[stupac2]

We shall see. I suspect peer pressure and the desire to be viewed favorably in the media will be power forces with the committee, especially in the early years. I remember in the early 2000's the NCAA committee picked a Georgia team with a barely above 0.500 record based on their SOS and they were raked over the coals for it. But I think that Georgia team won a game or two in the tourney and somewhat vindicated it. It will take a track record of picking good teams to gain credibiltiy to make the unpopular choices.

What you're missing is that there is no such thing as a popular choice. Take this year, who do you put in? No matter what you do it'll cause controversy. The only way to eliminate controversy is to have a mechanistic system (like the NFL) where there's no human decision-making whatsoever. But no one wants that in CFB! They want the dog and pony show. They want the controversy. It makes good TV.

I think that the committee knows all this (these people aren't naifs) and won't care. They'll pick the teams they think are the best and the echo chamber will do its thing and it won't matter.

Then again, I'm clearly an optimist in a sea of pessimists on this topic. We'll almost certainly know more once they meet in the offseason.

[stupac2]

We shall see. I suspect peer pressure and the desire to be viewed favorably in the media will be power forces with the committee, especially in the early years. I remember in the early 2000's the NCAA committee picked a Georgia team with a barely above 0.500 record based on their SOS and they were raked over the coals for it. But I think that Georgia team won a game or two in the tourney and somewhat vindicated it. It will take a track record of picking good teams to gain credibiltiy to make the unpopular choices.

What you're missing is that there is no such thing as a popular choice. Take this year, who do you put in? No matter what you do it'll cause controversy. The only way to eliminate controversy is to have a mechanistic system (like the NFL) where there's no human decision-making whatsoever. But no one wants that in CFB! They want the dog and pony show. They want the controversy. It makes good TV.

I think that the committee knows all this (these people aren't naifs) and won't care. They'll pick the teams they think are the best and the echo chamber will do its thing and it won't matter.

Then again, I'm clearly an optimist in a sea of pessimists on this topic. We'll almost certainly know more once they meet in the offseason.