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re: nick saban's quote on college football playoffs
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:18 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:18 pm to ReauxlTide222
quote:I honestly do think the things Saban advocates for are for what he feels is right for the game
He's trying to help the rest of y'all out.
It comes off as ironic though sometimes because of his situation.
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Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:18 pm to AUCE05
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If you can't admit Bama gained a major advantage on the field by losing their division
I'll concede that we were able to get healthy, but Ohio State had the same "bye" week the year before and they still got blown out in their playoff game. So it's not like it is a given that playing one less game is always an advantage.
That point aside, when Alabama lost to Auburn, their destiny was taken out of their hands. That's not an advantage. It's not like they walked off the field at JHS thinking they were in better shape.
Not all conferences and divisions are the same and changing the rules to where Alabama could've benefited more if they had lost to Fresno State instead of Auburn doesn't really fix any issues.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:23 pm to lsupride87
quote:No doubt.
It comes off as ironic though sometimes because of his situation.
It also doesn't help that he started to struggle with fast tempo offenses and then wanted CFB to look into slowing it down because it might not be safe
Don't think he was looking out for all of CFB there Although, I miss real-time strategy on defense and substitutions and MLBs running around giving signals. 
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:23 pm to lsupride87
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Once the committee but them ahead of Bama, they shouldn’t have slid below them for playing the extra game
Oh my god
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:23 pm to lsupride87
quote:frick no! All we heard for yrs was that the BCS was shite and college football needed a playoff. Here we are 4 yrs into the playoff system and folks are still bitching & whining and want to change the system that every program agreed to put in place.
Can you be anymore cliche’?
quote:It's here brother - sweating bullets with 85 degrees and 100% humidity in my neck of the woods.
Where the frick is summer
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:31 pm to RT1941
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Here we are 4 yrs into the playoff system and folks are still bitching & whining and want to change the system that every program agreed to put in place.
Which won't change if we expand the playoff. People will find a way to bitch and moan.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:31 pm to texag7
quote:Please just tell me why you disagree with it
Oh my god
I will even use this example to make you happy
In 2020, A&m is ranked #4 and about to play in the conference championship game
UT is ranked #5 and at home not playing
If A&M were to lose, they should not be able to fall behind UT or any other team behind them that did not play the extra game
Is there anyone who actually disagrees with this? If so, why?
Reauxl can I get your opinion. You too fairhope, you seem balanced here
This post was edited on 5/30/18 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:32 pm to FairhopeTider
quote:Of course. But like Saban is advocating in his quote in this very thread, we shouldnt always try and make it better
Which won't change if we expand the playoff. People will find a way to bitch and moan.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:34 pm to FairhopeTider
No one complains about the champion in other sports. That's because they have a legitimate playoff system in place. My statement still stands.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:42 pm to lsupride87
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Of course. But like Saban is advocating in his quote in this very thread, we shouldnt always try and make it better
I'm not saying we should always be slaves to the status quo and that the current system is flawless. However, I think college football is a great sport because it doesn't have the sterile format that you find elsewhere. Its what separates it from everything else and I think the college football regular season is the best regular season in all of sports. Tinkering with the post season has a tangible affect on the regular season. Screwing with that balance too much can fundamentally alter the game in a bad way in my opinion.
The whole point of the playoff was that we would no longer have any lingering doubt when crowning a champion. All UCF stuff aside, I feel like we have that now.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:43 pm to AUCE05
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That's because they have a legitimate playoff system in place.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:45 pm to lsupride87
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In 2011, 2012, and 2017 yall lost in the month of November and still made the playoffs/title game
And yet we forget that the idiot teams that jumped ahead of Bama after these late loses, then (wait for it...) went on to lose even later in the year, thus hurting thier chances more than Alabama. JUST LIKE THE MAN SAID.
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:46 pm to FairhopeTider
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I'm not saying we should always be slaves to the status quo and that the current system is flawless. However, I think college football is a great sport because it doesn't have the sterile format that you find elsewhere. Its what separates it from everything else and I think the college football regular season is the best regular season in all of sports. Tinkering with the post season has a tangible affect on the regular season. Screwing with that balance too much can fundamentally alter the game in a bad way in my opinion.
The whole point of the playoff was that we would no longer have any lingering doubt when crowning a champion. All UCF stuff aside, I feel like we have that now.
Good post! Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:51 pm to FairhopeTider
quote:For now
The whole point of the playoff was that we would no longer have any lingering doubt when crowning a champion. All UCF stuff aside, I feel like we have that now.
The fact they set it up with only 4 teams leaves for some potential bullshite though
Undefeated UGA, Texas, USCwest, FSU, Ohio State
Cluster
frick
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:54 pm to AUCE05
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That's because they have a legitimate playoff system in place.
In the NFL, you have division winners make the playoff but the downside to that is you see a team heading into the last game of the season benching their starters in order to rest for the playoff. You really want to see UGA roll into the Georgia Tech game with the second team because they've already secured the East and want to save their starters for the SECCG?
This post was edited on 5/30/18 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:57 pm to lsupride87
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For now
The fact they set it up with only 4 teams leaves for some potential bullshite though
Undefeated UGA, Texas, USCwest, FSU, Ohio State
Cluster
frick
I agree. That would be a clusterfrick. But let's say we expanded it to 8 teams. Then we get into the clusterfrick of who deserves homefield advantage. If we just expanded it to 6, then we get into the nightmare of deciding who gets the bye week. There isn't a perfect system.
This post was edited on 5/30/18 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:59 pm to lsupride87
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The fact they set it up with only 4 teams leaves for some potential bullshite though
so expanding it to 8 will fix that?
Got it
Posted on 5/30/18 at 12:59 pm to FairhopeTider
quote:There isnt, but I just think there is a better system
I agree. That would be a clusterfrick. But let's say we expanded it to 8 teams. Then we get into the clusterfrick of who deserves homefield advantage. If we just expanded it to 6, then we get into the nightmare of deciding who gets the bye week. There isn't a perfect system.
The BCS was better than we had before
The playoff is now better than that
I think this playoff has room to improve, and I think it will
Posted on 5/30/18 at 1:00 pm to 14&Counting
quote:Yes, it will fix the potential chance that all power 5 teams have an undefeated champion and one gets left out
so expanding it to 8 will fix that?
Hell, 6 prevents that
Posted on 5/30/18 at 1:02 pm to JJ27
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That Ohio State loss wasn't early, it was the same day as LSU/Bama.
Well, there was 3 weeks and the conference championships left in the season, and lets not forget that they lost to Oklahoma, too, earlier in the year.
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