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re: There's not much difference between 12-1 and 13-0
Posted on 12/5/23 at 10:27 am to panhandlebama
Posted on 12/5/23 at 10:27 am to panhandlebama
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If Georgia had beaten Alabama, Texas would have been 4th and FSU would have been shut out.
False. Texas should thank Alabama. If Alabama hadn’t beaten Georgia, Texas would have been left out.
If Georgia won the SEC Championship Game, the committee would have ranked:
1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Washington
4. Florida St
5. Texas
However, Alabama winning created a problem. They can’t leave a 12-1 Alabama SEC Champ out, but Texas is also 12-1 and beat Alabama head to head. Thus, they couldn’t justify including Alabama without also including the Texas team that beat them. Thus, Alabama winning secured Texas’s spot as well as Alabama’s.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 10:29 am
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Posted on 12/5/23 at 10:47 am to kingbob
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False. Texas should thank Alabama. If Alabama hadn’t beaten Georgia, Texas would have been left out.
I completely disagree, but that's OK. First, Travis's injury changed the dynamics. If, FSU's 2nd stringer had gone Cardale Jones on Florida and Louisville, yes, FSU would have gone. But that didn't happen. FSU looked inept on offense in both games against bad teams.
The Alabama Georgia game was a play-in game. Pure and simple. FSU had no bearing on whether the Alabama/Georgia winner was going to go.
So, let's assume that FSU's 2nd stringer did go Cardale Jones on both Florida and Louisville, and FSU wins those games by 30 points and FSU throws for 350 yards and Alabama wins? The result would have been:
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. FSU
4. Alabama
There was NO WAY a one-loss SEC Champ was being left out period.
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