Color me impressed with how Miles handled the schedule question today...

Do you understand how college football works? It is ALL about running the table. Which team is better... the one that goes 6-2 in league play but played 4 top ten temas or the one that went 7-1 in league play and played 1 top ten team? Oh yeah the 6-2 team beat the 7-1 team. So which one is better? Which one plays for the championship? Schedule absolutely matters.

 

I understand that if a team is talented, well coached, and prepared that they have every opportunity to win a game no matter who the opponent is, where the game is held, and what time of day it is.
And if a loss happens, its about coaching and player performance. Not because of who is on the schedule.

 

That makes since if the game was played by robots. Because it is played by humans thousands of other factors impact games. Funny you would not answer my question. Here it is again. I will even bold it and put it in a silly font to make sure you don't miss it...

Which team is better... the one that goes 6-2 in league play but played 4 top ten teams or the one that went 7-1 in league play and played 1 top ten team? Oh yeah the 6-2 team beat the 7-1 team. So which one is better? Which one plays for the championship?

 

You don't really need me to explain to you how the SEC works in this regard do you? I thought you were kidding.

The 7-1 team goes to the championship due to the fact that they have 1 less league play loss. If they would have only lost one game a piece the team that won the head to head match up would go to the championship.

The 7-1 team has nothing to do with the two losses the 6-2 team has. Unfortunately there were two better teams than the 6-2 team on their given night. If the coaches would have coached and prepared better and the players would have out performed the competition, there is quite a possibilty that the 6-2 team could be 8-0. Thus making them the best and getting them to the championship.

Its a one game season every weekend. You do what you have to do, and coaches do what they are paid to do the best team wins every time.

 

Ok, so the 7-1 team is better than the 6-2 tema that beat them because they went to the championship? Quit avoiding the issue and move beyond your 8 year old level of thinking. Scheduling absolutely matters in college football. By your logic Tulane was the best team in 1998 becasue they won all the games on their schedule. They can only control what goes on in a given game and all that other shit you spew.

Scheduling matters, and schedules that consistenyly favor one team will be noticed and balked at. Do you think Nick Saban would trade schedules with LSU? Of course not. He wants to maximize his chances to win, and playing a harder schedule does not help in that regard.

 

I don't think Nick cares about scheduling as much as you and Les do, no.

Does a championship not mean more to those who had to deal with more difficulties along the way? Doesn't everyone take pride in overcoming adversity and coming out on the other side victorious?

8 year olds want to do things the easy way and want their milk and cookies handed to them. I guess you and Les are more like 8 year olds than I am.

 

I can't believe you bring up Tulane and Nick Saban in the same post as an LSU fan.

 

So he would want to trade schedules with LSU?

I won two state championships in swimming. The first was in class 5-A and I beat some really good swimmers to win it. The face was really close, but in the end I out touched the second and third place finishers. The guy who finished 8th was only about 4 strokes back. Less than a half second separated the entire field. One of the dudes I beat went on to swim at Auburn, and another went to Texas. Those are bothe top tier swimming programs. The second championship was in class 4-A and I destroyed the field. I finished about three body lengths ahead of second place, and was out of the pool and dry before the guy who finished 8th was done.

I enjoyed both my championships, but if I had to pick one over the other I'd take the the 4-A championship because it was simply fun to look that dominant. FTR my time that year would have won the 5-A championship that year too.

One of the guiding principles of sport is that outcomes are decided equitably. Scheduling that consistently favors one team and consistently hurts another team undermines that principle.

 

I'll answer it for you, since Kal-El missed it completely. The 6-2 team was the best team in the SEC West last year. We're talking about Texas A&M of course. The 7-1 team was Alabama. Why do I think A&M was the best team? They beat Alabama, on Alabama's home field filled with Alabama fans. Alabama went to the SECCG, A&M went to the Cotton Bowl. What was the difference? SCHEDULING!