Manuel
We really had a long debate as a committee about Georgia and Mississippi, Miami, Alabama, those teams and really all the teams as we went through,”
Translation -
We figurered teams not in the big 10 unfortunately needed some thought too
Manuel
“But we really had intense conversations about those teams, and there was a lot of consideration about where teams were ranked and why and a lot of conversation about it. It was very, very thorough.
Translation
Nah- Big 10 speaks for itself. We actually did a blind ballot on non Big Ten teams and emailed it in - who’s got time for all this work - just reading box scores is a pain in the ass. Anyway we should be commended for any work we do or don’t put it in.
Manuel
“Well, obviously Georgia has a very good win at Texas, but as the committee analyzed the body of work of Texas versus where Georgia is at present with two losses, even to top-25 teams”
Translation
Georgia has one good win. I guess. Remember, this is about Georgia and where they are at present. In other words, Georgia fans need to keep in mind that they are living in a post Ole Miss world. Consider for a minute that UGA can’t possibly expect to compare their win against Tennessee versus Texas holding on to beat Arkansas and Alabamas impressive thrashing over Mercer.
We do agree, however, that Miami should lose ground for not playing given Alabama‘s utter domination over another top 10 team. Although it’s not power five they look just like the other teams we play and we sure are glad they aren’t in the Big 10!
Unintelligible ..,
Manuel
… What was that? I don’t understand the question. Why would Ole Miss lose ground for an off week?
Manuel Again
“It's nothing against Georgia”
Translation
I’m having to address this again this year because everyone seems to think there’s something against Georgia. Well, take your vote of confidence and like it… like all votes of confidence they are to be envied
Manuel
“but they did struggle against Ole Miss”
Translation
Whoops, not so fast on that vote of confidence. Now that I’ve considered it, struggling against ole miss at ole miss will not be forgotten young ladies and gentlemen and may yet be disqualifying.
Manuel
“had a great win this past week against Tennessee. We will continue to monitor both teams and see how it goes in the next few week”.
Translation
Look, we still aren’t sure yet Tennessee isn’t better and we retain the right to arbitrarily jump them over you. I need to look and see whether they play Mercer. If not will we match them against you in the first round and find out once and for all.
Manuel
We're dealing with very small margins in terms of the different things that we're looking at and comparing
Translation
No, I’m sorry these metrics are not available. They have never been available and will never be available. But they are small, very small.
And as I mentioned previously, we have long debates and that should be enough for everyone.
We really had a long debate as a committee about Georgia and Mississippi, Miami, Alabama, those teams and really all the teams as we went through,”
Translation -
We figurered teams not in the big 10 unfortunately needed some thought too
Manuel
“But we really had intense conversations about those teams, and there was a lot of consideration about where teams were ranked and why and a lot of conversation about it. It was very, very thorough.
Translation
Nah- Big 10 speaks for itself. We actually did a blind ballot on non Big Ten teams and emailed it in - who’s got time for all this work - just reading box scores is a pain in the ass. Anyway we should be commended for any work we do or don’t put it in.
Manuel
“Well, obviously Georgia has a very good win at Texas, but as the committee analyzed the body of work of Texas versus where Georgia is at present with two losses, even to top-25 teams”
Translation
Georgia has one good win. I guess. Remember, this is about Georgia and where they are at present. In other words, Georgia fans need to keep in mind that they are living in a post Ole Miss world. Consider for a minute that UGA can’t possibly expect to compare their win against Tennessee versus Texas holding on to beat Arkansas and Alabamas impressive thrashing over Mercer.
We do agree, however, that Miami should lose ground for not playing given Alabama‘s utter domination over another top 10 team. Although it’s not power five they look just like the other teams we play and we sure are glad they aren’t in the Big 10!
Unintelligible ..,
Manuel
… What was that? I don’t understand the question. Why would Ole Miss lose ground for an off week?
Manuel Again
“It's nothing against Georgia”
Translation
I’m having to address this again this year because everyone seems to think there’s something against Georgia. Well, take your vote of confidence and like it… like all votes of confidence they are to be envied
Manuel
“but they did struggle against Ole Miss”
Translation
Whoops, not so fast on that vote of confidence. Now that I’ve considered it, struggling against ole miss at ole miss will not be forgotten young ladies and gentlemen and may yet be disqualifying.
Manuel
“had a great win this past week against Tennessee. We will continue to monitor both teams and see how it goes in the next few week”.
Translation
Look, we still aren’t sure yet Tennessee isn’t better and we retain the right to arbitrarily jump them over you. I need to look and see whether they play Mercer. If not will we match them against you in the first round and find out once and for all.
Manuel
We're dealing with very small margins in terms of the different things that we're looking at and comparing
Translation
No, I’m sorry these metrics are not available. They have never been available and will never be available. But they are small, very small.
And as I mentioned previously, we have long debates and that should be enough for everyone.
