Playoff Selection Process

[IdaGriz01]

STATS.com has a very interesting post about the FCS playoff selection process … an interview with the committee chairman. http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20191121115455672936004

Some key quotes:

Greg Seitz, the Jacksonville State athletic director who represents the Ohio Valley Conference, is the chair of the committee, which also consists of Thorr Bjorn (Rhode Island, CAA Football), Randy Eaton (Western Carolina, Southern Conference), Kent Haslem (Montana, Big Sky Conference), Eugene Marshall Jr. (Hampton, Big South Conference), Kyle Moats (Missouri State, Missouri Valley Football Conference), Tim Murray (Marist, Pioneer Football League), Matt Roan (Nicholls, Southland Conference), Bill Smith (Bryant, Northeast Conference) and Jermaine Truax (Bucknell, Patriot League).

I had not realized that Haslem was on the selection committee (probably mentioned somewhere on here and I missed it.) Of course, the rules specifically state that he must leave the room when Montana is under consideration.

STATS: What criteria in the selection process would you like to see changed?
GS: That's a great question. … I would like for teams to really schedule other quality, out-of-conference teams because it looks really good on a team's resume - especially FCS opponents. I would hope that we could get to the point where maybe teams are not scheduling as many non-D I teams. …
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STATS: Is the committee doing anything new this year? Perhaps special announcements, social media interaction and things like that?
GS: There is. We're on the NCAA's Selections 101 website that is new this year that we've created just to kind of walk folks through the process. It's located on the NCAA FCS website (www.ncaa.org/FCSselections). We've put a Selections 101 video on there that walks everybody through the entire process …
STATS: What do you enjoy the most about the selection process?
GS: I think just following FCS football the entire year and getting to watch games outside the Ohio Valley Conference … I get an opportunity to watch more Big Sky games than I normally would watch.

The flip side to that last comment is interesting. He says he has the “opportunity” to see more BSC games … because he’s on the committee. Well, duh. He always has the “opportunity” to watch games anywhere around the country. Makes you wonder how much football outside the OVC he actually watched when he wasn’t on the committee.

 

[cclarkblues]

Question. I don't think it is a factor if we win Saturday, but if we should lose do you think it will make a difference that we allowed Weber to get a couple of late scores so that the game looked closer than it really was? Is it possible it will affect out seeding, playing at home, etc?

 

[EverettGriz]

Question. I don't think it is a factor if we win Saturday, but if we should lose do you think it will make a difference that we allowed Weber to get a couple of late scores so that the game looked closer than it really was? Is it possible it will affect out seeding, playing at home, etc?

I don't. Most of the national media watched that game and described it as the beat down it was. Also, I would guess the selection committee watched that game as well.

Of note, each region also has an "advisory group" who watches more games and counsels the committee on teams in that region.

 

[cclarkblues]

Question. I don't think it is a factor if we win Saturday, but if we should lose do you think it will make a difference that we allowed Weber to get a couple of late scores so that the game looked closer than it really was? Is it possible it will affect out seeding, playing at home, etc?

I don't. Most of the national media watched that game and described it as the beat down it was. Also, I would guess the selection committee watched that game as well.

Of note, each region also has an "advisory group" who watches more games and counsels the committee on teams in that region.

Thanks :thumb: