Basically, Alabama is going to get left out

I don’t think the staff should be on shaky ground for 10-3 with wins over Auburn, UT, LSU, and Georgia.

I think the current playoff system is stupid, and I wish the SEC would just add enough programs to make its own league completely separate from the FBS.

The B1G leadership is trying to destroy CFB with private equity deals and 24 team playoffs with 16 auto bids. We dominate that conference in ratings, so I don’t see why we even bother dealing with them.

Beating Auburn in Jurdin Hare at night may be more difficult than beating AM in Atlanta.

I think that's exactly what will happen. But when Alabama gets shafted despite the precedent being set last yr just because this committee wants to move the goalposts now I won't be too angry. The dumbasses are already talking about Alabama's lack of a running game being held against us. It's pretty obvious this committee doesn't want Alabama involved unless they absolutely have no choice.

You're assuming other teams wont lose in the next two weeks

After the way the offense has looked most of the year scoring 70 points would be like a cleansing rain on a hot summer day. No matter who the opponent is.

Posted in another thread, but I'm reposting here.

Obviously, the best path to the Playoff and the one I hope we are on, is to win out. But there is still a path if Alabama loses the SECCG and it looks like this:

If everyone ahead of us wins out the regular season and we lose a competitive game to A&M

1. Ohio State (13-0)
2. Texas A&M (13-0)
3. Georgia (11-1)
4. Indiana (12-1)
5. Texas Tech (12-1)
6. Ole Miss (11-1)
7. Oregon (11-1)
8. Oklahoma (10-2)
9. Notre Dame (10-2)
10. Georgia Tech (11-2)
11. Alabama (10-3)
12. Tulane (10-2)

Just outside will be:

BYU and Utah - Behind Alabama already. Would be their CG loser.

Miami - Already behind us, no ranked opponents left, and almost 0% chance of making their conference champ game.

Vanderbilt - We beat them head to head

Michigan and USC - Three losses, not a chance.
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Here are the only scenarios that could possibly knock a 3-loss Bama (with the third loss being in the SECCG) out:

Michigan beating Ohio State would make me nervous because at the end of the year, you would have a 10-2 team that beat the likely Big 10 Champ just sitting there, versus a 10-3 Alabama, who had to play an extra game.

USC beating Oregon would cause some chaos and put us in a 3-way battle between two 10-2 teams, and a 10-3 Alabama that, again, had to play an extra game.

Texas Tech losing in the Big 12 CG. Whoever they lost to would be in and Texas Tech would also likely be an at-large. That's where Notre Dame being ahead of us stinks, because it would likely come down to us against them, and we had to play an extra game.

I like the idea. The SEC hates our program and so does ESPN. ESPN openly roots for us to lose every week. They’ve demonized our program. I’d love to see the reaction if we were to go independent like Notre Dame.

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Beating Auburn

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Is the only thing that matters at this point

We deserve the crap sandwich we are being served. I said it and meant it