[stupac2]

On the things we think side, I would like to think that 3) and 4) depend upon the details. With the cfp committee, there really is nothing upon which to build any particular opinion. I wonder how much the general clamoring of the media actually affects these folks.

2) is also interesting. I think a properly functioning committee should violate this rule under appropriate circumstances. I suspect it won't happen if N=0. Last year, the most undeserving team was FSU, but it seems impossible to me that the committee could have left them out. But one loss versus two losses might be an interesting conversation under the right circumstances.

I mean, I disagree with those as rules. I think they're dumb and terrible and everything that is wrong with how people think about CFB. But they're also crazily pervasive and I don't think that the committee wants to be too controversial, so they probably won't violate them. But we don't know for sure! There isn't enough data. Hence why they're just things we think, rather than things we know.

[stupac2]

On the things we think side, I would like to think that 3) and 4) depend upon the details. With the cfp committee, there really is nothing upon which to build any particular opinion. I wonder how much the general clamoring of the media actually affects these folks.

2) is also interesting. I think a properly functioning committee should violate this rule under appropriate circumstances. I suspect it won't happen if N=0. Last year, the most undeserving team was FSU, but it seems impossible to me that the committee could have left them out. But one loss versus two losses might be an interesting conversation under the right circumstances.

I mean, I disagree with those as rules. I think they're dumb and terrible and everything that is wrong with how people think about CFB. But they're also crazily pervasive and I don't think that the committee wants to be too controversial, so they probably won't violate them. But we don't know for sure! There isn't enough data. Hence why they're just things we think, rather than things we know.