Who's your pick for the Football National championship?

[zephyr]

Lol. But that then makes bama out of playoff while simultaneously lowering uga's claim of close game against a playoff team

Or takes out Texas

[Bandwagon King]

You're right. Why would anyone want to watch the four best teams in the country? It's much more fun to watch less skilled teams who have a marginally better record.

Put a sock in it brah. The SEC was the third best conference this year. End of story.

[CajunVic]

Put a sock in it brah. The SEC was the third best conference this year. End of story.

I believe you what you mean is that there were at least three SEC teams were better than Washington in football this year and Washington was lucky to draw Texas as their simi-final opponent. I think I got that correct. That’s a whole sock drawer.

[cajun4life]

I believe you what you mean is that there were at least three SEC teams were better than Washington in football this year and Washington was lucky to draw Texas as their simi-final opponent. I think I got that correct. That’s a whole sock drawer.

Name them. Name the 3

[Million$Mullet]

Name them. Name the 3

They (UW) could beat everyone on his list except Georgia.

[CajunVic]

Name them. Name the 3

Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss

[cajun4life]

They (UW) could beat everyone on his list except Georgia.

Yup and I’m not really sold on UGA.

[CajunVic]

That is why they play the games.

[sportsfanatic21]

Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss

As you said a couple posts after this “that’s why they play the games”

The Texas team that Washington beat, beat Alabama. And Alabama beat Georgia.

Meanwhile, Alabama and Georgia both beat Ole Miss.

So the games were played.

[CajunVic]

As you said a couple posts after this “that’s why they play the games”

The Texas team that Washington beat, beat Alabama. And Alabama beat Georgia.

Meanwhile, Alabama and Georgia both beat Ole Miss.

So the games were played.

Really. Like I said, the bottom of your analysis is better than Washington. That analysis is the biggest cop out crock of an analysis but you go ahead and do you. If Vegas was asked to put out a line on Washington v any of those three SEC teams, Washington would be an underdog. You know it, I know it and everyone here knows it. Most analysis found on this board has Sunbelt bias and this is about the worst. We don’t usually see that from you, however it looks like you just could not resist on this one.

[JAB]

As you said a couple posts after this “that’s why they play the games”

The Texas team that Washington beat, beat Alabama. And Alabama beat Georgia.

Meanwhile, Alabama and Georgia both beat Ole Miss.

So the games were played.

Tracking a team's potential by comparing who they played to who the opponents played, to who those opponents played, to who those opponents played, is literally the worst way to assess how good a team is. It always leads to contradictions.

[CharlieK]

Tracking a team's potential by comparing who they played to who the opponents played, to who those opponents played, to who those opponents played, is literally the worst way to assess how good a team is. It always leads to contradictions.

Still better than arbitrarily thinking an SEC team is better just by virtue of being in the SEC.

All of this bull____ is why there should have been a 16 team playoff years ago.

[Turbine]

Tracking a team's potential by comparing who they played to who the opponents played, to who those opponents played, to who those opponents played, is literally the worst way to assess how good a team is. It always leads to contradictions.

Always.

However absent a floating 24-game regular season it is often the only viable metric.

[JAB]

Always.

However absent a floating 24-game regular season it is often the only viable metric.

It is not the only viable metric. It's hardly a viable metric at all. Under that method, we would say that Texas lost to Oklahoma, and Oklahoma lost to Kansas; therefore, Kansas is better than Texas.

The best way to assess a team's talent is to consider a wide array of factors together.

[CajunVic]

Always.

However absent a floating 24-game regular season it is often the only viable metric.

Maybe you can say only method but that does not make it a viable one. The test that JAB and I use is more akin to what Vegas would use in setting a line for those games were they to occur. We will get a better opportunity to see how that would have played out next year with a 12 team playoff. Until then, we each have our own beliefs on the subject without any real way to resolve the differences. We should do like good little brothers and good little sisters at this time and just agree to disagree until next year.