And another PSA from Little Nicky...

You’re talking about it. Nick still has it.

This is the end my friend the only end

Alabama was -13.5 against LSU…

Sorry Nick, you fricking pussy.

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Saban spoke about the Tide being left out of last year's playoff and revealed that he's not sold the current system actually selects the four best teams.

"So, all we do is take the teams that win the most games at the end of the year, put them in the playoffs," Saban said. "But do you really get the best teams?

"When they told me that we would be favored against three out of the four teams that got in the playoff, I’m like, why aren’t we in the playoffs?”

Alabama lost just two games last season, but both came in heartbreaking fashion. The Tide fell to the Tennessee Volunteers on a last-second field goal and later in the year, lost to LSU by one point in overtime.

"Does that mean they have a better team [than us],” Saban asked, likely referring to Ohio State, TCU and/or Michigan - the three teams ranked ahead of Alabama in the final CFP rankings last season.

"Or does it mean that those people don’t know what they’re talking about? I really don’t know that. But I’m not being critical of anybody. But if you’re going to have parity, you have to have a better way of figuring out who has the best teams."

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Look, Alabama didn't deserve to be in the CFP last season because they didn't get it done. They blew it on the field when they still controlled their own destiny.

But what he's inferring is correct. There is not one person who can claim (with a straight face) that TCU was a better team than Alabama, or probably even multiple other teams in this conference.

His actual talking point here is that we need to stop trying to give every other conference a participation trophy in this thing.

If multiple SEC teams "should" get in, they should get in.

Auburn was better than Alabama in 2017 and they won a NC without winning their division.

Didn't hear him complaining then.

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revealed that he's not sold the current system actually selects the four best teams.

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This is one of my biggest annoyances when dealing with people talkign about CFB. THE PLAYOFF HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE "BEST" TEAMS. Never!!! It's been about most deserving/best resumes. "best" is subjective and leads to the dreaded eye test. If it was only about "best" teams then bama and ohio state might as well be given a free pass into teh playoffs after about 5 or 6 games once it's obvious that they're really good. The whole point is that you play your way in or out. It's worked out flawlessly so far.

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"When they told me that we would be favored against three out of the four teams that got in the playoff, I’m like, why aren’t we in the playoffs?”

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becase you lost 2 games and didn't even win your division ya goober.

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"Does that mean they have a better team [than us],” Saban asked, likely referring to Ohio State, TCU and/or Michigan - the three teams ranked ahead of Alabama in the final CFP rankings last season.

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nope, it doens't. Bama would have throttled TCU and michigan both. So what? Thsoe teams did enough during the season to earn their way in. Bama didn't.

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"Or does it mean that those people don’t know what they’re talking about?

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you don't know what you're talking about, correct.

And I just upvoted SummerGeorge, first time ever...

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what he's inferring is correct. There is not one person who can claim (with a straight face) that TCU was a better team than Alabama, or probably even multiple other teams in this conference.

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What he's getting at is that because bama is "better" than TCU that bama should've been in the playoffs instead of TCU. Which is absolutely not correct.

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His actual talking point here is that we need to stop trying to give every other conference a participation trophy in this thing.

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I mostly agree with this, but it's only getting worse since we're going to 12 and I'm sure eventaully at some point 16+ team playoffs. Everyone with a pulse is getting in.

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If multiple SEC teams "should" get in, they should get in.

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I just don't agree, as it stands with a 4 team playoff. What is the point of having a reulgar season if multple lsoses and winning nothing of consequence at all doesn't have any penalties as a result? IF you can lose 2 games, not win your division, and still make the playoffs...what's the point of even trying in the regular season?

Betting lines shouldn't determine playoff spots, sorry. What happens on the field should be what gets you in. Betting lines should be just that, for betting. And maybe it can be factored into strength of schedule, but even that can be misleading because injuries happen, causing teams to be weaker and stronger at different points of the season. But it shouldn't be criteria for earning playoff spots and ignore what happens on the field. Otherwise why are we even playing?

Besides the point, Bama wasn't some dominant team last year. If a team with a different name and jersey color posted the exact same results as Bama they wouldn't be hypothetically favored over as many teams as Bama supposedly would have, a large part of that is from name brand alone. TCU played better in Austin against Texas than Bama did. They were a play away from losing to A&M and Ole Miss even gave them some trouble. It's not like they were crushing good teams all year and just had a slip up along the way

I would humbly ask Mr. Saban what quality win was on their resume last year?

I’ll wait.