re: Per CFP Committee member, they choose final matchups based on who they predict will win

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They beat the residing Kings of college football, giving them the BEST win of the season for any team.

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Is it, though? Georgia’s ranked 6th. Bama beat them on a neutral site. Texas is ranked 3rd. Oklahoma beat them on a neutral site. Both games closer than the next one, though. Bama is ranked 4th. Texas beat them in Tuscaloosa. I’d argue Bama’s win over Georgia paradoxically made Texas’s win over Bama the “best” of the season.

I do agree with you that Texas and Bama were tied at the hip. Bama couldn’t get in without Texas also getting in, and Texas wasn’t getting in without Georgia losing.

I hate that this is Bama we’re having to argue against. (Although, they’re getting the benefit of the doubt largely because they are Bama. But I do think Georgia has built up enough equity the past several years that they’d be getting the same treatment if the roles were reversed). But I hate that it’s Bama because, on an LSU message board, a lot of our arguments—no matter how logical—will be hand-waved away as sour grapes without even bothering to consider their merits. It’s why I haven’t changed my logo back from Washington even after they already beat Oregon. (Also, cause frick Texas).

I have long-since gotten over my emotional hatred for Bama and Saban. At this point, what’s the difference between 6, 7, 8? Who cares? I actually think it’s kinda funny that he’s probably gonna pull another one out of his arse in a “down” year when everybody had already buried him in mid September (except you Auburn, you could have buried them for real 2 weeks ago—frick you war chickens), when they needed a miraculous 4th and goal from the 31–a play that had a .1 % chance of working—right after another miraculous muffed punt by the back up punt returner—JUST 2 WEEKS AGO— to survive and still be in this conversation.

But my beef is not with Bama. It’s not sour grapes. I’d be arguing the same thing if it were any other school. My beef is 100% with the committee. Because Florida State could have been any of our schools. Imagine if Joe Burrow had torn his ACL in the 4th quarter of the SECCG against Georgia in 2019 and we were left out. I’d still be trying to murder people. Most of us just want basic fairness. If not that, at least logistical consistency. And to have the committee piss down our legs and tell us it’s raining. As people who invest tons of time, emotions, and money into college football, I don’t think that’s too much to ask. At least have the decency to tell us you’re pissing down our legs when we both know it. Is that too much to ask?