re: And another PSA from Little Nicky...

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