re: Those Of You Celebrating The Bama Loss: If This Was 2014, They Are In

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all the while giving themselves the easiest schedule and still failing to win out, just as they did in 2011 and 2012.

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LOL. Did you see what Bama did to the No. 2 teams those years? Keep deluding yourself that they weren't the best team in the country.

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I always preferred top 6

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The problem with six is that you have three teams remaining after the first round. There shouldn't be byes for anyone.

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I think they need to change to 6 and put in 5 conference champs (SEC, Big 10, Big 12, PAC 12, ACC) and 1 at large. Top 2 get byes.

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Not realistic. In this plan, OOC games literally do not count. Not a good idea.

However many teams you want, fine. But no matter how much we talk about this, we can't have conference affiliation matter at all, ever. It's never been possible, and it will never be possible.

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LOL. Did you see what Bama did to the No. 2 teams those years?

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Yes. I remember Bama LOSING AT HOME in November to one of them in 2011, then making good on a mulligan that a vast majority of CFB teams would never dream of getting.

I remember them LOSING AT HOME in November in 2012 to a top 10 team, only to be rewarded the SECW crown because aTm and LSU both had to play tougher teams from the SEC East (by design). They were then rewarded with a title game against a Notre Dame team that would have been destroyed by probably close to 20 other CFB teams.

Same scenario next year, and we are talking about rewarding them again for playing a weaker schedule than the rest of the top SEC teams, along with LOSING AGAIN in November.

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No. They are, however, rewarded FOR MEDIOCRITY.

See their pathetic schedules the past three years, and consider what Mark Womack did for them this year in an attempt to hand them the SEC West title.

Compared to LSU, Auburn, and other SEC contenders, Bama's standard they have had to meet in order to make a title game have been mediocre, at best.

Mediocre team? No. Mediocre standards? Yes.

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EZE, don't kill the messenger. I TOTALLY agree w/your premise of mediocre standards. Bama hasn't had to EARN it like they should. But, and this makes me sick to say, their team is still the best. BUT, i think that is changing over the next couple of years...

I get what you're saying and you have a point. It's just that I'm too happy right now to worry about next year.

Top4 does mean Bama has to lose twice which doesn't happen much. But top4 means LSU has a better shot too. would've been nice in 2006.

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It's just that I'm too happy right now to worry about next year

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Yep, I'm certain 2014 will bring its own drama in due time.

The national championship in football should not be to reward the "best team". If that were the case, we should have had a chance to play for it in 2001, 2006, etc.

It's to reward the team with the BEST SEASON. That's why Alabama, even though they were the better team, should not have been in the NCG in 2011 over Oklahoma State, who arguably had a better season.

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You can't have major "elite" programs like Bama playing these types of schedules

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The bridge schedules are done. Take away the dumb permanent opponents and I think we're all happy

Which I can accept. They are definitely a top 4 team. I think they beat Ohio State/Missouri/Auburn on neutral fields. I think Florida State is a push. But in the new system Florida State/Ohio State/Alabama and winner of SEC title makes a lot of sense for a playoff. You would have two undefeated and two one loss SEC teams. Nobody else really has a resume to compete against that. Baylor would be your next closest.