29/24 12:36pm

Win, you platform the CCG, lose you go home

Heinz57

12/29/24 12:48pm

RE: In the NFL, all divisions are basically on equal footing though

nitroboy

12/29/24 1:27pm

They don't have any inherent advantages or disadvantages

krindorr

12/29/24 1:29pm

As Krindorr said, having division winners go to the NFL works because all divisions in the NFL are equal. They get all

RealTaysomHill

12/29/24 2:04pm

Yet if you switched to this those conferences would even out more. Part of the

ColonelMustard

12/29/24 5:13pm

Dang, I didn’t know you were in favor of DEI

RealTaysomHill

12/29/24 7:17pm

Eye tests

ABCoug

12/29/24 12:41pm

Sadly, the divisions idea is long gone. Have to find a way that still throws the

BamaCoug

12/29/24 2:33pm

The problem isn't the committee....ranking algorithms also didn't love us

krindorr

12/29/24 12:28pm

Don’t those heavily take into account recruiting ratings? We keep having

4thand19

12/29/24 3:07pm

Two answers. No they don't. And no we don't.

krindorr

12/29/24 3:25pm

That's only one data point of what should have been multiple data point the most

slatecoug

12/29/24 4:17pm

Move Conference Championship games to the CFP.

Spiff

12/29/24 12:59pm

This is a very intriguing idea.

BlueDiver

12/29/24 1:06pm

This misses Bama’s point entirely. OBVIOUSLY winning every single game would be

Abe Froman

12/29/24 1:06pm

Divisions are dumb. B1G and SEC dropped divisions, because weak teams from weak

NYC and Japan

12/29/24 1:34pm

RE: BamaCoug, I love you man

BamaCoug

12/29/24 2:27pm

It's not just "win the games and you're in"... 9/12 playoff teams had 2-3 losses

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