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Why do you feel the SEC will get 2 into the Playoff?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:18 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:18 am
We all know that the SEC is ranked highly and there are at least 4 teams that can legitimately qualify.
But what makes you feel certain there will be 2 teams in the playoff? Especially when the criteria will be winning championships at conference level.
OU, Oregon, FSU all win out or if all have 1 loss who gets bumped?
Asking this based off what you have seen from the teams since season started.
But what makes you feel certain there will be 2 teams in the playoff? Especially when the criteria will be winning championships at conference level.
OU, Oregon, FSU all win out or if all have 1 loss who gets bumped?
Asking this based off what you have seen from the teams since season started.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 10:19 am
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:18 am to sms151t
I don't unless Bama finishes 11-1 and does not make the Championship game...
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:19 am to sms151t
The SEC won't get 2. It's a pipe dream
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:19 am to sms151t
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Why do you feel the SEC will get 2 into the Playoff?
I dont think we do, especially in the first year. Unless there is some sort of collapse from almost every team, then there will more than likely be only one SEC team
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:19 am to sms151t
Even a vast majority of SEC fans don't think we'll get two in the playoff.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:21 am to Clay Davis
I dont think the SEC should ever get two in the playoff, as it is formatted now. But if it expanded to 8 then possibly.
I think we are finding a National Champion not the best team. I hope I worded that correctly.
I think we are finding a National Champion not the best team. I hope I worded that correctly.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 10:23 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:28 am to sms151t
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I think we are finding a National Champion not the best team. I hope I worded that correctly.
You worded it correctly as to how you feel....but I have always been of the opinion that the National Champion should also be the best team.
If you don't want to find the best team why not only allow the teams ranked 5-9 participate in the playoff and call them the National Champion?
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:29 am to sms151t
Who thinks we get 2 teams?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:30 am to Topwater Trout
No way. I'm not sure this year we have 2 of the top 4 teams. Maybe...but not clear cut at this point.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:32 am to sms151t
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I think we are finding a National Champion not the best team. I hope I worded that correctly.
Oxymoron. Reason they should is justified (at this point) by looking at the top ten. By season's end it will likely be leaning more toward the SEC, no matter how many yankees will dispute it. It is what it is, but the season will probably end with an Oregon, Notre Dame or Baylor getting a shot at getting embarrassed by the SEC.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:38 am to sms151t
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I dont think the SEC should ever get two in the playoff
I doubt it'll happen often but history shows that there will be years that conferences have no deserving champ. Wisky won the B1G a few years ago with like 4 losses. They had no business in the final four.
Basically what I'm saying is it is waaaay too early to judge. If FSU and Oregon win their conferences, sure, they are probably in. But if Va Tech and USC win, what then? They have midmajor losses. Would they really deserve in over an 11-1 SEC West runner-up team? Anyone with a definitive answer at this point is just wish casting tbh
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:47 am to DawgsLife
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I have always been of the opinion that the National Champion should also be the best team.
That probably happens about 65% of the time. The system rewards the "most deserving", not the best. They usually go hand-in-hand, though.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:49 am to sms151t
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I dont think the SEC should ever get two in the playoff, as it is formatted now.
Agreed. I have a bias borne of LSU's experience, though.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:49 am to allin2010
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I don't unless Bama finishes 11-1 and does not make the Championship game...
Right. I think the only way it happens is if you have scenario like last year, an 11-1 top 5 team whose only loss it to the team that wins the division.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:51 am to Alt26
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I think the only way it happens is if you have scenario like last year, an 11-1 top 5 team whose only loss it to the team that wins the division.
And frick that shite, am I right?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:52 am to sms151t
There wont be two, unless it is Ga and Bama. That is the only possible combination of two SEC teams, and GA would have to run the table.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:09 am to sms151t
I don't. Not in the first year at least.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:21 am to Alt26
I don't think it will happen with a committee unless they feel the other conferences shite the bed. It doesn't seem impossible though when you take the highest ranked SEC team that was not champion.
2013 Alabama- was 11-1 behind Florida State and Auburn. Won 3/4 and 2 straight. People wouldn't like it but it would have been a likely selection for #3 or #4.
2012 Florida- was 11-1 behind Alabama and Notre Dame. They played the toughest schedule in college football of any contending team. Defeated ACC champ and #4 behind them also did win their conference/division (Oregon)
2011 Alabama- was 11-1 behind LSU. OSU could be placed ahead for the sake of argument but Bama still could/would be #3 or #4.
2009 Florida- was 12-1 but fell to 5th in both polls after an SECCG loss. They were defending champ and winners of 2/3 going for 3/4. They would have to be passed over for the Mountain West champ TCU or WAC champ Boise State.
2008 Alabama and Texas. Bama was 12-1 while Texas was 11-1. Mountain West champ Utah was unbeaten but a 4 team playoff almost has to take 1 of Bama or Texas.
2007 Georgia- was 10-2 but that year was insane. After #1 and #2 you could have picked any 2 of the next 5 or 6 teams that how much of a bloodbath it was.
That is just the last few years.
They don't want to chose 2 teams from the same conference but some years they may feel like it's necessary.
2013 Alabama- was 11-1 behind Florida State and Auburn. Won 3/4 and 2 straight. People wouldn't like it but it would have been a likely selection for #3 or #4.
2012 Florida- was 11-1 behind Alabama and Notre Dame. They played the toughest schedule in college football of any contending team. Defeated ACC champ and #4 behind them also did win their conference/division (Oregon)
2011 Alabama- was 11-1 behind LSU. OSU could be placed ahead for the sake of argument but Bama still could/would be #3 or #4.
2009 Florida- was 12-1 but fell to 5th in both polls after an SECCG loss. They were defending champ and winners of 2/3 going for 3/4. They would have to be passed over for the Mountain West champ TCU or WAC champ Boise State.
2008 Alabama and Texas. Bama was 12-1 while Texas was 11-1. Mountain West champ Utah was unbeaten but a 4 team playoff almost has to take 1 of Bama or Texas.
2007 Georgia- was 10-2 but that year was insane. After #1 and #2 you could have picked any 2 of the next 5 or 6 teams that how much of a bloodbath it was.
That is just the last few years.
They don't want to chose 2 teams from the same conference but some years they may feel like it's necessary.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:23 am to CGSC Lobotomy
You all can say what you want, but if you think for even 1 sec that a 1-loss Bama (non-SEC champ) is gonna be left out I have land to sell you. Only way is if Fla St, Ore, Ok all go undefeated.
I wouldn't say that for any other SEC team, but 1 loss Bama is in the playoff pending the above condition.
I wouldn't say that for any other SEC team, but 1 loss Bama is in the playoff pending the above condition.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:23 am to sms151t
the impression I get is that this committee's purpose is to guarantee 2 SEC teams playing for it all wont happen again.
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