But OU is still OU.....even if they are 5-5. And Bama is still Bama even if they lost to Vandy, too. So a Bama win over Boomer is still strong because a blue blood is still a blue blood no matter what.
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Mean Purple
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I'd laugh harder if all the SEC teams lost before the final. They would probably have more light shed on the committee.
bmoney214
OUCH!!!
Can you imagine how pissed he would be lol? He's still bitter about 2022. I can just see his ass getting up and walking off the GameDay set right in the middle of the show mumbling and grumbling as he walks away!
"scheiss this! I don’t need this [ Finebaum ] anymore! First you sit me next to this damn idiot McAfee and now you put SMU in the playoffs over bama!! [ What the heck? ] is going on around here? I'm going to hang out with PrimeTime and the duck at my air bnb!!"
That [ Finebaum ] would be scheissing hilarious lmao!!!
TCU_91
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Didn't just lose but couldn't even score a TD!
No, not really.
Nobody yet has listed the teams ranked behind Alabama that should be ahead of them. I want to see those teams and then look at their wins and losses and see what we are comparing.
I think what people what is not an unbiased committee, but a committee that is biased against certain teams.
TooColdU
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History is repeating itself.
2014 4-team playoff, Wexahu was arguing for 4-seed Ohio State (despite him joining here in 2016)
2024 12-team playoff, Wexahu arguing for 12-seed Alabama and rooting for them to get in and win it all.
At least you're consistent. No need for a rebuttal. Just wanted to point this out. I don't really care who the 12th-seed is. As long as neither Texas or SMU win it all.
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bmoney214
OUCH!!!
Just in case you didn't know, Wex would probably argue with Wex about what color socks he should wear.
Chico Dusty
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I hope Boise wins it all. Not that I like Boise. I just want a mid major to win it and stick it to all these clowns at ESPN.
And still nobody has said who should be ahead of them that isn't. Just a bunch of bitching about blue blood crap.
Well, you've got Miami at #12. They are the one team where I believe an argument could possibly be made. Then you've got Ole Miss #13. Should they be ahead of Alabama? Alabama beat #14 South Carolina, should they still be ahead of Bama? The winner of #15 ASU/#16 ISU is in anyway, Alabama isn't getting in before them. Should the loser of that game get in ahead of Alabama?
Let's face it, Alabama is very likely in. And probably deservedly so, given that 12 freaking teams make this thing and their resume is likely going to be stronger than teams #13-17. Isn't that what everyone wanted? I thought the playoff expansion was going to stop all the controversy, no?
froginmn
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I think USC Bama is a coin flip. Yes Bama beat them, but it was by two points at home.
USC has finished better and just beat Clemson in Death Valley. Obviously Bama has the win at Georgia but that was a prayer finish too. The Bama win at Wisconsin isn't impressive even though 5-7 UW found a way to play well against UO.
Pretty easy to argue either side of that one. And that's why it's dumb to have twelve teams instead of eight.
ShadowFrog
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Cold vintage schadenfreude
ShadowFrog
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I’ve worked with a few people in the military exactly like that.
ShadowFrog
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There would be some poetic justice to that. I could even get behind that idea. Just not the blue grass. Ever.
Yeah, I never did care for the HTH thing always being the tiebreaker, that seems like kind of a give up to me. But that's the way it's always been, I can't remember a time when that wasn't applied by the CFP, and most everyone accepts it (unless the outcome isn't what they want, lol). And let's be honest, if the roles were reversed and it was USC who beat Alabama, and they had Alabama ranked ahead of them, what would the narrative be? "How could you have Alabama ahead of USC, USC beat them! Blue blood bias!".
People don't want a committee with no bias. They want a bias against blue blood programs, because that's what they have.
Limey Frog
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At this point we're rooting for SMU to lose to Clemson, because it's SMU. Then they stay in the field but bump Bama: cue SEC meltdown. Then SMU loses in the first round, because it's SMU. Also every SEC team in the field loses at the first possibly opportunity.
Other than that I'm rooting for the Big XII champion. I'd also like to see Ohio State do well because I think it would be hilarious to see the Ryan Day situation get even more weirdly fraught, where he keeps losing to Michigan but winning pretty much every other game. Those fools are all losing their minds down there.
If we could get a Boise vs. Iowa State national title game that would be perfect.
Other than that I'm rooting for the Big XII champion. I'd also like to see Ohio State do well because I think it would be hilarious to see the Ryan Day situation get even more weirdly fraught, where he keeps losing to Michigan but winning pretty much every other game. Those fools are all losing their minds down there.
If we could get a Boise vs. Iowa State national title game that would be perfect.
If SMU loses, I think a real strong case could be made for Alabama to get in ahead of them. Alabama will have 4 wins (Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, LSU) better than any of SMU's. As has been discussed here before, SMU's schedule has pretty much been a joke. At some point you have to prove you can beat a good team.
A great example of why 12 teams is idiotic. Clemson/SMU should basically be a playoff game (even if it's technically not the CFP) and Alabama shouldn't even be in consideration. But this is the format they wanted, and it is what it is.
On the other hand, I would think SMU would actually have to beat a good team to think that they deserve a playoff spot. Besides, you can't have a rule that says a team can't be eliminated by losing their CCG, otherwise you'd have games with no incentive to win, or very little incentive.
Limey Frog
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I don't watch the rankings show or care what the committee says, because they're hypocrites and the system is rigged. BUT... it is my understanding that they said the existing field is set unless there is an upset the puts in a conference champion that is currently out--i.e. Clemson. The implication seemed to be that teams who aren't playing a 13th game don't have the chance to jump over a team who is but loses. If that's true and they don't change their tune to suit 'Bama/the SEC (which, let's be honest, they probably will), Clemson winning would bounce the current last team in--that's Alabama.
Limey Frog
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Let's be clear: SMU would not be punished for losing the right conference championship game. If Georgia loses to Texas, they'll have 3 losses (and should have lost to GT but were bailed out by home-cooking from SEC refs). Will they be punished? No. And we all know why.
Conference championship games should be eliminated and the playoff start date should be moved up a week. Sooner or later, that will happen.
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