re: Tua Tagovailoa doesn’t have to play against LSU-al.com

Let's just agree to disagree - and we will see soon enough. I'm one of the few who thought Les Miles' biggest screw-up was beating his chest about the fairness of a rematch in 2011. A team (no matter how great they are) doesn't deserve to get a rematch against a team in their own conference (and division) when they were beaten in their own stadium.

As hyped as that game was, it ended up being a dud - on many accounts. LSU was not prepared emotionally for the game - everything was in Bama's favor to win the rematch. AND, the general public had such a distain for it that it created the new playoff system, which has its own flaws. NOBODY wants to see two teams in the same conference/division be in the playoffs for a potential "do over".....it is not fair to the other conferences around the country, and minimizes national exposure and overall interest. You can disagree - I'd love to see LSU included if they lose, but it won't happen without a lot of criticism from the OU's and Oregon's and Ohio State's/Penn State's of this world.