Given the past few years, faith in the CFP Committee is wildly low, and it seems like they're expected to throw in some wild controversies with almost every ranking. Even with that in mind, these initial rankings are far more bizarre than any before. I wrote up some of the most unprecedented decisions made in these rankings, mostly just researched using this Wikipedia page for each year. Unless otherwise stated, each of these points refers only to the first CFP rankings in each year, usually from Week 9 of the given season. Here we go:
- UTSA is just the second-ever undefeated team to be unranked at any point in the CFP rankings, initial or otherwise (with the exception of the bizarre 2020 covid year). The first was 2014 Marshall, who failed to break into the CFP rankings until Week 13 when they reached 11-0.
- Alabama is the only non-undefeated team to ever be ranked in the Top 2 in the initial rankings. Previously, the earliest a non-undefeated team had been ranked in the Top 2 was 2015 Alabama in Week 10 after a win over #2 LSU. Of the 84 total Top 2 teams in all CFP rankings, only 24 had a loss.
- Cincinnati at #6 is the lowest ranking for an undefeated team with a win over a Top 10 team
- Cincinnati is only the second team ever to be ranked in the Top 2 in the AP poll and not ranked in the Top 4 in the CFP (2015 Baylor). Cincinnati is also tied with 2015 Baylor for the second largest drop-off for a Top 4 AP team to the CFP rankings (both #2 to #6). 2017 AP #4 Wisconsin was ranked #9 in the first CFP poll. Just got reminded that OU this year is also tied with 2015 Baylor and Cincinnati, dropping from #4 to #8
- Alabama and Oregon are the 5th and 6th one-loss team to be ranked in the Top 4 ahead of undefeated Power 5 teams: The others were 2015 Alabama over 5 different teams, 2016 Texas A&M one spot ahead of 8-0 Washington, and 2017 Clemson and Notre Dame over 8-0 Wisconsin. This is only the second time there have been one-loss teams ranked ahead of multiple undefeated Power 5 teams (#8 Oklahoma and #9 Wake Forest are behind both, while #3 Michigan State is ranked behind Alabama)
- Alabama is just the 4th non-undefeated team ranked in the Top 4 without a win over a current top 10 team (2015 Alabama, 2017 Notre Dame and Clemson)
- Oregon is only the second top 4 team to have a loss to an unranked team (2017 Clemson), while Alabama’s loss to Texas A&M is the 5th
I have been in the US for several weeks and will return to the UK on January 24 (I am a US citizen, UK resident, postgrad student). I need to return with a Mac Mini in my checked luggage. What, if any, is the best way to protect my checked luggage for a return journey.
Delta booked but the flight is with KLM.
Would love to know opinions on both Rain Industries...bought in during crash March/April 2020 for average price of 45INR and also Edelweiss Financial at around 36 INR...both very low PEs at the time and far below book value...now possibly may have further to run
Gemini Raises $400 Million at a $7.1 Billion Valuation As Company Plans International Expansion
https://spotlightgrowth.com/gemini-raises-400-million-at-a-7-1-billion-valuation-as-company-plans-international-expansion/
I want to help all in solidarity, whether it be in the U.S. or in the world in general. I'm hoping the IWW will help me do that. Is this reasonable, or naive? Please me know, and thank you friends in solidarity.
I've been thinking about some comments made at the recent CppCon 2021 "C++ Standards Committee - Firesiade Chat Panel" and I'm somewhat concerned about some of the opinions on the impact of remote versus in-person meetings for the C++ Standards Committee (WG21).
Some history about my WG21 involvement... I've been attending meetings since 2007. How many meetings I attend has varied over time. This post is mainly about why my attendance has varied. And why I consider the move to virtual meetings spurred by the pandemic as a net positive. My attendance from 2007 to 2015 was limited to a total of two (2) meetings for a net total of 3 days in 8 years. My attendance from 2015 until the pandemic started was about ten (10) remote meetings per year and a total of two (2) in-person meetings (although only a total of 4 days). And finally during the pandemic it's averaging about 2 remote meetings a week that I can attend.
As you can see there's a gigantic increase in participation during the pandemic for me. Why the big change? Well, let me back up a little and explain the calculus as to how I can attend meetings. My day job is spent doing consulting developing AAA games for large clients but in a small private company. My current night and weekend time is spent with family, maintaining open-source tools and libraries, and duties in the C++ Alliance board, usually in that order. Before my current job I ran my own very low budget consulting company, spent time with family, and did open-source maintenance.
Some key aspects of that as it pertains to WG21 meetings: My employers, present and past, do not pay me to attend WG21 meetings. I obviously prefer to spend most free time with my family. My personal hobby is doing open-source work as it helps keep me educated in my profession but, as a hobby, it doesn’t pay. Hence the resources I spend in WG21 are “on my own dime”. That is, going to an in-person meeting has disadvantages for me:
- Need to spend a bunch of money on airfare, accommodations, and food (I don’t normally eat at restaurants).
- Usually need to take vacation time, which is a limited resource.
- Less time with family.
- Since I’m not at work, it means some juggling to make sure work tasks are done and duties taken care of right before the meeting.
- Because of that preparation for not working, it means I don’t have time to read WG21 papers ahead of the meetings. And as has been pointed out in the past that re
