(01-02-2021 08:32 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-02-2021 01:19 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  The 2020 CFP committee demonstrated bias against Cincinnati in two ways - first, by ranking them significantly lower than the Bearcats had been ranked in the AP and Coaches poll for the past several weeks in a row, during which they had remained undefeated, despite the fact that all but two of the teams that they had ranked ahead of Cincy had been defeated at least once.

First, what if the CFP had ranked Cincy as the AP and Coaches polls had? What difference does it make if Cincy is ranked #6 or #8? Still not going to the playoffs.

Second, disagree about the opponent. If USF ever goes to an NY6 bowl, I would want us to face a true elite blue-blood program, and that's Georgia. I would not want to get matched up with other cinderellas like North Carolina or Iowa State or a 4-2 Oregon team that was barely ranked.

You want a shot at a high ranked, big name opponent, and Cincy got that.

Finally, as others have noted, since the Cotton had hosted the G5 last year and the Fiesta the year before that, it was the Peach Bowl's turn to do so this year. That wasn't changing. Georgia was the logical opponent for that game.

And btw, Georgia's home field is in Athens, about 60 miles east. I know, obviously they will have a very pro-Georgia crowd in Atlanta, but it wasn't literally a home game for Georgia.