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Bama fans wouldn't be so insufferable if they just acknowledged the grift

Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:24 am
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5037 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:24 am
You just need to say "yep, it's complete shenanigans but it benefited me and I'm happy about it, and we were placed in the playoffs because the powers that be decided it would be better for TV."

Instead you twist yourselves into gay little pretzels making absurd arguments about why you "deserve" to be elevated over an undefeated P5 team. That's the only reason people get annoyed with Alabama fans.
Posted by MykTide
Member since Jul 2012
25481 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:26 am to
We’re doing exactly what you would be doing if your school was in the exact situation.

Sorry for your loss.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
16769 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:27 am to
yep, it's complete shenanigans but it benefited me and I'm happy about it, and we were placed in the playoffs because the powers that be decided it would be better for TV

Now what?
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
52431 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:27 am to
quote:

You just need to say "yep, it's complete shenanigans but it benefited me and I'm happy about it, and we were placed in the playoffs because the powers that be decided it would be better for TV."

Instead you twist yourselves into gay little pretzels making absurd arguments about why you "deserve" to be elevated over an undefeated P5 team. That's the only reason people get annoyed with Alabama fans.





BUT MUH STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, DAMNIT!!!!
Posted by AlterDWI
Durango, Colorado
Member since Nov 2012
2156 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:28 am to
Im a Bama fan who fully acknowledges the system is fricked up. FSU has benefitted from it in the past so I dont feel bad at all.
Posted by teamjackson
Headspace, LLC
Member since Nov 2012
4606 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:28 am to
yep, it's complete shenanigans but it benefited me and I'm happy about it, and we were placed in the playoffs because the powers that be decided it would be better for TV.

There, said it, now can we stop making dumb threads?
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:29 am to
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Instead you twist yourselves into gay little pretzels making absurd arguments about why you "deserve" to be elevated over an undefeated P5 team


This is exactly opposite of reality.

You people have been coming absolutely unhinged because a team with the FIFTY-FIFTH (55th) ranked SOS got left out. They literally had a G5 team with a tougher SOS in front of them.

But you want us to pretend going 12-1 against the 5th toughest schedule in the country and winning the SEC needed some kind of bias to be admitted into the playoff.

You people are literal retards.
Posted by skipjackbama
Member since Apr 2023
1502 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:29 am to
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5037 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:29 am to
quote:

Now what?


You've won me over. No more complaining from me.
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5037 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:30 am to
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There, said it, now can we stop making dumb threads?


I'll probably keep making dumb threads, but not about this
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67046 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:31 am to
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We’re doing exactly what you would be doing if your school was in the exact situation.


No, I completely acknowledge that both of LSU’s BCS National Title appearances in the 2000’s were fluky. I mean, a 2 loss team that makes it in when only 2 teams play for the title? Absolutely absurd. In 2003, USC had a great case to be in that game. The argument over whether Oklahoma or LSU should have been the odd one out could reasonably be made with no clear definitive answer.

2011 was a travesty because only a handful of programs (Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame, Ohio St, Michigan, maaaaaybe USC) would have been allowed to jump Okie St like that to play a team they already lost to in the regular season. Alabama was clearly a better team than Okie St, and LSU’s loss still stings, but Okie St got robbed By the committee of the opportunity.

The reality is that cfb is a multi-tiered monster. Some teams are given every benefit of the doubt, every possible justification, and sometimes even “help” from officials in games, while other programs can be perfect and still not get a chance at the title. It simply be that way, and it needs to change.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 11:34 am
Posted by EGO3x
Member since Oct 2023
1674 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:31 am to
I don't typically say things I don't believe just to appease butt hurt fans like yourself. You are the one that needs to accept reality.

Alabama beat the no. 1 team in America on the last weekend. Only loss was to a playoff team. They deserved to get in. If you can't understand that then you need to address your own bias.

I can promise you if the scenarios were flipped you would say an undefeated Bama with a weak schedule shouldn't get in over a 1 loss FSU that just beat a no. 1 team.

You don't like Alabama. That's why you don't think they deserved to get in. Just admit it.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 11:32 am
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
44360 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:33 am to
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an undefeated P5 team.


For years and years the ACC has been a punchline on this board. Then suddenly on Sunday around lunch it turned into a serious P-5 conference where you have to survive a murderer's row including Boston College, Syracuse, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Pitt, and Wake Forest to win it.
Posted by m2pro
Member since Nov 2008
28601 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:33 am to
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You just need to say


"Bama is a top 4 team, and that is the criteria which qualifies someone for the play offs and no matter how it shook out some fans/teams were inevitably going to be upset about it... and that's why expansion is inevitable. but i hate bama and that's why i'm bitching and moaning right now."

As soon as you say that for us, that'll help. Thanks.
This post was edited on 12/5/23 at 11:50 am
Posted by gumpinmizzou
Member since May 2017
2786 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:33 am to
"yep, it's complete shenanigans but it benefited me and I'm happy about it, and we were placed in the playoffs because the powers that be decided it would be better for TV."

Ok, now stop making threads
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
52431 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:33 am to
quote:

This is exactly opposite of reality.

You people have been coming absolutely unhinged because a team with the FIFTY-FIFTH (55th) ranked SOS got left out. They literally had a G5 team with a tougher SOS in front of them.

But you want us to pretend going 12-1 against the 5th toughest schedule in the country and winning the SEC needed some kind of bias to be admitted into the playoff.

You people are literal retards.

Poster Tuscaloosa can't admit that Alabama is only in the playoff because Jordan Travis got injured.

Sad.


Posted by MykTide
Member since Jul 2012
25481 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:34 am to
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Alabama was clearly a better team than Okie St, and LSU’s loss still stings


At least you’re admitting the correct teams were in the championship.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
35995 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:34 am to
Why would I admit to something I don't believe?

I have morals you know.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
35995 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:34 am to
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67046 posts
Posted on 12/5/23 at 11:36 am to
And if Florida St had an identical record to Alabama, not one person on this board would disagree with Florida St getting left out.

At the end of the day, though, a team can only play the teams on their schedule, something the players have no control over. Punishing them because Miami and Clemson had disappointing seasons seems ridiculous, but these things happen when you have a subjective system to field a playoff rather than an objective one.
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