(01-04-2018 10:09 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I agree that there are other claims to a national title out there that are as ridiculous as UCF's claim. But that doesn't make UCF's claim any less ridiculous or more valid. Those 10-20 other bogus NC's that you reference are ridiculous and not to be taken seriously either, their existence doesn't means UCF's has any legitimacy.

UCF has as much right to their silly banner as a lot of other schools.
This banner becomes part of their legacy, the tradition of UCF football, their hook-and-lateral, statue-left Boise State Fiesta Bowl that puts them on the map.

(01-04-2018 10:15 AM)leofrog Wrote:  Underrated is different than from declaring them national champions after beating the #7 team. I agree that they were underrated, but the majority of the country was not saying they should have been in the playoff on 12/3.

Except that most everybody says they're underrated, and most everybody can make a claim. Not everybody can say they're undefeated and underrated, in a situation where you can't say "UCF didn't play anybody good", because their bowl opponent beat both NCG teams.

(01-04-2018 10:30 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  To go from "well maybe UCF was a few spots under-rated" which is about all anyone was saying before the bowls to "UCF has earned a share of the national title!" because they beat a 3-loss, #7 team in the Peach Bowl, is an extreme leap of illogic.

[SPOCK]Captain, the record indicates that your "college football" is, in fact, highly illogical.[/SPOCK]

(01-04-2018 10:39 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 10:35 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Well there is the losers bracket playoffs while the only team in the country not in losers bracket is now claiming championship...sorry in sports...1loss<0

Actually no, as there are many examples of teams winning championships with more losses than other teams. A focus on losses alone is idiotic, as it ignores who you played.

That idiocy is wired into the DNA of college football. It's changing (before the CFP era, Ohio State's 2014 loss to Virginia Tech would have eliminated them from national title contention), but not anymore.

(01-04-2018 10:47 AM)otown Wrote:  Too many people are looking at this the wrong way. The whole champion designation and even the Disney parade on Sunday is mainly about getting the discussion in the mainstream about the plight of the G5 being underranked, and expanding the discusion about making changes to the playoff, mainly expanding it.

I have to say that it's working, because what should be talk about the Georgia and Alabama this week is being overtaken on message boards and the media by UCF talk.

What this guy said. AAC fans may be overrating how much anyone will remember this in a week, (or how many people are in fact up in arms about it now--probably not a majority of fans), but this is a building block and a talking point to make sure that, if the playoff goes from 4 to 8, that the Access Bowl becomes a playoff spot.