re: Steele gives his CFB playoff predictions on Bulldog Roundtable on 680 the fan

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What about the importance the committee places on conference champions?

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I believe C. Rice's presence > importance of conference champion. Like I said, I don't believe LSU (or most other teams) could break into the playoff as a non-conference champ.

However, it might be possible if either: 1) it's a 2007 kind of year in the other conferences or 2) the SEC dominates all the key ooc match-ups (like Aub and Ole Miss winning week 1, etc.) and the Bama-LSU were to be an OT nail-biter Bama squeaking it out on a miracle play kind of thing. Then perhaps, but likely even then only if the committee felt inclined to give LSU a "turn-about is fair play" shot.