Press release: http://collegefootballplayoff.com/news/2...th=general

The new members are:

-- Retired sportswriter Paola Boivin (Illinois alum, worked in Arizona as a sportswriter, currently a sports journalism staff member at Arizona State)

-- Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione (Big 12 rep on the committee; Maryland alum, former Missouri AD)

-- Retired football coach Ken Hatfield (Arkansas alum and football player, former head coach at Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, and Rice)

-- NFL Hall of Fame member Ronnie Lott (USC alum and football player)

-- Georgia Tech AD Todd Stansbury (ACC rep on the committee; GT alum and football player, former AD at Oregon State and at Central Florida)

-- Florida AD Scott Stricklin (SEC rep on the committee; Mississippi State alum, former Mississippi State AD)

On the question of "who is replacing who" on the committee, here's a good answer:

Not a solid G5 representative amongst them. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

The other 7 members of the committee (members who were on the committee this season and will still be on it next season) are:

-- Retired football coach Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech alum and football player, former Virginia Tech head coach)

-- Retired football coach Jeff Bower (Southern Miss alum and football player, former Southern Miss head coach)

-- Retired football coach Herb Deromedi (Michigan alum, former Central Michigan head coach and AD)

-- Robert Morris University president Chris Howard (Air Force Academy alum and football player)

-- Retired football coach Bobby Johnson (Clemson alum and football player, former head coach at Vanderbilt and Furman)

-- Oregon AD Rob Mullens (Pac-12 rep on committee; West Virginia alum)

-- Ohio State AD Gene Smith (Big Ten rep on committee; Notre Dame alum and football player, former AD at Arizona State, Iowa State, and Eastern Michigan)

I was hoping one of them would be the BCS computers.

(01-21-2018 11:56 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I was hoping one of them would be the BCS computers.

Well, for every year of the playoff, the committee's selections have picked the same top 4 teams for the playoff and the same teams for the other CFP bowls that would have been chosen if the BCS standings had been used.

Here's what the BCS standings would have looked like this past season:

I don't necessarily care if any of the members are from non-power schools. What is important to me is that the committee are fair, reasonable, and consistent. I don't believe they have been unreasonable. However, I don't believe they are necessarily fair or consistent.

I would prefer a merit-based system but with 130 schools in a sport that isn't as forgiving as basketball or baseball, having a massive playoff involving conference tournaments and a tiered national tournament to decide the national champion is not a logical solution.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/45...-extremism

This article is about politics, but it has an interesting point on group decision making. Like minded groups (like a bunch of major college executives on a CFP committee) move to extremes:

"...There are many reasons, but here’s a big one — the law of group polarization. In a piece last year, I briefly described the law and its effects Articulated by Cass Sunstein in a 1999 paper, the law posits that “in a striking empirical regularity, deliberation tends to move groups, and the individuals who compose them, toward a more extreme point in the direction indicated by their own predeliberation judgments.” In plain English, this means that like-minded groups grow more extreme over time, and that like-mindedness sometimes pushes groups toward so-called cascades — where they move quite rapidly to new consensus...."

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/45...-extremism