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re: Pretend LSU beats Alabama in 2 weeks..
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:49 am to BHMKyle
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:49 am to BHMKyle
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Yes but Ohio State had a conference Championship and Bama didn't win their division
Ok, cool, has nothing to do with your overall point.
Ohio State had 2 losses and Alabama had 1
Clemson will have 0 losses and Alabama will have 1
It's completely different and, as I said, Alabama has NEVER bumped a team with less losses than them out of a spot.
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If the roles were reversed and Ohio State had gotten in without winning their division and Alabama was left out as SEC Champs, Bama fans would have had a conniption fit and you know it. Tell me I'm wrong and Bama fans would have all agreed in unison that they should be left out despite winning the SEC? Surely you aren't going to say that would have been the case.
I'm not gonna relitigate 2017, but if Alabama had lost to Kentucky by 30 and lost another game to a good team I would not be having any fits.
Especially when the other team finished ahead of mine in almost every metric, including the old BCS. I'd be irate that we just didn't show up against Kentucky, mainly.
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 10:51 am
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Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:52 am to SummerOfGeorge
The better question would be if Alabama beats LSU in a close one, LSU wins out and Florida and Texas finish strong.
LSU's only loss would be on the road to a Top 2-3 team and they'd have 2-3 Top 20 wins (Texas, Florida, Auburn). I'd guess they'd be ahead of Clemson in pretty much every Strength of Record type metric in that case and could easily argue they played 3-4 teams better than Clemson's best opponent AND their only loss was to a team much much better than anyone Clemson even played.
LSU's only loss would be on the road to a Top 2-3 team and they'd have 2-3 Top 20 wins (Texas, Florida, Auburn). I'd guess they'd be ahead of Clemson in pretty much every Strength of Record type metric in that case and could easily argue they played 3-4 teams better than Clemson's best opponent AND their only loss was to a team much much better than anyone Clemson even played.
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 10:55 am
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:53 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I'm not gonna relitigate 2017, but if Alabama had lost to Kentucky by 30 and lost another game to a good team I would not be having any fits.
You know the majority of your fan base would though. The vast majority of Bama fans would say that winning the SEC and having one of its losses to a clear Top 2 team should counteract the fact they had 2 losses.... not to mention their two Top 10 wins vs. the other team's zero.
You know most Bama fans would meltdown over getting left out as SEC Champions.... so don't act like Ohio State didn't have an argument. They did.
Both teams had a legit argument that year and Bama got the benefit of the doubt. That's my entire point. When its a tough decision, Bama gets the nod. They always do.
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