I’m all for a good-hearted sports activities conspiracy idea. We all know the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged, there’s all the time star participant bias within the NFL, and there’s in all probability an elaborate purpose why a Canadian can by no means win within the NHL.
Former Heisman winner and NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III is cooking up his personal conspiracy idea over the School Soccer Playoff, and hats off to the person — as a result of it’s simply concerning the dumbest factor you may presumably think about.
“Cease the persecution of the Christians man, c’mon”
Now look, maybe this was stated tongue-in-cheek — however who is aware of? RGIII’s takes are so complicated typically that it’s troublesome to know what the precise level is. On this very same section he uttered the phrases “If two-loss Alabama loses within the SEC Championship they’ll have three losses.” No less than the mathematics checks out.
Ostensibly what RGIII is saying is that every one Energy 4 conferences must be handled equally, which is asinine. There is no such thing as a planet wherein the Massive 12 or the ACC are equal to the SEC of Massive Ten. That’s what it’s. He mentions Miami within the tweet, however the one purpose they’re assumed to be in is as a result of it’s anticipated to win the ACC. BYU could be in on the identical benefit if it’s in a position to beat No. 5 Texas Tech.
Let’s take Miami out of the equation. That is actually about Alabama and Notre Dame. If Alabama loses then sure, they are going to be a three-loss workforce. Does anybody actually suppose that the Tide must be so closely penalized for a Week 1 blip on the radar towards Florida State? It is a workforce that beat 4 groups ranked contained in the High 25, and their solely different loss got here to No. 8 Oklahoma in a one rating sport.
Then there’s Notre Dame, who regardless of what RGIII stated, truly did have a harder schedule than BYU, and beating their opponents by a mean of 24.4 factors per sport. They’ve the fifth finest offense within the nation (to BYUs thirteenth) and the thirteenth finest offense (to BYU’s 14th). That’s earlier than we get to the hilariousness of claiming there’s “anti-Christian bias” favoring THE MOST FAMOUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL ON THE PLANET EARTH.
In the long run, RGIII’s takes are about nearly as good as his cowboy hat. We are able to depart it at that.
