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Is the College Football Playoff Committee Secretly Sabotaging Alabama’s 2025 Season?

Posted on 8/16/25 at 11:54 am
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
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Posted on 8/16/25 at 11:54 am
Alright, SEC Rant, hear me out: is the CFP committee, with ESPN and the SEC office whispering in their ear, quietly sabotaging Alabama’s 2025 season? Think about it. Bama’s coming off a 9-4 ‘flop’—no playoff, first time since 2007—and the powers-that-be don’t want the Tide dominating the new 12-team playoff. Why? Another Saban-era dynasty rerun is ‘bad for ratings.’ Exhibit A: Ty Simpson’s the new QB, with zero starts, 381 yards, and zero TDs. Finebaum’s calling him a ‘game manager’ who won’t make dynamic plays—yet Bama fans think he’s the next Bryce Young? Suspicious. Exhibit B: Justice Haynes bolts to Michigan, leaving a thin RB room with Jam Miller and Richard Young, while their 2024 run defense got torched for 137.8 yards/game by Oklahoma and Tennessee. Exhibit C: that schedule—at Florida State, at Georgia, at Auburn? It’s like the SEC office handpicked a gauntlet to break Bama before the Iron Bowl. And don’t get me started on the ‘analytics’—you know the CFP committee’s obsessed with ‘strength of schedule’ metrics that’ll tank Bama’s ranking if Simpson stumbles. I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy, but it smells like the suits want a new SEC poster child, and Bama’s not it. Alabama fans, are y’all still sipping the ‘playoff Kool-Aid’ or seeing through this setup? Anyone else think the committee’s got it out for Tuscaloosa?

#BamaSabotage #CFPConspiracy

Posted by RTRnFlorida
Member since Mar 2024
2633 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:21 pm to
It’s always the world against bama. We’re the most hated for a reason. As Saban stated; once you climb the top of the mountain, you become the mountain. The NCAA does not want Bama at the top. They are pushing the mediocre programs historically over the last 50 years. Oregon, Texas, etc..

Soon they will be doing the same to Georgia, LSU and others.

Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
10781 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

It’s always the world against bama. We’re the most hated for a reason. As Saban stated; once you climb the top of the mountain, you become the mountain. The NCAA does not want Bama at the top. They are pushing the mediocre programs historically over the last 50 years. Oregon, Texas, etc.. Soon they will be doing the same to Georgia, LSU and others.


Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
17202 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:24 pm to
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no playoff, first time since 2007


Explain your math.
Posted by Marktastic86
Pismo Beach, CA
Member since Dec 2020
21186 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:25 pm to
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a thin RB room

Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
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Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:32 pm to
Boared was better. I miss him.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
20462 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:38 pm to
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while their 2024 run defense got torched for 137.8 yards/game by Oklahoma and Tennessee.


Your definition of torched must be different than mine. By the way, did you know that Arkansas got torched a bunch? Arkansas gave up more than that a bunch. Here is how many rushing yards Arkansas’ defense allowed in a few games last seasons.

Texas Tech: 217 yards
Missouri: 148 yarda
Texas: 139 yards
Ole Miss: 132 yards (562 passing yards allowed).
Mississippi State: 162 yards
LSU: 158 yards (one of the few games they were successful running the ball.)
Tennessee: 174 yards
Auburn: 146 yards
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
4856 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:38 pm to
Bama can have our schedule. I would take that trade any day.
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
3356 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:40 pm to
This thread isn't about Arkansas.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
83269 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:42 pm to
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no playoff, first time since 2007


Do what, now?
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
3356 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:43 pm to
quote:

Explain your math.


Don't tell me what to do.
Posted by SouthernInsanity
Shadows of Death Valley
Member since Nov 2012
25760 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 12:43 pm to
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It’s always the world against bama


Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
25684 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:05 pm to
We can only hope.
Posted by Lizardgrad89
Member since Jul 2025
32 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:07 pm to
Doubtful.

Ratings aren't generated by fans. Every team has fans, and their fan base is a small minority of the total number of fans out there. No, ratings are generated by HATERS. The teams with the most haters get the best ratings. They watch to root against them. So dynasties and rivalries are good for ratings. They generate hate.

Lots of people hate Bama and want to see them lose, so they are good for ratings. Ratings = money. What do CFB and ESPN truly love? Of course, it's money. So ask yourself, why in the world would they be trying to keep Bama out?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
136287 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:08 pm to
Yes
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27268 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:09 pm to
Play our schedule yearly lol


Shut up. No one in the SEC is making your schedule hard, the SEC top heads want you to succeed..more ratings, more money...we usually have a top 5 SOS in the nation..so seriouesly..man up you little b!tch and stop crying.
This post was edited on 8/16/25 at 1:13 pm
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
20462 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:29 pm to
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This thread isn't about Arkansas.


Correct, no thread about Arkansas would have any mention of the college football playoffs.
Posted by UrbJones33
Sylacauga, AL
Member since Dec 2020
513 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:35 pm to
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This thread isn't about Arkansas


Lol!! I wonder why??
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
20697 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:38 pm to
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Is the College Football Playoff Committee Secretly Sabotaging Alabama’s 2025 Season?

by AlterEd



I hope so
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
24863 posts
Posted on 8/16/25 at 1:46 pm to
I did not expect an Alabama cope thread before the season even starts.
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