Paul Finebaum eviscerates CFP committee over UGA ranking: 'Are they watching football?'
Paul Finebaum was not pleased with where the College Football Playoff committee ranked the Georgia Bulldogs in their latest release of the rankings.
The committee had Kirby Smart’s team at No. 12 overall. Unfortunately, that has the Bulldogs currently out of the Playoff bracket with the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion (currently Boise State at No. 13 on the rankings) guaranteed a spot in the final field.
Finebaum thought such a ranking was blasphemy, considering the toughness of Georgia’s schedule and the true legitimacy of Ole Miss as an opponent. He went in on the committee during a Wednesday appearance for ESPN’s First Take:
“You have to start by saying that what the committee said last night was a complete travesty,” Finebaum said. “ They sit in a room at a five-star resort ordering caviar and champagne and sit around and talk about college football when they have 4,000 members to look at. So, I don’t know how they came up with these numbers.
“Georgia started the season against Clemson which has been ranked in the top 10 at the time. Their road schedule has been the toughest of anyone in the country, as you pointed out. They went to Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss. They’ve all been ranked in the top 10. They also went to Kentucky, which is very poor but they did beat Ole Miss, which is ranked inside the system.”
Finebaum went on to say it’s “embarrassing” for the sport to entrust the future of the postseason with this kind of committee while wondering if they’re even truly watching the games on the field:
“Are they watching football games or are they just looking at these thousand data points and just coming up with some conclusion?” pressed Finebaum. “It’s really embarrassing that college football, which is a great game, has invested to these people the challenge of coming up with an equitable Playoff.”
It is hard to argue with Finebaum here. This has been a year of pure shakeup within the SEC and it seems that there is no true top dog. And, if anything, Ole Miss looks as competitive as it ever has.
Georgia will continue to have the opportunity to prove itself as a true contender, facing a big one coming up as the Bulldogs prepare to take on the visiting Tennessee Volunteers with “College GameDay” out on the scene on Nov. 16.
So far, this is one of the poorer rankings from any committee. I agree with Finebaum.
You got beat by 2 teams who were beat by 2 teams. It’s not going to get any clearer than that. You have fallen and can’t get up.
Rent free.
Finebaum went on to say it’s “embarrassing” for the sport to entrust the future of the postseason with this kind of committee while wondering if they’re even truly watching the games on the field:
“Are they watching football games or are they just looking at these thousand data points and just coming up with some conclusion?” pressed Finebaum. “It’s really embarrassing that college football, which is a great game, has invested to these people the challenge of coming up with an equitable Playoff.”
Did you just wake up, Pete…
this has been going for over two decades, and because the pooch is the SEC this time, all of a sudden this kind of committee is embarrassing…
it’s been embarrassing for over two decades, but it didn’t matter when the “selection” committee was always “selecting” the SEC to be the winner.
And you now suddenly have the ballz to speak out about how unfair the committeee is; you’re such a man to do such a thing!
You got beat by a team that has 5 losses. Ouch.
My bad, just 4 losses. But still.
This is about the 6th article on Georgia being #1 preseason and left out of the playoff. Kirby does less with more. Georgia chokes. What did you guys think was going to happen?
Rent free.
Kirby does less with more. When did you think the chickens would come home to roost?
Rent free.
Obviously, SOS and wins against ranked teams don’t mean too much.
It’s the losses.
Then the loss to the mighty pigs should hurt you more than it has.
We are down to the 4th one loss team. How much further should a 1-loss SEC fall before you are satisfied?
Rent free.
To be honest, I think this is just a rant for a rant’s sake. Right this minute I can see no playoff without UGA. They have their flaws, but so does everyone else. The thing is that this will fix itself if they win this weekend. If they don’t, they are out with 3 losses prior to post season play. So, they control their own destiny. My complaint is with teams like Penn State, one ranked team played, and they lost. Indiana no ranked teams played, and they will only play one the whole regular season. BYU has played 2. Too many of these highly ranked teams have had worse than a cupcake schedule.
I agree. I don’t think the Committee is considering strength of schedule as it has in the past.
100%
It doesn’t matter. It’s rat poison. I’ll take it.
P Layoffs are a joke, It is all political. BYU, Iowa Indiana thise tyoe teams should nit be in the playoffs.