re: New playoff format should benefit LSU greatly...

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Agree, if you mean it won't reward them as an at large team. But Bama's schedule this year was pretty soft if you look: they functionally had seven plus bye weeks on top of their bye week. They lost to the only elite team they played and their best win was an inconsistent LSU team that finished with 3 losses and ranked #16 in the BCS. If this year were next year and you (as Bama or LSU) really wanted to maximize your shot of an at large bid you gotta get out there and beat some good OOC teams if you can't win your conference.

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You make some good points, Bama indeed once again had an easier slate than the rest of tSEC but their body of work would certainly have been good enough to get in under the new formats top 4.

Matter of fact, this year it would be them, Auburn, FSU, and prolly Stanford taking that 4th spot. Two SECWest teams with Auburn shocking the world for a spot many years would be taken by LSU.