re: Tim Brando: "Alabama has Pure Playoff Privilege"

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Same for college football. Why should a team that doesn’t even play in their conference title game get a shot or is rewarded because they are Bama?

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If the committee puts Bama in over a 12-1 conference champ, then they are sending 2 messages, both of which are bad for college football in general, not just bad for LSU.

First, they are basically saying that conference championship games are irrelevant. If a team isn't rewarded for having to play and win an extra game, then why play it?

Second, Bama being Bama carries more weight than scheduling a bunch of cupcakes, failing to beat a single team ranked in the top 25, and losing at home to the only team of any significance you've played.

Bottom line is that it invalidates everything a team has done during the regular season, just because they don't pass the "eye test" and Bama's "pedigree" is enough to give them extra points, despite losing the "win or no playoff" game at home.