re: Are Tennessee fans legitimately angry about being behind Bama?

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So does the committee take critical injuries like that into consideration? Could that make the difference in a situation where it is basically a tossup between to two teams? I'm not sure if they do, but I seem to remember some talk of this in previous years.

Personally I see both sides, I tend to place more weight on H2H when the records are the same, but if you asked me right NOW if Alabama was a better team than a Tennessee team sans HH, I'd say absolutely.

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Thats basically what im asking. What is the Criteria? Is it the eye test? Are we judging these teams based on the talent on the teams and who we think would most likely win? If thats the case Ohio state and Bama should both be in over TCU regardless if they go undefeated. What if in the championship game USC wins but caleb williams hurts his ankle, does that mean bama should get in over them?

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The thing is that it wasn’t a close loss to UGA. The final score wasn’t indicative to how dominated TN was in that game, and the playoff committee saw that. Both of losses were beat downs. The kicker is that one of the beat downs was to the Gamecocks.

With Hooker gone, the CFPC is just showing that the same team that got blown out twice doesn’t even have its best weapon available. It’s a fair assessment on their part.

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Ok, So answer my question. If bowers, the qb for TCU or the QB for usc were to get injured during their championship game appearances and their teams squeak by. Injured as in they wont be healthy for the playoffs. You agree that the playoff committee would be justified in moving them down due to that injury? Even if it meant moving USC out of it and Bama or Ohio state in?

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Bama fans conveniently forget that an absolutely awful call gifted them the Texas game, which is arguably their best win.

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Tennessee fans conveniently ignore that with corrupt or inept officials ut beat alabama at home by a pt on the last play.

The official didn't call this bogus interference until McKinstry was about the 35 yard line after the interception that would have sealed the game, Alabama up by 7 pts.

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Ok, So answer my question. If bowers, the qb for TCU or the QB for usc were to get injured during their championship game appearances and their teams squeak by. Injured as in they wont be healthy for the playoffs. You agree that the playoff committee would be justified in moving them down due to that injury? Even if it meant moving USC out of it and Bama or Ohio state in?

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The two blowouts were enough to keep TN out, though. The Hooker loss was an unfortunate cherry on top.

That said, that would be a factor for the playoff committee to consider. It would be a lot harder to weight that one factor over everything else, but it might be considered with all other aspects of their decision.

I think you are focusing on the wrong issue, though. It wasn’t Hooker’s injury alone, but the fact that TN got blown out by two teams while he was healthy, and his backup isn’t on his level. The Hooker injury just made the decision easier to boost Bama, it seems.

Thank you.

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This is such a stupid thought process (not by you, but in general). If head to head doesn't matter, then why play the games in the first place?

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There is precedent from the basketball selection committee when a top player is injured and it always moves that team down in the tournament seedings. I get the argument is between head to head or a bad loss, which is a good argument, but I think with Hooker out I would give the nod to Bama, just the same as if Young were out I would give the nod to Tennessee.

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Tennessee fans conveniently ignore that with corrupt or inept officials ut beat alabama at home by a pt on the last play.

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Idiotic Bammers conveniently forget that the refs were letting them slide all day.

This was not called.



YOU GOT BEAT! Deal with it.

Here’s what I understand:

VOLS beat bama irl and I don’t give af about a meaningless playoff committee ranking.

I won’t say that the CFP has basically rendered the regular season moot as in pro sports, there still are few enough games where you lose more than once you’re going to have issues unless strange things happen. But it’s changed the dynamic enough where head to head simply is not going to be a mic drop. They are absolutely going to prioritize where teams are in the first weekend of December, not what might have happened on the third weekend in October. I didn’t say I liked it, but it is what it is.

Bama is 0-2 against top 15 teams.
UT is 2-1 against Top 15 teams

UT is 2-0 against common opponents
Bama is 1-1 against common opponents

UT won Head to head
UT has better strength of schedule

Bama best wins are against #20 Texas and #25 Miss State. Both have lost 4 games each.
UT best wins are against #6 Bama, and #14 LSU on the road.

It’s pretty clear that UT has a better resume and “body of work”. Yes it’s true that bama is 2 plays away from being 12-0. But it’s also true bama is 2 plays away from being 8-4 also.