Arkansas AD to head selection committee

[Kaos]

Arkansas AD Jeff Long tapped to head football selection committee.



Right. Because this is a guy known for good decisions. 

Is that Bulemia's wife or Petrino's hookup? 

Also on the panel?
Archie Manning. What does he know about football beyond banging his wife and losing games? That idiot will try to put Ole Miss on there every year. 
 
Tyrone Willingham. Just because you cannot coach doesn't mean you should be on it.  He's a black Gene Chizik without the championship.

Oliver Luck. Qualification: Father of an oversized, overhyped gnome.

Pat Haden. Qualification: Hired Lane Kiffin. And Ed Orgeron. Yeah, he knows football. Yaw yaw yaw.

Dan Radakovich.  Qualification: At Clemson where their idiot coach bellows RAAWWWW TAAAHHHAD.

And a lot of fail including Oprah lite, Rice.


It's a joke.

[wesfau2]

Arkansas AD Jeff Long tapped to head football selection committee.





Is that Bulemia's wife or Petrino's hookup? 

Definitely not Jen Bielema, could be Dorrell, but I'm not sure.

Oliver Luck. Qualification: Father of an oversized, overhyped gnome.

To be fair, he's the AD at WV.

[Kaos]

Definitely not Jen Bielema, could be Dorrell, but I'm not sure.

To be fair, he's the AD at WV.

It's petrino's lady. I knew.

I also know Luck is at WV. But that's not his claim to fame.

[AUChizad]

I too instantly recognize the ol' bike wrecker.

[Godfather]

I too instantly recognize the ol' bike wrecker.

She looks uglier than I remember.  Course it is him so things being relative and all.

[Kaos]

Yes, because she is just hideous.



And that was hitting Petrino. *shudder*

And when you think about this:



being married to this:



You got to wonder what the heck is going on in Arkansas.

[Ranger12]

I don't have a problem with Archie Manning, but I can see where others would think he would have and SEC bias. Like I have said before, I don't have a problem with Rice. She is a very intelligent woman and has experience with dealing with a room full of idiots and egos. I do have a problem with current AD's being on the committee. I guess the point in having so many attachments to so many different conferences is they hope all the biased members will cancel each other out?

[Kaos]

I don't have a problem with Archie Manning, but I can see where others would think he would have and SEC bias. I do have a problem with current AD's being on the committee. I guess the point in having so many attachments to so many different conferences is they hope all the biased members will cancel each other out?

It's straight West Coast.  The inclusion of that chowderhead Manning is supposed to appease us.

Think about it:

Condomweezha Rice - Stanford (although she loves her some bama)
Oliver Luck - Kid is a Stanford hero even if he is at the cesspool known as WVU
Pat Haden - Current USC AD (what a joke this is)
Tyrone Willingham - Stanford and Washington
Tom Jernstedt - Oregon graduate and former Duck employee
Michael Gould - Colorado graduate

Thirteen members.  Two have SEC ties.  Six, or 31/83rds have Pac-10/West Coast allegiances.

It's a bad deal. 

[Townhallsavoy]

I can't believe I allowed myself to be shocked at the shittiness of the selection committee.  We shouldn't be surprised.  No one should.

The only consolation is that the SEC champion has had 1 loss or less 14 times since 1992.  I would be very, very surprised if a one loss SEC champion did not make it into the playoff. 

But yes, we are going to see a huge influx of Pac 12 over the upcoming years.  You're seeing it with ESPN lately.  I think ESPN recognizes that the Big 10 is dying if not already dead.  Old people who cherish the Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State brands are dying off.  The real attention is on the schools in warm sunny weather that attract hot girls and fast athletes. 

[Token]

I can't believe I allowed myself to be shocked at the shittiness of the selection committee.  We shouldn't be surprised.  No one should.

The only consolation is that the SEC champion has had 1 loss or less 14 times since 1992.  I would be very, very surprised if a one loss SEC champion did not make it into the playoff. 

But yes, we are going to see a huge influx of Pac 12 over the upcoming years.  You're seeing it with ESPN lately.  I think ESPN recognizes that the Big 10 is dying if not already dead.  Old people who cherish the Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Nebraska, and Penn State brands are dying off.  The real attention is on the schools in warm sunny weather that attract hot girls and fast athletes.

You're right, but you can damn well bet IF 2 SEC teams end up with one loss and both are worthy of being in the top 4, one isn't going to make it.

[Townhallsavoy]

You're right, but you can damn well bet IF 2 SEC teams end up with one loss and both are worthy of being in the top 4, one isn't going to make it.

Which one won the conference? 

I'm okay with that honestly.  I wouldn't mind making the playoff regional and picking the four best conference champions. 

I mean, if we're going to be honest, last year, the playoff should have featured Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, and Notre Dame. 

[Token]

Which one won the conference? 

I'm okay with that honestly.  I wouldn't mind making the playoff regional and picking the four best conference champions. 

I mean, if we're going to be honest, last year, the playoff should have featured Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, and Notre Dame.

Because those were the best 4 teams. But you honestly think any selection committee is going to put 3 teams from the same conference even it is apparent those are the best 3 teams? Especially THAT committee?

And again, if you're going with best 4 conference champions, you still probably won't be putting best 4 teams in.

[AUChizad]

Because those were the best 4 teams. But you honestly think any selection committee is going to put 3 teams from the same conference even it is apparent those are the best 3 teams? Especially THAT committee?

And again, if you're going with best 4 conference champions, you still probably won't be putting best 4 teams in.

If there's a conference championship game, there's no need to send two teams from one conference. Think of conference play as the first 12 rounds of the playoff.

Bama & LSU a couple of years ago had no business happening. Yes, LSU was clearly unprepared for the championship game, but they proved during the season that they were the better team.

[Token]

So then, you don't want the best 4 teams in the country. Just the 4 best teams from different conferences. 

[RWS]

Bama & LSU a couple of years ago had no business happening. Yes, LSU was clearly unprepared for the championship game, but they proved during the season that they were the better team.

Fuck, not this again. 

Just because LSU beat Alabama during the season, that doesn't mean that Alabama can't be the second best team in the country.  It wasn't a hard concept to understand then, and it still isn't now.     

[Townhallsavoy]

So then, you don't want the best 4 teams in the country. Just the 4 best teams from different conferences.

Yes and no.

I along with you and other SEC fans would say that last year was obvious that three of the four best teams were SEC conference members.  That may have been true, but we don't know.  We do know that Alabama proved to be the best of those three teams.  Therefore, if we're going to really give multiple teams the chance to prove that they are #1, then we do need to consider that there are different conferences playing good football. 

[Token]

Yes and no.

I along with you and other SEC fans would say that last year was obvious that three of the four best teams were SEC conference members.  That may have been true, but we don't know.  We do know that Alabama proved to be the best of those three teams.  Therefore, if we're going to really give multiple teams the chance to prove that they are #1, then we do need to consider that there are different conferences playing good football.

Ok, let's take the year Bama clearly shouldn't have been in the title talk.

Conference champs

#1 LSU 13-0
#3 Oklahoma St. 11-1
#5 Oregon 11-2
#10 Wisconsin 11-2
#15 Clemson 10-3
#18 TCU 10-2
#21 Southern Miss 11-2
#23 West Virginia 9-3

Which 4 would you take and feel confident that you are putting the best 4 teams in college football in the playoff?

Teams you would be passing up on solely because they didn't win their conference.

#2 Alabama 11-1
#4 Stanford 11-1
#6 Arkansas 10-2
#8 Kansas State 10-2
#9 South Carolina 10-2

Not to mention, you are effectively saying, if you can't beat the #1 team, that you cant be #2, #3, or #4.

[Townhallsavoy]

Ok, let's take the year Bama clearly shouldn't have been in the title talk.

When did I say that?

Conference champs

#1 LSU 13-0
#3 Oklahoma St. 11-1
#5 Oregon 11-2
#10 Wisconsin 11-2
#15 Clemson 10-3
#18 TCU 10-2
#21 Southern Miss 11-2
#23 West Virginia 9-3

Which 4 would you take and feel confident that you are putting the best 4 teams in college football in the playoff?

Teams you would be passing up on solely because they didn't win their conference.

#2 Alabama 11-1
#4 Stanford 11-1
#6 Arkansas 10-2
#8 Kansas State 10-2
#9 South Carolina 10-2

Not to mention, you are effectively saying, if you can't beat the #1 team, that you cant be #2, #3, or #4.

I'd admit that in 2011, there was the rare, rare, rare, rare, rare occurrence that Alabama was so good along with LSU that they both deserved to be in the top 4 playoff. 

But if the committee said, "Sorry, Alabama.  We've already seen you lose to LSU, and there's no reason why they should have to play you again," I'd be 100% ok with it.

And if they came out with this:

#1 LSU vs. #4 Wisconsin
#3 Oklahoma State vs. #5 Oregon 

I'd be happy.  No debate on who the true national champion was after that playoff. 

[Token]

When did I say that?

I'd admit that in 2011, there was the rare, rare, rare, rare, rare occurrence that Alabama was so good along with LSU that they both deserved to be in the top 4 playoff. 

But if the committee said, "Sorry, Alabama.  We've already seen you lose to LSU, and there's no reason why they should have to play you again," I'd be 100% ok with it.

And if they came out with this:

#1 LSU vs. #4 Wisconsin
#3 Oklahoma State vs. #5 Oregon 

I'd be happy.  No debate on who the true national champion was after that playoff.

And I'd say again, if you aren't putting the best 4 teams in the playoff, then what is the point? Other than pacifying conferences like the Big 10 that play average-good football, but not great.  In reality, you'd be better off going back to pre BCS and letting the bowls pick who they want.

[djsimp]

I'm just gonna put it simple, this committee is turning out to be a joke. Its like whoever is putting this committee together is trying too hard.