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Title: Inexperienced teams playing in the CFP Post by: N.AL-Tider on December 25, 2016, 05:57:19 AM Apparently Bama, OSU, and Clemson were among the youngest teams in the NCAA but still made the CFP. (http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18290379/alabama-clemson-ohio-state-feature-inexperienced-rosters) Impressive by any standard... #+ Also promising for the next year or so too...
Title: Re: Inexperienced teams playing in the CFP Post by: Marshal Dillon on December 25, 2016, 02:11:31 PM Wow! I knew Ohio State was killed after the season, but thought the Tide & Clemson were okay.
:o Quote Alabama entered the season with the SEC's least experienced roster. Ohio State did the same in the Big Ten. Ditto for Clemson: bottom of the ACC. But it was actually much starker than that. Phil Steele, the king of preseason mags, uses a five-part formula to determine experience, and he ranked the Tide roster 116th out of 128 FBS teams. Clemson was ranked 101st. Ohio State was dead last at 128th. Title: Re: Inexperienced teams playing in the CFP Post by: Catch Prothro on December 25, 2016, 05:00:37 PM Interesting.
But if he had ranked using talent, it would have been the opposite result. ??? |