eSECpn Bias

[DomiNUs]

Just in case you didn't believe it, check out the front page of espn. No headlines of Arkansas getting thumped by Toledo, nor of Auburn nearly getting beat by Jacksonville St., or any headlining of Oklahoma taking out Tennessee. Total and complete bias. There is no objectivity whatsoever.

 

[ZRod]

Who cares?

 

[Mierin]

Of course they're biased, but we've had this conversation a million times, and their front page is about boxing right now. If you go to their home page on college football, all of those stories are 1/3 of the page down.

 

[DomiNUs]

When there is ten SEC teams in the top 25, a lot of people should care about it.

 

[ZRod]

It's meaningless. You'll figure it out soon. Things have evolved.

 

[DomiNUs]

What has evolved?

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

What has evolved?

The top 25 is meaningless. We saw it last year, it has evolved to a committee. They are all that matters, and they aren't the types to give a sh#t about the polls.

 

[DomiNUs]

What has evolved?

The top 25 is meaningless. We saw it last year, it has evolved to a committee. They are all that matters, and they aren't the types to give a sh#t about the polls.

That's incorrect. Just because there is a playoff committee does not mean they are not influenced by the polls. In fact, based on their early rankings last year, I suspect that that's where they start.

 

[Mierin]

What has evolved?

The top 25 is meaningless. We saw it last year, it has evolved to a committee. They are all that matters, and they aren't the types to give a sh#t about the polls.

That's incorrect. Just because there is a playoff committee does not mean they are not influenced by the polls. In fact, based on their early rankings last year, I suspect that that's where they start.

Would you say they were incorrect on the 4 teams that made it into the playoffs last year?

 

[Dagerow]

I agree with the OP. In fact, I thought of starting a similar thread. They (during games) referred to the SEC games as flukes, and in other segments, talk about how the Big10 got man handled in games (this was prior to Mich/Mich St's wins). And if you don't think it matters, your wrong.

 

[DomiNUs]

What has evolved?

The top 25 is meaningless. We saw it last year, it has evolved to a committee. They are all that matters, and they aren't the types to give a sh#t about the polls.

That's incorrect. Just because there is a playoff committee does not mean they are not influenced by the polls. In fact, based on their early rankings last year, I suspect that that's where they start.

Would you say they were incorrect on the 4 teams that made it into the playoffs last year?

For the most part yes. They got it right at the end.

 

[Redux]

There should really only be a max of 7 SEC teams "ranked" tomorrow.

 

[Kernal]

It may not matter for the playoffs so much anymore, which is good. But it matters with media coverage for a few critical months during prime recruiting season. All that free publicity and positive branding is a big deal.

Glad a few of those overrated teams were exposed already. And it's hilarious that Pig Suey Bielema lost to Toledo after complaining about Ohio State's "easy" schedule.

 

[Mierin]

I did notice during the BYU game, they were going through the list of top 10 teams and talked about 3 different teams winning in the last second, or whatever. And they pretended the Auburn game didn't happen

 

[Branno]

I did notice during the BYU game, they were going through the list of top 10 teams and talked about 3 different teams winning in the last second, or whatever. And they pretended the Auburn game didn't happen

It goes against their default narrative. No one can compete with the SEC. Especially not FCS teams.