Georgia is done. It all hinges on Florida State and their 3rd string QB not having the night of his life.
If they win and the committee puts Alabama over Texas who kicked their ass in their own stadium - well whatever.
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If they win and the committee puts Alabama over Texas who kicked their ass in their own stadium - well whatever.
Yep. The SEC doesn't deserve a spot if FSU wins. Tough break, but Texas winning in Bama should matter.
Although they don't have their star QB, so they aren't the same team that won most of those games. Fair or not, I think the committee will at least consider that.
Considering the precedent with Cardale Jones, I dunno how they could make that case.
If FSU and Michigan win they are in and GA (and Texas) are out. If one loses, it’s GA vs Texas for the last spot. There’s no way AL is out.
Best conference in the country, by far, doesn’t deserve its winner in…nonsense…I get the SEC hate but it’s not rational or fair. The ACC is atrocious and an undefeated record in the ACC is not as good as 12-1 in the SEC
Give me the olden days when Colin Kaepernick ruined everything by beating Boise State
Whenever you have tied teams at the top, and there are arguments about which to take, and one has won head to head, I have always thought it’s kind of a mixed analysis. On the one hand, head to head should matter. But on the other hand, if your only loss was the team that also has an argument to be in, by definition, it is a very good loss. I think if you say Texas should be in, then Alabama has the best loss of the season. Same with Georgia.
That’s Alabama’s problem. How do you say their h2h win over GA puts them ahead of GA, if TX’s win against ALA doesn’t put them ahead of ALA.
Which is just a long way of saying, I just don’t see how ALA can be in over TX. Only way I put ALA through is if FSU is out.
That’s Alabama’s problem. How do you say their h2h win over GA puts them ahead of GA, if TX’s win against ALA doesn’t put them ahead of ALA.
Which is just a long way of saying, I just don’t see how ALA can be in over TX. Only way I put ALA through is if FSU is out.
Bama just won the SEC championship and beat a team that had won 29 straight. They’re in.
The argument would be that Alabama's h2h win over GA was in the SEC championship game, so it carries more weight than an early September game.
The CW among TV pundits seems to be that GA is out and it’s Tex vs FSU for the last spot. Assuming Michigan wins.
Which is kinda silly because no one plays big OOC games in November, aside from a few annual rivalry games. When else was UT supposed to beat Bama?
Bama is in. Arguing to exclude the SEC winner which just beat the 2-time reigning champion, on a 29 game winning streak is nuts.
Pundits are doing it to generate controversy but it’s not going to happen.
Texas was ranked ahead of Bama coming into tonight. Their win wasn’t against a team as good as Georgia; but they won by 4 touchdowns. I don’t see how you can move Alabama past them. The fact that the committee had Texas 7 Alabama 8 coming into tonight matters. Right?
Nothing matters but the SEC’s birthright to get at least one CFP spot every year.
Yeah, we do this most years so I know what the arguments always are. I am just trying to say why these presumptions are inconsistent and kind of arbitrary.
If ALA deserves to be in notwithstanding losing to TX, why doesn’t GA deserve to be in notwithstanding losing to ALA. if ALA’s win is better because it’s later, isn’t GA’s one loss the best loss you can have?
Alabama is in because they just had this amazing win. If the win was so amazing why isn’t GA’s case even stronger?
I’m not advocating one way or other. It just gets presented as so obvious when really it gets very circular. Last year we have to worry about it I guess.
I guess we'll see. Personally, I have no horse in the race, I just think that Alabama is pretty much a lock. And I fucking hate Alabama.
They have to pass 4 teams to make it.
I buy Oregon. I buy Ohio State. But if FSU and Michigan win? Meh.
If Michigan loses, I am fine if the B1G doesn’t send a team.
Alabama would kick FSUs ass. So would Texas. At some point reasonableness has to come into this decision if we want the playoff champion to be the best team.
They are also on the record saying the 4 best teams get in. Anyway, the issue really isn’t Texas / Alabama, but FSU playing in an inferior conference, weak schedule, and no QB.
Huge problem? I don't see that at all. It will just be the normal debates that exist every year, but Washington, Michigan, Texas, and Alabama will be in.
Whether FSU wins or loses (and assuming Mich doesn't shit itself tonight) I'd go Mich, Bama, Wash and Texas. And I'd sleep pretty soundly.
Wow are you reaching…game is in Atlanta, as close to a home game as you can get
I can actually buy Georgia being out, I guess, despite 29 straight wins coming into today. I’m on board with Michigan, Washington, Bama, and Texas.
Edit if Michigan loses then I think you have to take Georgia over FSU
Edit if Michigan loses then I think you have to take Georgia over FSU