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Should the SEC have two teams considered for playoff?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:27 pm
I was looking at the Sugar Bowl over the last 8 years and it seems that the basic 'runner up' of the SEC hasn't faired too well. Just a small sample, but could support their argument if they want to make it.
2006 2 loss Georgia beat by WV
2009 1 loss Bama beat by UTAH
2011 2 loss Arky beat by OSU
2013 1 loss UF beat by Louisville
2014 1 loss Bama beat by OU
So maybe the committee should not consider a second SEC team?
2006 2 loss Georgia beat by WV
2009 1 loss Bama beat by UTAH
2011 2 loss Arky beat by OSU
2013 1 loss UF beat by Louisville
2014 1 loss Bama beat by OU
So maybe the committee should not consider a second SEC team?
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Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:28 pm to tigerfoot
This is sec country. Consolation games aren'tas Iimportant to us.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:29 pm to tigerfoot
The committee should select the 4 teams with the best resumes regardless of conference, imo.
It would be a shame and an affront to logical thinking if they considered past sugar bowl performances.
It would be a shame and an affront to logical thinking if they considered past sugar bowl performances.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:29 pm to tigerfoot
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2011 2 loss Arky beat by OSU
3rd place team...and they screwed up the streak against OSU
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:30 pm to tigerfoot
If you lose two games and there are 4+ teams with one loss or less you should be out of consideration, regardless of how "good" your losses were.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:31 pm to tigerfoot
Its hard to get a team up to play for a bowl game that doesnt mean much, especially when you were so close to playing for a NC.
When its all on the line and you have a chance to win it all, the SEC has done better well..
When its all on the line and you have a chance to win it all, the SEC has done better well..
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:32 pm to tigerfoot
I know it's a very subjective argument, but teams just missing out on the natty and often playing far less interesting opponents are not going to be motivated.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:35 pm to WDE24
quote:in those years everyone was debating the same SEC is best argument, and more often than not the SEC was beaten. In some cases in embarrassing fashion.
an affront to logical thinking if they considered past sugar bowl performances.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:36 pm to RB10
quote:Are we talking Power 5, or just anyone that escapes with 1 loss?
If you lose two games and there are 4+ teams with one loss or less you should be out of consideration, regardless of how "good" your losses were.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:37 pm to tigerfoot
If you were one game away from playing for a national championship, and then you lost and had to play some shite team from another conference right before you sign on to an NFL roster making you worth millions of dollars are you really going to try that hard?
no. I wouldn't.
leave troll.
no. I wouldn't.
leave troll.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:39 pm to tigerfoot
quote:The SEC is best argument isn't the right argument. The best resume argument is the one to make. If 2 SEC teams have top 4 resumes, they should be in based on the resumes. Not all SEC teams are equal.
the same SEC is best argument, and more often than not the SEC was beaten.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:40 pm to tigerfoot
Probably not in most years, but this year, if it all shakes out right, would be a year where two should be considered.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:40 pm to tigerfoot
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Are we talking Power 5, or just anyone that escapes with 1 loss
Only power 5, even the shitty big 10. Non-power 5 teams have to be undefeated IMO.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:42 pm to RB10
quote:I agree with you.
Only power 5, even the shitty big 10. Non-power 5 teams have to be undefeated IMO.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:42 pm to WDE24
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The committee should select the 4 teams with the best resumes regardless of conference, imo.
Yes. If two teams are basically dead even, then they'll give the nod to the conference champion if one of them is not.
That's how they're going to do it.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:43 pm to WDE24
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The best resume argument is the one to make. If 2 SEC teams have top 4 resumes,
IMO you cant make the top resume argument without making the top conference argument.
Unless they stepped out and played a really top notch non conf schedule, which most do not.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:51 pm to BayouBengals03
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Yes. If two teams are basically dead even, then they'll give the nod to the conference champion if one of them is not. That's how they're going to do it
Yep.
1 loss champ from any other power conference gets the nod over a 1 loss 2nd place SEC team. Otherwise the rage from the rest of the country would cause the committee to be disbanded in a couple of years.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 3:52 pm to Ishmael
quote:Why would you admit to such a character flaw?
If you were one game away from playing for a national championship, and then you lost and had to play some shite team from another conference right before you sign on to an NFL roster making you worth millions of dollars are you really going to try that hard? no. I wouldn't.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:00 pm to tigerfoot
quote:sure you can.
IMO you cant make the top resume argument without making the top conference argument.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 4:47 pm to RB10
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1 loss champ from any other power conference gets the nod over a 1 loss 2nd place SEC team. Otherwise the rage from the rest of the country would cause the committee to be disbanded in a couple of years.
I didn't say that.
I said if the two teams were dead even.
11-1 Alabama or 11-1 Auburn would get in over 12-1 Ohio State.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 4:49 pm
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