Your preferred post-season scenario

Finish 5th and get whatever team from the American they serve up to be slaughtered in Athens in the first round.

They have serious hatred for the sunbelt for some reason. It should be JMU but oh well

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Ideal playoff would be win Friday and finish 5th in CFP standings. Easy home game against trash to get ready for neutral site domination over #4

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My head says this is the best scenario for a playoff run, my heart wants to whup Bama’s arse in the SECCG first and worry about the playoffs later.
Feels kind of gross to say, but go Texas and Auburn.

Drive the enemy before us and hear the lamentations of their women.

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It's all subjective and there's not really a right or wrong answer, but if we don't make the SECCG then I'd rather go ahead and get a double bye. I think that Kirby would have the team calibrated and ready to go after the layoff.

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We weren’t calibrated last year…in fact, no bye team was…

There’s something about taking 6 weeks off from live games that just isn’t right. You can practice all you want, but nothing is like game experience. Give me the warmup game before the 2 game playoff - all day

Somehow a balance between getting playing time for a young team that is getter better and being healthy.

Beat Tech
A&M beats Bama in SECCG
Committee moves Texas Tech above us
Home game host

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We weren’t calibrated last year…in fact, no bye team was…

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No offense, but i see people blaming the bye on our loss last year...and other losses. But the entire system was set up for failure giving Arizona State, Boise, Penn State and of course, Georgia automatic byes.

Arizona State and Boise were never going to win and were probably the two weakest teams in the layoffs last year.

Georgia ran into a buzz saw (ND) that ended up beating a pretty good Penn State team and play for a National Championship. Not to mention we had a new QB starting his first game.

Oregon had the misfortune of running into a very motivated Ohio State team that ended up winning the title.

We have byes every year and typically do very well coming off the bye. Byes are very important for preparation and healing up lingering injuries.

I will say this...a double bye (If we do not play in the SECCG and remain at #4.....can still give us time to heal from injuries....the only problem is it can sometimes be difficult to keep a team focused and locked in with two weeks between games. Some coaches will try to battle that by taking a couple of days off then having run through style practices for the first week, then do regular practices the second week.

But, I don't think a bye week in an of itself caused losses last season.