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I wonder if the outrage will be enough....
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:09 pm
to change once again the rules on playoff spots. The fact that a team doesn't win their division, much less conference, and can still get into the playoff picture means the conference makeup, in reality, doesn't matter.
Interestig that this has happened only twice in the modern era...and in both cases, it was Bama!!
Interestig that this has happened only twice in the modern era...and in both cases, it was Bama!!
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Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:11 pm to Awlunz Tiger
How could you keep a team like 2011 Alabama it of a 4 team
Playoff?
Playoff?
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:12 pm to Awlunz Tiger
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the conference makeup, in reality, doesn't matter.
Oh but it does. The SECCG allowed Auburn to play themselves out while the team they beat by two touchdowns last week got to rest and still make it in.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:12 pm to SammyTiger
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How could you keep a team like 2011 Alabama it of a 4 team Playoff?
That was then....THIS current Bama team DOESN'T deserve it! Total BS!
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:13 pm to Awlunz Tiger
It's kind of hard to take college football seriously for this very reason IMO. Why even play conference championship games? The playoffs ought to have some real criteria that doesn't include "the eye test." I don't know...maybe one criterion could be winning your conference?
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:14 pm to SammyTiger
It wouldn't be precedent to keep them out. They screwed up, and didn't win their division. They may be a great team, but they had bad luck. That used to mean something, and still does to everyone but the gumps. There have been many great teams kept out of the championship game because of a fluke loss late in the year. shite happens, unless you're the gumps.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:14 pm to Awlunz Tiger
It happened before and nothing changed. I recall one year in particular where the playoffs had even fewer teams, and a particular non-conference champion made it into the title game based on the "eye test".
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:14 pm to Awlunz Tiger
Sets the stage for four, sixteen team conferences with a FCS style playoff. Squeezes out mid-major types and regular season OOC games must be against those from the other three conferences.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:15 pm to Stephen1979
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..maybe one criterion could be winning your conference?
THIS!!!
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:15 pm to Awlunz Tiger
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Interesting that this happened only twice in the modern era and both times it was Bama
I see you don’t follow college football. Just last year Ohio St made the playoffs without winning their conference. In 2003 Oklahoma, the team LSU beat to win the title, did not win their conference. And also in 2001 Nebraska got in the championship game without winning their conference.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:17 pm to Carville
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The SECCG allowed Auburn to play their way out
And UGA to play themselves in
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:18 pm to Awlunz Tiger
Another one? really!
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:18 pm to Awlunz Tiger
The answer is an 8 team playoff which includes 3 at large bids. This gets all legitimate players in.
We always hear how important the regular season is, but this shows that to be a sham. Two conference champions are left out.
We are marginally better at determining champions now than we were pre-BCS. We still have PEOPLE determining our champ with their OPINIONS.
We always hear how important the regular season is, but this shows that to be a sham. Two conference champions are left out.
We are marginally better at determining champions now than we were pre-BCS. We still have PEOPLE determining our champ with their OPINIONS.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:19 pm to Awlunz Tiger
2016 non-division winner Ohio State says hi.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:22 pm to salty1
it didn’t mean anything before or after the CFP
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:23 pm to Stephen1979
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Why even play conference championship games?
War Chickens probably could get in had they won the SEC champ game.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:26 pm to Choupique19
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And also in 2001 Nebraska got in the championship game without winning their conference.
didn't even win division either if i recall.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:33 pm to Awlunz Tiger
Should not surprise you. They made the BCS title game against LSU when they didn’t compete in the SEC title game
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:34 pm to Awlunz Tiger
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to change once again the rules on playoff spots.
Saban rules. We must live with it or disassociate from football. The latter is mighty tempting.
Posted on 12/3/17 at 7:59 pm to salty1
The bottom line is, beating the brains out of Vandy, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Mercer was more impressive to the selection committee than Ohio State's uninspired win over a vastly overrated Wisconsin ensemble. And, didn't Ohio St lose to an unranked conf team by 31? It would have been criminal to put the Buckeyes in. Same w/ USC after their ugly blowout @ Notre Dame.
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