Curt Cignetti on IU’s notably soft non conference slate: “We figured we’d adopt the SEC scheduling model.”

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The irony is I was participating in an online discussion about the two playoff models (SEC vs B1G) and saying I like the B1G model much better because it rewards actual results instead of preseason human polls and hypothetical power like the SEC model.

There were multiple replies back from SEC folks pointing out Indiana's softening schedule choices as if that some how completely balances the two conferences and returns hypothetical matchups and results to the decision making forefront.
 

The big ten getting 4 auto bids is probably what is required for the big ten to move to a 10th conference game
 

I love the model of 4-4-2-2-1-1 model especially with the play in games of 3v6 and 4v5 on championship weekend. Like he says tOSU was the 4th seed in the B1G due to tiebreakers.

People in the SEC are simply irrational. They want to make claims of who all the teams play in their one P5 non conference game, like Texas at tOSU and Alabama/Wisconsin. They leave out the part that it's their 9th P5 game and the B1G's 10th P5 game on a 12 game schedule.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
I love the model of 4-4-2-2-1-1 model especially with the play in games of 3v6 and 4v5 on championship weekend. Like he says tOSU was the 4th seed in the B1G due to tiebreakers.

People in the SEC are simply irrational. They want to make claims of who all the teams play in their one P5 non conference game, like Texas at tOSU and Alabama/Wisconsin. They leave out the part that it's their 9th P5 game and the B1G's 10th P5 game on a 12 game schedule.
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exactly, and they really benefitted from the earlier set ups where their hypothetical power always got them 5 or so teams preseason ranked in the top 10 and then with a light non conference schedule, their only losses are nearly guaranteed to be to other highly ranked teams - which doesn't hurt their rankings much and at the end of the season, with either committee or poll rankings they could always get through the regular season with a bunch of their teams ranked highly. So, "at large" bids are very important to them because they are sure to get lots of their teams considered that way.

But by simply taking the top four - there is no incentive for them to play weak non-con opponents and suddenly recruiting rankings and human eyeballs are no longer a factor for who gets in the playoff.

It is crazy to listen to SEC people. They just shift gears on the fly. They used to say there was no comparison between their might and any other conference. Now that there is a playoff and teams like Notre Dame, Penn State, etc. look just as good as their playoff teams... they have just shifted to "well there is no comparison between the MIDDLE of the B1G and the MIDDLE of the SEC... completely ignoring actual results like MN>Auburn or Illinois bowl win last year. They love to keep things hypothetical where they have the top 12 teams in the country EVERY year. Ugh!
 



MaxyJR1 said:
I love the model of 4-4-2-2-1-1 model especially with the play in games of 3v6 and 4v5 on championship weekend. Like he says tOSU was the 4th seed in the B1G due to tiebreakers.

People in the SEC are simply irrational. They want to make claims of who all the teams play in their one P5 non conference game, like Texas at tOSU and Alabama/Wisconsin. They leave out the part that it's their 9th P5 game and the B1G's 10th P5 game on a 12 game schedule.
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I genuinely disagree with what the playoff is all about too.

Some people think it should be the “best” teams. But this is subjective.

I think it should be about finding out who “The Best” is. Which would mean if you already know someone isn’t the best you error on leaving them out.

Teams with 3-4 losses might very well be the 8th best team in the country. But I am certain they aren’t the best. So I would rather put in a team who might be worse than 3 loss bama on the off chance I’m wrong and they’re better.
College football historically has rewarded the best seasons not the best teams.
 

It's a great one liner although not entirely accurate. It is true that most SEC teams play 3 creampuffs but the majority also play at least one quality non-conf opponent.

Indiana's non-conf schedule is incredibly soft. Is what it is, as long as they don't complain when nobody takes them seriously until they actually beat a good team.

I like ours, 2 creampufs, one lower end power conference team.
 

MNVCGUY said:
It's a great one liner although not entirely accurate. It is true that most SEC teams play 3 creampuffs but the majority also play at least one quality non-conf opponent.

Indiana's non-conf schedule is incredibly soft. Is what it is, as long as they don't complain when nobody takes them seriously until they actually beat a good team.

I like ours, 2 creampufs, one lower end power conference team.
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Eleven B1G teams play 10 P4 teams. Four SEC teams play 10 P4 Teams.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Eleven B1G teams play 10 P4 teams. Four SEC teams play 10 P4 Teams.
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And having to play another conference game means only one conference team will win that game, so the other team will have have another loss.
 



MaxyJR1 said:
Eleven B1G teams play 10 P4 teams. Four SEC teams play 10 P4 Teams.
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"Yeah but playing Northwestern or Maryland is just like playing a non P4 team. While playing Kentucky or Mississippi St is like playing the 3rd best team in the Big Ten."

I think I did that right.
 

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