re: Bama fans wouldn't be so insufferable if they just acknowledged the grift

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You can believe what you like, I don't believe they'd have left the SEC champs without a seat at the CFP table. The committee is made up of 13 members, 5 of them are ACC affiliated, and they still made the decision to give Texas and Bama a seat while bumping Michigan to #1 with their weak SOS. 

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I'm just going off of what the committee said

When you get to that third team, it's hard to make a case for Texas over undefeated Florida State (with Travis).

And you can't make a case for Alabama over Texas because of the head to head.

The loss of Travis and the Louisville game in particular was a major factor in their decision.

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"Florida State is a different team than they were through the first 11 weeks," Boo Corrigan said after the rankings reveal. "It was an incredible season. But as you look at who they are as a team right now without Jordan Travis and without the offensive dynamic that he brings to it, they are a different team, and the committee voted Alabama No. 4 and Florida State No. 5."

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"Player availability was really important," Corrigan said. "You could lose a running back. You could lose a wide receiver. But a quarterback as dynamic as Jordan Travis changes their offense in its entirety. That was really a big factor for the committee as we went through everything. I feel horrible for Coach Norvell and the players. They're a different team now than they were earlier in the year. It's been a long couple of days."

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