Oregon held on to the #2 spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff Committee rankings, behind #1 Alabama and ahead of undefeated, defending national champion Florida State.
Seminole fans are seething and fomenting in the Twitterverse and Social Media, decrying the logic of a system that discounts wins and emphasizes arcane concepts like game control and bodies of work.
The Seminole faithful point out that they haven’t lost a game since 2012. Skeptics from the left coast point to a schedule that includes The Citadel and 5-5 Oklahoma State, with just one game against a team the committee includes in its current Top 25, #22 Clemson, which took the ‘Noles to overtime back in September.
Jameis Winston has led them to five comeback wins, but he’s thrown 12 interceptions to go with his 18 TDs, 7 of those in the last four weeks. They needed a bank shot slop miracle to defeat Miami, and pass that caromed off the chest of a Hurricane defender at the ten.
Ohio State, TCU and Baylor crowd Mississippi State for the hotly-contested #4 spot. The Bulldogs dropped just three places after a 25-20 road loss to Alabama Saturday night.
The Ducks weren’t heavily penalized for their scoreless effort against BYE, and have a chance to redeem themselves Saturday if they win decisively over Ralphie and his hapless herd of Buffaloes, who have been mowed down in the PAC-12 like steaming carcasses, 0-7 in league play.
Royce Freeman stands ready to steam across the Autzen plain like an iron horse, and Marcus Mariota will step off the caboose with a repeating rifle.
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