re: Did Alabama Deserve to Make the Playoff? (Post playoff/bowl analysis)

Oregon lost to Arizona at home this season. Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech. Also at home. If you want to talk losses, let's talk losses. Alabama had a single loss to Ole Miss on the road while every starter on Ole Miss was healthy. And their starters are really good. I like how you go into a deep explanation for Alabama but not for those two teams. And I don't think FSU deserved to be in. The committee says it's all about who was the best right now, but FSU is barely squeaking by every unranked opponent on the schedule, but they're letting them in the playoff because they won the NC last year? Give me a damn break. Yes, Alabama deserved to be in. There is seriously a limit to how in depth you can look into wins and losses. "Well Alabama lost to Ole Miss, who lost to TCU, who lost to Baylor, who lost to Michigan State, who got beat by Oregon, who lost to Arizona. Therefore Arizona is better than Alabama." Just stop it. Mississippi State was in the committee's opinion, the #1 team in the country AT THE TIME. Alabama beat them. Auburn put up record setting yards and 44 points. And if you can turn the ball over 3 times and still find a way to win that game, that's impressive against an SEC opponent. LSU isn't a bad team either, and Les Miles' record in Death Valley at night is incredible. It wasn't one big win. It was a season.

I would really hate to see a 12 win sec champion not make it. Wouldn't you?

an 8-team playoff with Bama ranked 5th - 7th would have been more realistic

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Remember when Alabama broke your heart again this year, you said you wetr done with trolling/flaming Bama and calling a truce or some shite? What the frick happened? But you will be able to pick apart the first 2 out every year.

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I hear you and I thought about that. Thanks for reminding me. I actually tried to make sure that this did not come off as a troll.

It isn't. I gave that pledge and I have stuck with it and will continue to do so.

This is a serious question about how we see the playoff and teams strength of schedule. Honestly, it only occurred to me because of how sorry the rest of the SEC was. I am not doubting that Bama has a good team. I am talking about how we make these decisions now and was trying to analyze post bowl season.

You can think what you want, but this is more about the process of how we choose the teams now than whether or not I think that Alabama is a good team.

Alabama is a very good team.

LSU completely sucks.

So, I've got that out of the way.

And, I am not trying to troll Alabama. I am trying to have a discussion.

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So, asking who deserves to be in the playoff AFTER the first round of games is dumb?

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Incredibly

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CrimsonChin Did Alabama Deserve to Make the Playoff? (Post playoff/bowl analysis) I would really hate to see a 12 win sec champion not make it. Wouldn't you?

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Of course I would. The thought of Alabama not being deserving NEVER entered my mind until I thought about the arguments before the bowl season AGAINST TCU and then considered how pitiful the SEC was (including the SEC West) in their bowl games. Just wondering if that would have changed the dynamic.

TCU destroying Ole Miss, the only team to beat Alabama, would have born some consideration if it had happened during the regular season, no?

I know that it is a weird metric. But, my guess is that bowl season will matter more for these types of discussion in the future related to conference strength when it comes to picking the 4 team playoff participants. So, I brought it up.

12-1 SEC Champs ranked #1 by every poll in the country. You must be mentally handicapped.

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Have we ever not looked at the participants in the BCS National Championship Game and declared that one team didn't deserve to be there?

No. We always do this.

When Alabama beat LSU in the 2012 game 21-0, the refrain from Bama fans was that LSU sucked. Based on what? Not based on the regular season and who was more deserving of being in the game? LSU was 13-0, SEC champs, and beat Alabama AT Alabama. No, Bama fans declared that LSU sucked because of ONE GAME on 1/9/12. The entire season was assessed as failure.

So, why NOT compare teams AFTER the bowls/playoff and wonder if there were other teams more deserving or who were better than those who got in? We have always done this. Now it is stupid? That makes no sense.

So each year, 2 playoff teams will have not deserved to be there because they lost semi-final games? That's essentially what you are saying, and it's dumb as shite and you wouldn't be saying it if it weren't Bama involved.

What did TCUs opponents do in their bowl games?

I believe TCU is the only team to win a bowl out of the Big12.