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re: Only one scenario keeps a 1-loss Bama out of the playoffs:
Posted on 10/28/15 at 2:19 am to prevatt33
Posted on 10/28/15 at 2:19 am to prevatt33
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So, what are you talking about?
I 'm not going to spend the time to look up a bunch of shite about teams that I don't give a hoot about, but for starters, Oklahoma State won their conference championship and bama didn't. I know that won't matter to anyone but those are facts. I also remember ESPN talking about SOS and Oklahoma States was stronger than bamas. The other thing that all the so called experts kept talking about was bamas loss looking better than Oklahoma States.
First time I recall people judging a teams loss over another teams SOS or conference championship. The fact of the matter is, if you were to reverse the records for those two teams, all that would have mattered would have been SOS and a conference championship.
Bama was pushed into that National Championship strictly because they were alabama. Oklahoma State was left out strictly because they aren't a media darling.
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:23 am to earl keese
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Bama was pushed into that National Championship strictly because they were alabama. Oklahoma State was left out strictly because they aren't a media darling.
Don't agree with this statement but, biases aside, I think LSU got screwed in 2011...if the situation was reversed, I wouldn't have wanted to play LSU again. Not that it matters but, personally, I think you should have to be your conference champion before being the national champion, but those weren't the rules then and they still aren't the rules now...
That being said, the BCS was designed to put the two best teams in the championship game, not the two most deserving teams. And while the BCS failed some years, it got it right that year...I think it'd be hard to argue that LSU and Bama weren't the top 2 teams in the country in 2011; the system just wasn't designed to account for those teams having already played. Wasn't the first time it ever happened and, without a rule change, it probably won't be the last. Definitely sucked for LSU that year and, in like circumstances, I wouldn't have been a happy camper either...
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