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re: Everyone who thinks 2 SEC teams have a shot at getting to the playoff is wrong
Posted on 10/21/14 at 6:27 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 10/21/14 at 6:27 pm to Cheese Grits
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As that 2008 year dropped Alabama from what should have been 3rd place all the way to 6th. Further proof the voters will go out of their way to prevent a 2nd SEC team even if it means taking 2 from another conference.
All of that is just speculation. First of all, the Staples article goes through the mindset and the process behind what the media did in their mock...not the actual committee. My point, which still remains, is that the committee took a non-champion over a champion, debunking the myth that they will take only conference champions if they get in that situation. Sure, the Big 12 had a championship game, but Texas didn't play in it, so the Big 12 championship game was irrelevant as far as Texas being chosen. Texas defeated their conference's champion; Alabama lost to their conference's champion. This had nothing to do with an anti-SEC bias. It was all about strength of schedule and quality of wins.
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 6:43 pm to BamaGradinTn
Also, your argument that USC shouldn't have jumped Alabama is biased and flawed. Hell, I would have wanted Bama in also, but the reality is that USC's quality wins were against higher ranked opponents. USC's two quality wins...Oregon and OSU...both finished higher than Bama's two...UGA and Ole Miss. You can disagree with their results, but to try to argue that it's evidence of some anti-SEC bias is laughable.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 7:05 pm to BamaGradinTn
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First of all, the Staples article goes through the mindset and the process behind what the media did in their mock...not the actual committee.
Actually, the real committee did the same and got the same results. Did you read the different media besides Staples?
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Sure, the Big 12 had a championship game, but Texas didn't play in it, so the Big 12 championship game was irrelevant as far as Texas being chosen.
Correct, Texas can draw eyeballs like few teams can. it is why they are a brand and Baylor, TCU, and Texas Tech are not.
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It was all about strength of schedule and quality of wins.
I see you already drank the Kool Aid
Alabama 2008
vs #9 Clemson (Chick-fil-A College Kickoff)
Tulane
WKU
@ Arkansas
@ #3 Georgia
Kentucky
Ole Miss
@ Tennessee (Third Saturday in October)
Arkansas State
@ #15 LSU
Mississippi State
Auburn (Iron Bowl)
Texas played 12 games but this was game #13 for Alabama
vs #2 Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Here was the Texas schedule (10 win teams in BOLD)
Florida Atlantic
@ UTEP
Rice
Arkansas (Bama played Hogs @ Fayettenam, Horns got Hogs at home)
@ Colorado
vs Oklahoma (Dallas RRR game)
Missouri
Oklahoma State
@ Texas Tech
Baylor
@ Kansas
Texas A&M
As for why Texas?
Top 10 most watched regular season games in 2008
#1 12/06/2008 #2 Florida vs #1 Alabama SEC Championship 15.0 Million
#2 11/01/2008 #1 Texas vs #7 Texas Tech ESPN on ABC 12.2 Million
#10 10/11/2008 #5 Texas vs #1 Oklahoma ESPN on ABC 7.7 Million
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