re: Travis Gregory Stano says SEC should get 3 playoff teams

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I disagree. The two best teams in the SEC played for the National Championship in 2011. AND, IMO, the two best teams in the coutry played for it. had it been Georgia and Alabama instead of LSU and Alabama you would, I suspect feel differently. BOTH teams were teams for the ages. GREAT teams. It just stings because LSU came out on the short end of the stick,

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Sure, it stings. But, I have always believed this. I never thought that Nebraska should have played for that title years ago when Miami destroyed them. I didn't think that Oklahoma should have in 2003. And, before the 2011 LSU-Alabama game, I stated on this board that there should not be a rematch no matter what happened. It is a bad idea and it would devalue the game played that night.

If LSU had lost 9-6 AT Alabama, there would not have been a rematch. I am convinced of that. Alabama would have won the SEC and beaten Georgia and we would have had an Alabama-Oklahoma State final. There would have been a call from ESPN to have the SEC and Big 12 champs play. And, I would have been fine with that. That is what I believe about college football. The regular season matters. But, ESPN wanted Alabama in the game because of the Saban storyline and the potential of ratings. Their plan backfired, however, as the rest of the country didn't want to see that game again. The ratings were terrible. The only people who wanted to see that game again were Alabama fans and ESPN.

It will happen that way again. I am fine with a playoff if it pits conference champs against each other. If it is 2-3 SEC teams, I think it will be a joke.