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Joe Lunardi

The SEC has definitely manipulated the NET rankings, Alabama was 8-5 OOC and they’re considered a quad 1 team?
 
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The SEC has definitely manipulated the NET rankings, Alabama was 8-5 OOC and they’re considered a quad 1 team?

They played one of the toughest schedules. They’re clearly quad 1. And Virginia clearly sucks. They’ve been blown out by average teams numerous times with a really weak set of wins.
 
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Joe has 20-14 A&M safely in and 23-10 Virginia out? Virginia even beat them head to head by 12. Something is definitely wrong if that is how it ends up.
I believe aTm has a much tougher SOS and.more quad 1 wins, more quad 1a eins too.
A better comparison woupd be Michigan State and UVA. How MSU is safely in, is mind boggling. They just kept every game close, but they have 13 losses.
 
I believe aTm has a much tougher SOS and.more quad 1 wins, more quad 1a eins too.
A better comparison woupd be Michigan State and UVA. How MSU is safely in, is mind boggling. They just kept every game close, but they have 13 losses.
Tougher by what metric? They beat them by 12 head to head. Whatever metric they are using is not good, the SEC isn’t that tough as the metric system makes them out to be.
 
Again, Alabama was 8-5 OOC, how are they 9th in the net rankings? That’s crazy using that metric to compare who is better, especially since one team had a better record and won head to head EASILY. Flawed system
 
Tougher by what metric? They beat them by 12 head to head. Whatever metric they are using is not good, the SEC isn’t that tough as the metric system makes them out to be.
I get the h2h thing, but one team got better and has better wins, the other team didn't get better and lost to a bunch of bad teams.

The SEC metrics are very high, ranked 1st, or 2nd in every metric I've seen. The ACC is nowhere close to the top 2 leagues and that hurts UVA.

Alabama is high in the metrics because they have a top 3 offense. UVA doesn't have good metrics period.
 
I get the h2h thing, but one team got better and has better wins, the other team didn't get better and lost to a bunch of bad teams.

The SEC metrics are very high, ranked 1st, or 2nd in every metric I've seen. The ACC is nowhere close to the top 2 leagues and that hurts UVA.

Alabama is high in the metrics because they have a top 3 offense. UVA doesn't have good metrics period.
Vanderbilt beat A&M…..VANDERBILT
 
He’s got 9 SEC teams in the dance? He’s got 15-10 A&M in and they have lost to every decent non conference team they played, they have also lost to bad teams such as LSU, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas. I get the ESPN hype for everything SEC but damn! Alabama is kicking everyone around in the SEC, they were 8-5 OOC. The SEC is like a liberal and ESPN is CNN.
A ton of truth here in regards to ESPN’s constant promotion of all things SEC and the impact it has on the college game. It’s been going on for damn near 2 decades now.
 
I get the h2h thing, but one team got better and has better wins, the other team didn't get better and lost to a bunch of bad teams.

The SEC metrics are very high, ranked 1st, or 2nd in every metric I've seen. The ACC is nowhere close to the top 2 leagues and that hurts UVA.

Alabama is high in the metrics because they have a top 3 offense. UVA doesn't have good metrics period.
Bama being high in the metrics is a great example of why the metrics are flawed. That is one soft ass team.
 
Bama being high in the metrics is a great example of why the metrics are flawed. That is one soft ass team.
I've been saying the metrics are flawed for several years now. There is too much weight put on certain things and a lot of coaches have figured out a way to game the metrics.
I don't think Alabama belongs that high and I don't think Michigan State should be in, but both are where they are due to flaws in the metrics.
Also, there's very little chatter with regards to quad 1a, just quad 1. That needs to change. A win at home over VT, is not the same as winning at Tennessee, or at duke.
 
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T A&M is one of those “who did you beat” v “who did you lose to” arguments. They did both and did both a lot. They’ll probably get in because most years they seem to care more about who you beat.
 
The Big 12 has done the same thing. In fact, they may be worse than the SEC.

Oklahoma has no business in the tournament, and yet they're gonna be safely in.

What makes you think they’re safely in? Lunardi has them in the last 4. Which teams that are projected to be left out are clearly better?

I think Cincinnati has an argument to be in over them though. That’s an underrated team.
 
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