re: Bama hate/fatigue

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This was done politically for the Big 10, which was shite this year.

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TCU was in regardless of the outcome of their game. So at that point it was about matchups based on the seeds and they did want a rematch of a game from the week prior.

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Essentially, USC was punished for the Big10’s benefit while TCU wasn’t

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USC ended up with 2 losses where TCU only had 1 loss while keeping it close.

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However, the teams ahead of us that needed to lose

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Did the committee come out say that? I do not recall it outside of some media(most did not) and fans speculating UA would get in.