(12-07-2018 08:58 AM)The Knight Time Wrote: (12-03-2018 09:31 AM)george14 Wrote: I root for the G5 but UCF had a disgraceful schedule this year. They played no one and last year shouldn't matter for this year. Their schedule was similar to WMU's in 2016 where they killed it, but also played scrubs.
Yawn.
We slaughtered a team that played for the ACC title. Destroyed a Top 25 team. Beat a very good Memphis team, TWICE, that literally threw everything at us. Beat a very good Temple team that slaughtered Maryland. Beat down USF on their home turf; a USF team that beat both Georgia Techa nd Illinois.
Oh by the way, that same Pitt team that UCF could have beat 65-7 had Notre Dame pinned in the 4th quarter and only lost by 5.
It's also not our fault that FAU decided to fall on their face and not live up to expectations.
You make good points, let me disect the argument...
Transitives are all over the place... connecting the dots isn't as important when you have final resumes to look at. Any boasting over Maryland is non sense... They were 5-7.
You slaughtered Pitt... Good win. They are 7-6. They won a division in an odd off year for the Coastal. Akron beat BIG10 West Champ Northwestern, that doesn't mean the Zips are good.
Memphis and Temple and UC are good wins. But in a league like the ACC, those wins don't compare to Syracuse, Miami U, Clemson, whoever you want to put in there with more depth and athlete's than top tier AAC teams. ***By the way our 3 loss MAC East Champ beat Temple. That's a good argument that most G5 leagues have teams that can compete with the top of the AAC. (UCF excluded probably).***
It's not UCFs fault that FAU isn't good... you are right. But the in-conference comparison to any P5 league is the pitfall. Total SOS by any metric puts UCF behind the 8 ball. Without Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin etc. week after week after week, then paired with mid level P5 and G5 games OOC??? You just arent in the conversation for the national title.
I believe UCF would win a couple P5 divisions. But they'd probably resemble more of a Utah or Iowa State than Clemson or Alabama. Even if you are as good as Washington or Texas you are firmly out of this conversation for top 4. Even if UCF ran the table with Washington's schedule, THAT wouldn't be top 4 worthy. Auburn, Oregon, WAZZU and Utah are their best foes. It's certainly not better than Oklahomas wins. Clemson? Perhaps.
This brings me back to the main argument. The 4 teams in the playoff beat every single team they played. Oklahoma avenged it's loss... Take the 4 best wins of everyone...
Oklahoma: Iowa State, Texas, WVU, Oklahoma State/ Baylor.
Clemson: TAMU, Pitt, Syracuse, BC
Alabama: TAMU, LSU, Georgia, Miss State.
ND: Stanford, Syracuse, Pitt, Michigan
UCF: Memphis x2, UC, Pitt
Is it really that hard to figure out why UCF isn't in the top 4??
Do you want 8 teams? Beating Auburn last year and doing it this year vs LSU would be a compelling argument for UCF. (I think UCF will pound LSU), but that's a team who didn't even score on Alabama. The entire point of a 4 team playoff is to see who is #1. IMO UCF doesn't have an argument because about 12 teams would be undefeated with UCFs schedule.... Sorry.
The entire life of college football up until 2014 was not fair for the little guy.... What's changed? We weren't in the top 2 then and we aren't in top 4 now. Houston had a CHANCE a couple years ago with Louisville, and TT and Standard or whoever they played. Navy and Temple being good helped as well. It's not impossible for a G5 team to get in, but it has to be a perfect storm.