Northern Iowa - Quality Win?

[fourthandshort]

Agree they still make mistakes, just notably less obvious.

Over time and under pressure to do it better, they've been forced posy a top 10 after games 8, 9, and 10. Then post the bids after game 11. In addition, they were forced to disclose their rationale. As a result, they've been forced to be more transparent about who and why over time. And they've further noted they will rely on RPI as objective support.

They also get pressure from polls like Stats and AGS. In fact, observing AGS over time, they usually do the best job simply because of their forum's transparency publishing each voters votes each week and then questioning each other's questionable votes. Coaches poll is generally worthless at FCS level .. too regionalized, too lazy, and zero transparency. Stats is better because there is more oversight by the people who run the site .. and they at least try to steer voters on objective direction .. see below link as to how Stats tries to steer Stats and the FCS selection committee.

FCS: Week 10 Resumes For The Top 10 Ranked Teams .. note Stats now adding Massey SOS to each of the FCS Selection Committees Top 10s, along with quality wins (then and current).

Further noting, there has been far more articles and press releases on this very topic. Resulting in selection committee trying harder to incorporate SOS overall and game by game when deciding on bubble teams and top 8 seeding in particular. The whole top 10 lists and then publishing the last 4 in and last 4 out thing is the most tangible evidence of this and a great thing .. it's transparency that leads to better selections when they deal with usual backlash from ADs/Coaches and fans in general. They can't ignore it.

But yes, they still make mistakes .. just far less than they used to.

p.s. regardless of whether you disagree partly or largely with my views on this. Please trust I have followed this stuff closely and over the last 10+ years. It is going in right direction, but still can be improved.

Just learned the FCS Selection Committee recently cut back their week 8, 9, 10 sneak previews to week 8 only. Hmmm .. I can see not doing all 3, but just 1 seems like an over correction. Maybe do release after week 8 and week 10 only. Week 8 only really seems like they are doing the bare mininum.

 

[Virginia Redbird]

Read the post you are responding to - honestly. I started by quoting Coach Spack. He's the one that said it's a player's game. Not me. I did say I mostly agreed with him, but not completely. I mostly agree because if I had to pick the team with the better players or the better coach to win a game, I'd go with the players. That doesn't mean that I think that coaches can't influence games. I know they do.

You said "You need good players of course but who recruits them?
Umm, I said almost the exact same thing. "I would add though that's it is up to him to recruit those players." I answered your question before you even posted it.

And "anticipated slide back to losing season after losing season."
I'm not sure who is anticipating that. Coach Spack had a winning season last year and his chances of another winning season this year are very good.

And finally, you once took a jab at me for an "insightful" comment, but I think you have me beat when it comes to cutting edge original insight.

Insightful as always Red!