re: If we win out and beat Tenner in the SECCG (hypothetical scenario)

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Please please pump the breaks. We will be 8-4 and, if we really play well 9-3. That would be a fantastic spot from where we were last year. You are setting yourself up for disappointment.

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It's a discussion on a message board. It's not like fans having hypothetical discussions are going to impact the actual games in any way, shape, or form.

As to the OP, The SEC had earned the benefit of the doubt in the playoff selections. All one has to do is go back to 2017 for reference. Going into the SEC Championship game 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 in the CFP polls....AHEAD of one-loss Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Miami, as well as undefeated Wisconsin. Had Auburn beaten UGA in the SECCG they would have been in the playoffs ahead of multiple 1 loss teams from other conferences. That includes 1 loss Alabama who didn't even reach the SECCG...because they lost to Auburn.

In this scenario, LSU would have avenged one of their only two losses, Tennessee, who would presumably be ranked #1 or #2 in that game. Fans from other parts of the nation would bitch about the "SEC-bias"...and they would be right. There IS a bias. But not because the pollsters just like the SEC because of cool uniforms. But because the SEC is FAR and away the toughest conference in the nation. You could make a strong argument that both the SEC East and West, individually, would be a stronger "conference" than almost every other conference in the US.