re: Why Bama gets a pass, but not Florida?

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After last year's NC, when every sports personality in America gave up being against non-conference champions playing for a national title, why is it not the same story this year for Florida? Now that we've set a precedent for "best two teams" instead of "most deserving teams", shouldn't Florida be up there if they finish 11-1? The winner of the SEC title game will be at best 2-1 against the top 10... Florida will be 4-1.


Because last year the winner of the SEC *also* got in. It's not like 2011 skipped LSU and put Bama in instead. That's why with the same record it will be the winner of the SECCG. And the answer is so obvious that you're being pretty ridiculous even to ask the question.

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This still doesn't change the fact that last year all of a sudden the rationale changed for voters. Nebraska loses their division in 2001 but plays for the title: uproar. In 2003 the same thing happend for Oklahoma: system tweaked. In 2006 #1 and #2 Ohio State and Michigan play to a 3-point finale (sound familiar?), while Florida pulled out close games all year. The voters, though many still thought OSU and Michigan were the better teams, voted UF to number 2 to avoid the rematch.

Point being is that to think that somehow last year's outcome didn't fly completely in the face of what every year the voters and BCS tried to avoid, is just not admitting that your team got a huge gift. As good as Bama and LSU were, no one would have said it was unfair if the loser didn't get a rematch. I will say however, LSU would have gotten the same break as Bama had they lost the first matchup.