Herbstreit doing his best to keep us out..

Every, and I mean, every SiriusXM college sports radio talking head is pushing to keep out Bama as well.
It's an easy sell.
Bama fatigue, "conference champions", etc.
Further, IMO, I think keeping Bama out, along with teams like OU, Oregon, Penn State, Georgia, etc. will rise to getting an 8 team playoff, which I think deep down the talking heads want and need.

This is assuming they beat Oregon, which is no certainty. The media is so biased and corrupt. They don't even try to hide it.

Because BAMA nit,making the playoffs will be a storymine that lasts through the summer. Just like when we lose.

CFP Rankings with SOR & GC (game control)
#6 Utah SOR 11, GC 9 | #5 Bama SOR 5, GC 4

#6 Utah's Resumé ........ #5 Bama's Resumé
(Bama's resumé shuffled for comparability)
w 30-12 at BYU 7-4 ....... w 49-07 vs USM 7-4
w 35-17 vs N-IL 5-7 ...... w 62-10 vs NMS 2-9
w 31-00 vs IDST 3-9 ..... w 66-03 vs WCU 3-9
L 23-30 at USC 8-4 ....... L 41-46 vs LSU 11-0
w 38-13 vs Wazu 6-5 .... w 59-31 vs OMS 4-8
w 21-03 vs AZST 6-5 .... w 35-13 vs Tenn 6-5
w 35-00 vs CAL 6-5 ...... w 38-07 at MSU 6-6
w 33-28 at Wash 6-5 .... w 47-28 at ATM 7-4
w 49-03 vs Ucla 4-7 ...... w 42-03 ns Duke 4-7
w 35-07 at ARIZ 4-7 ...... w 48-07 vs ARK 2-9
__ __-__ vs COL 5-6 ........ w 47-23 at USC 4-7
__ __-__ ns ORE 9-2 ........ __ __-__ at AUB 8-3

1. Bama's loss to #2 LSU > Utah's to #22 USC.
2. Utah's best wins = Wash & AZST.
3. Bama's best wins = ATM & Tenn.
4. #14 ORE close losses: #15 AUB & AZST.
5. #15 AUB close losses: Top-15 LSU, UGA, UF.
6. ATM losses: Top-15 CU, UGA, AL, AU.
7. Tenn losses: Top-15 UGA, UA, UF.
8. OM, MSU, ARK losses: Top-15 LSU, UA, AU.
9. ORE vs AUB = only PAC12 vs ranked SEC.
Q: How many Top-15 teams are in the PAC12?

Bottom line: Bama's resumé > Utah's resumé.

#RollTide #GoDucks

While I understand your POV the other teams also lost. And lost to worse teams. Bama is getting punished for being in the sec west. Other teams have other opportunities to impress the committee. We will only have one more game to do so.

Right now it seems pretty clear just like in the past there is 3 teams that currently deserve to be in there. Then there is another 3 or 4 teams that you could make an argument for. Alabama being one of them. The problem is with our limited roster I am not sure just like the other teams vying for the 4th spot we can beat the top 3.

But I will say this the only logic I can see why OSU jumped LSU in my opinion is the committee sees UA getting the 4th spot and does not want a rematch with us and LSU in the semis. LSU will not get that spot back even with a win over UGA if OSU wins out against a top ranked UM and Minn in the B10CG.

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But I will say this the only logic I can see why OSU jumped LSU in my opinion is the committee sees UA getting the 4th spot and does not want a rematch with us and LSU in the semis.

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Honestly, long term, getting left out isn't the worst thing. Especially with a team that is pretty clearly going to have to play perfect games to compete in the playoffs (unlike past teams).

- The whole "Bama is always in no matter what" narrative dies.
- Whoever ends up #4 probably gets beat up pretty bad in the first round. We (hopefully) go to the Orange Bowl and beat some hapless ACC team 45-7. People will look back on things are realize "Hey, maybe we should pay attention to the difference in beating 7-5 teams by 30 or beating them by 6".

I'm not hoping for it to happen, but of all the years where we are on the border to not get in I'd sacrifice this one to get rid of some of the other stuff going forward.

Also, I just won't feel slighted at all. In past years I truly thought we were one of the co-best teams in the country with a resume that was more than good enough. I just don't feel that way on either count right now. At best we have an equal resume with some, and unlike past years we aren't the terrifying force that people know will show up and crush people.

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But, really, Bama really needs to not blow any remaining chances by losing to Auburn.

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Yea, agree. Go out, play well and beat Auburn, finish 11-1. If we lose to Auburn this weekend this entire thing changes and the season is pretty much a failure, fair or not.

If we go 11-1 and don't make the playoffs, so what? Go out and whip the shite out of UVA or Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, finish 12-1 and watch the media darling for the #4 seed get torn to shreds in the playoff.

With everything that has happened this year, the schedule that turned to shite, etc.......I'd be pretty happy with that result.

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But, honestly, I really think Bama will continue to look unprepared, nervous, stupid for a large portion of the Iron Bowl.

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Yea, agree - it's hard for me to say "if we play a game without penalties or blown plays" considering it's game 12 and it's happened in the first 11.