re: I wonder if the outrage will be enough....

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People need to move on from this. Alabama is a better choice than Ohio State. We should focus on LSU. Our fanbase has no control over anything Bama but we can encourage Louisiana kids to stay in state and give money to LSU.

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It's not about Alabama. It's about punishing teams for being forced to play an extra game versus rewarding teams for staying home. That's what happened this weekend. Auburn and Wisconsin were in the playoffs prior to having to play an extra game that, in this instance, Bama did not have to play. Auburn had already beaten the team they were forced to play and had beaten Bama.

Now if you want to argue that all Auburn and Wisconsin had to do was win this weekend then you are saying that conference championship matters. If conference championship matters, then OSU should be in the playoffs.

If Alabama truly was the 4th best team, then they should have been rated that way prior to this weekends game. But there were not. They were ranked the 5th best team. Meaning Wisconsin was considered a better team. Are they? We will never know because they will never play each other. What I can say is that as of now, Wisconsin has a better record than Bama. (12/1>11/1).