Rooting For The Miami Hurricanes

[orangemass]

Think I'm headed over to that UHND board, to experience and bask in the crying.

So happy. Since I experienced the yankee stadium notre dame infomercial I can’t stand them

 

[pokercuse08]

When a conf has a system that some hows lets the 5th best team in things always go bad.

but the SEC and B10 have the same issue it just has never played out that way yet

The ACC should seriously consider changing the tiebreaking procedure to involve CFP ranking. Make the second or third tiebreaker something like "if one team is in the top 25 in CFP ranking and nobody else in the tiebreaker is ranked, the ranked team wins the tiebreaker."

It would avoid disastrous scenarios like the one they had. I wouldn't want to see them dispense with standard tiebreakers if it's like the #17 and #21 teams, because they both have a chance and the conference results should be prioritized. But it was terrible for the conference that Duke got into the ACCCG in the first place, let alone winning it.

There could also be scenarios where it is the difference in one or two teams making the playoff. Imagine UVA was undefeated and a slam dunk to be in, but the rest of the tiebreaker was the same and Miami was on the bubble. Miami getting in and beating UVA would mean two teams. Miami not getting in probably would have meant one.

 

[WoadBlue]

ACC tiebreaker should be overall record, period.

Playoff ranking. The ACC is best off the more teams it gets into the playoffs each year. So, I would make all football tie breakers be based on the Playoff committee rankings.

 

[Chip]

ACC tiebreaker should be overall record, period.

Or even CFP ranking. CCG games are basically only there to help you. So help yourselves. They dodged a bullet.

 

[hoopsupstate]

ACC tiebreaker should be overall record, period.

Should be highest ranked team from the committee.

 

[Atlcuse44]

I feel that if ND and Miami played now, ND wins. But you cant ignore the earlier match-up for hypotheticals. It is nice to give teams like JMU and Tulane a chance but ND, Vandy, Texas, etc would probably smoke them. We will see an expanded playoff again soon.

 

[upperdeck]

There is nothing stopping a team from being 8-0 in league and 0-4 out. But in a 5 way tie they need to think it thru better.

 

[Scooch]

1) I don’t root for the ACC or feel compelled to root for any team in it. We’re in this conference as a marriage of convenience and the act of my rooting doesn’t affect an outcome anyway.

2) ACC tie breaker MUST be highest ranked CFP team. Period. Anything else is moronic. I was dumbfounded to learn that wasn’t the tie breaker already. But then again this conference is dumb

 

[PhatOrange]

At the end of the day ND should have taken care of business versus Texas A&M. They didn't they lost, and they lost to the two best teams on their schedule.

That said, Bama should not be in.

 

[llandz]

Don't all of the ACC schools profit monetarily with Miami in?

 

[JustPherU]

At the end of the day ND should have taken care of business versus Texas A&M. They didn't they lost, and they lost to the two best teams on their schedule.

That said, Bama should not be in.

Who do you put in then? Alabama beat Georgia,Vanderbilt,Missouri and Tennessee in consecutive weeks.What team has that many good wins?

 

[bnoro]

1) I don’t root for the ACC or feel compelled to root for any team in it. We’re in this conference as a marriage of convenience and the act of my rooting doesn’t affect an outcome anyway.

2) ACC tie breaker MUST be highest ranked CFP team. Period. Anything else is moronic. I was dumbfounded to learn that wasn’t the tie breaker already. But then again this conference is dumb

Eh, the ACC missing out on the playoff would've been horrific publicity for the league and we would've had to deal with that perception for the foreseeable future.

 

[OrangePA]

1) I don’t root for the ACC or feel compelled to root for any team in it. We’re in this conference as a marriage of convenience and the act of my rooting doesn’t affect an outcome anyway.

2) ACC tie breaker MUST be highest ranked CFP team. Period. Anything else is moronic. I was dumbfounded to learn that wasn’t the tie breaker already. But then again this conference is dumb

Ugh.

Every school is in a marriage of convenience - financial advantage.

These are not affairs of the heart.

It is to the financial advantage of the ACC for Miami to participate and to play well. The ACC needs to remain a power conference- this will help.

Ultimately, what benefits the ACC, benefits Syracuse University.

So, I’m rooting for Miami.

 

[Scooch]

Eh, the ACC missing out on the playoff would've been horrific publicity for the league and we would've had to deal with that perception for the foreseeable future.

I get it. The ACC already has a terrible reputation. I’m not sure it’s any better because the committee took pity on the conference and included Miami. Everyone knows what went down.

I’m glad we got the money. Hooray money. That’s all this sport is about anyway.

 

[sufandu]

Miami took care of business and beat two ranked teams OOC. Duke lost to UConn and Tulane.

Sure. This year. You couldn't see it going differently in other years?

 

[sufandu]

Except Miami played a top 10 team in their OOC. They also beat FSU who pasted Bama. At the end of the day while the transitive property doesn't always work, you are left with little else when such massively unbalanced schedules are at play, they also have wins against teams that have victories over 3 of the top 5 SEC teams.

See my reply to bnoro. I'm not just looking at how this year played out. When establishing rules like that, you try to account for the future. Conference championships should be decided within the conference. Do we really want it fixed? Get rid of the idiotic bloated conferences with their idiotic unbalanced schedules. Everyone plays everyone with no stupid conference championship game. Of course we don't want that though.

 

[bnoro]

I get it. The ACC already has a terrible reputation. I’m not sure it’s any better because the committee took pity on the conference and included Miami. Everyone knows what went down.

I’m glad we got the money. Hooray money. That’s all this sport is about anyway.

How did they take pity on the conference? Miami deserved to get in over ND because they beat them on the football field.

 

[Scooch]

How did they take pity on the conference? Miami deserved to get in over ND because they beat them on the football field.

If UVA won last night I’m certain that Miami is left out. Miami got in because they decided that the ACC had to have a bid. The head to head aspect gave them cover. Clearly they didn’t really care about that given how ND was ranked ahead of Miami last week.

 

[Cusefan95]

How did they take pity on the conference? Miami deserved to get in over ND because they beat them on the football field.

I wouldn’t characterize it as taking pity on Miami…but this was definitely a political calculation by the committee. The committee had Notre Dame ahead of Miami for 5 weeks, then flipped today.

If you think BYU losing meant the committee suddenly decided to compare Notre Dame and Miami when they hadn’t done it at any point in the last six weeks and remembered Miami won the head-to-head - I have a bridge in the Nevada desert to sell you.

This looks like an effort to help out the ACC, and to preserve conference championship games since Alabama getting knocked out by losing would start that discussion. It’s why SMU made it last year, conferences want to maintain that revenue stream. Notre Dame telling the bowls thanks but no thanks may help normalize teams that miss the playoffs passing on bowls…we’ll have to see over the next five years if this is the beginning of a trend. I don’t particularly care one way or the other.