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I don't like how one can read those after your statement.

My reply was supposed to be in reply to VPIhokieME, and not you.

So can you tell me which member voted for which teams to be in the playoff and why?

It was meant to be a shot at the selection committee (which I don't like). Just a joke, that's all.

How much of this is QB recognition of the blocking schemes? Should Brewer be rolling with the protection or stepping up in the pocket? That Wake clip looks like a wide receiver could have recognized the blitz and broke off on a quick slant. The Miami clip I don't think Brew or the RT saw the LB hiding behind the DE. The woes are not just with the line but the whole team in recognizing the situation and adjusting. I know its not easy. Trust needs to be built that most everyone will do their assignment. But playmakers recognize mismatches and bad situations and adjust.

If there is any indication that a case might, maybe, somehow, possibly be taken to court, you don't release information. There is nothing to gain and a lot to lose by speaking publicly, and the fact that they've kept the incident private says nothing but that their lawyer is competent.

Ah! But is it worth the ~$2000 odd you pay for box tickets (or however these are being handled) to not have to stuff one's crotch?

It's a nice convenience not to have to stuff your crotch for sure, but I suspect the drinks will still be completely over priced when you buy them, so to me personally, I'd rather do the undergrad-route!

http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-committee

  • Jeff Long (chairman) Arkansas athletic director
  • Barry Alvarez Wisconsin athletic director
  • Michael C. Gould Former Air Force Academy superintendent
  • Pat Haden USC athletic director
  • Kirby Hocutt Texas Tech athletic director
  • Tom Jernstedt Former NCAA executive vice president
  • Bobby Johnson Former Vanderbilt head coach
  • Tom Osborne Former Nebraska coach and athletic director
  • Dan Radakovich Clemson athletic director
  • Condoleezza Rice Former U.S. Secretary of State and Stanford provost
  • Mike Tranghese Former Big East commissioner The American
  • Steve Wieberg Former USA Today reporter
  • Tyrone Willingham Former Stanford / Notre Dame / Washington head coach

from the Wiki:

The committee's voting method uses multiple ballots, similar to the NCAA basketball tournament selection process. From a large initial pool of teams, the group takes numerous votes on successive tiers of teams, considering six at a time and coming to a consensus on how they should be ranked, then repeating the process with the next tier of teams. Discussion and debate happens at each voting step. All votes are by secret ballot, and committee members do not make their ballots public.[31] Each week's ranking process begins anew, with no weight given to the previous week's selections.[33]

Committee members who are currently employed or financially compensated by a school, or have family members who have a current financial relationship (which includes football players), are not allowed to vote for that school. During deliberations about a team's selection, members with such a conflict of interest cannot be present, but can answer factual questions about the institution.[31] All committee members have past ties to certain NCAA institutions,[27] but the committee decided to ignore those ties in the recusal requirements. "We just boiled it down to where we felt this group was fit to its high integrity and would differentiate from those past relationships," Long said.[31] Some football writers, like Dodd and Mark Schlabach, have said the recusal arrangement isn't transparent or objective, suggesting that members' alma maters and former coaching jobs should be considered disqualifying conflicts of interest.

I'm just going to pull for the 22 or so guys that make it on to the field this season, and hope that all involved with is learn from the experience and make improvements where necessary.

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