In the first step, they can use any criteria they want to pick four teams
In fact, I'd be surprised if committee members did NOT already factor the tie-breakers in their thinking BEFORE they actually got to tie-breakers
These two comments illustrate my point. Under that reasoning, you can't throw out conference championships. If you say in the first step, the committee can us any criteria they want, then you can't throw out conference championships. If you say that that committee members are factoring in the tie breakers before they actually get to the tie breaking process, then you can't throw out conference championships.
That's the reason for this whole argument. You keep trying to find a way to convince yourself that conference championships don't play a factor in the selection process. They certainly do, and it's obvious to anyone who is being honest.
GC, you may be late to dinner. This isn't a difference of opinion. This is about an interloper of unknown origin--he won't acknowledge his "tiger" allegiance, probably because no fanbase will claim him--who comes to this space and different topics with the same agenda. To throw water on U of L fans, their ambitions, their desires, etc.
And with the same argumentative, you-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about style. He drones on, and he won't take a hint.
So, you keep brow-beating him and sending him "love". I'm not a big fan of bans as you may know. My preference is to self police. And this clown is progressively alienating himself with most of the regulars here. Given a little more time, I'm optimistic that he will be taken care of.
That's until the next a$$hat comes along...
I put the name of Clemson's mascot in my screenname. I don't know how much more blatant I can get than that. That said, being a Clemson has nothing to do with this. My entire argument with you is that conference championships DO play a part in the selection process. It's simply dishonest to argue otherwise.
I'm also not trying to "throw cold water" on Louisville fans. I said repeatedly in the other threads that Louisville certainly CAN make the playoffs. The only thing I have said contrary is that Louisville can't make it the way you are claiming. Louisville has two paths to the playoffs:
1) Clemson loses multiple games. In that case, Louisville simply wins the conference, makes the playoffs at the ACC champ, and bingo, problem solved.
2) Other conference champs lose multiple games. For example, if the Pac 12 & Big 12 champs went 11-2, Louisville could jump over them at 11-1.
The only thing I have said "negative" is that if 4 P5 champions have 0/1 loss, Louisville won't jump them. That's certainly not an unreasonable statement, and it's consistent with what we have seen so far from the committee.
I'm also not argumentative, or "you-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about." You are describing yourself, not me. When this discussion started in another thread, I didn't even direct any comments at you. I was talking with other posters, and nobody had a problem until YOU started arguing with me and stooping to personal insults. You were the one with the "you-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about" attitude, not me. You are the one that started arguing, not me. In fact, when the previous thread was locked, you couldn't just leave well enough alone. You had to start an
entirely new thread, rehashing the same argument. I'm not the only one who notices that either, as one of the previous poster's comments illustrates.
