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re: Bama is getting screwed
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:05 am to SEC Doctor
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:05 am to SEC Doctor
Assume favorites win and the standings hold serve.
Out of the top 4 teams there are 6 possible matchups:
1. A&M-Bama
2. A&M-UGA
3. A&M-OM
4. Bama-UGA
5. Bama-OM
6. UGA-OM
Only 2 were played the entire regular season. Teams aren’t playing each other enough. The luck of the schedule means too much. It was the same situation last year. It WILL happen sooner or later where we end with 3 undefeated teams. Then what? They really want to avoid that. The conference is too fricking big
Out of the top 4 teams there are 6 possible matchups:
1. A&M-Bama
2. A&M-UGA
3. A&M-OM
4. Bama-UGA
5. Bama-OM
6. UGA-OM
Only 2 were played the entire regular season. Teams aren’t playing each other enough. The luck of the schedule means too much. It was the same situation last year. It WILL happen sooner or later where we end with 3 undefeated teams. Then what? They really want to avoid that. The conference is too fricking big
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 10:06 am
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:05 am to Soonerd78
UConn and Florida State have the same number of wins against the ACC in the last 2 seasons.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:06 am to Soonerd78
Funny how we don’t want to go by “best loss” or “eye test” anymore in Tuscaloosa
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:28 am to Soonerd78
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The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games
On the face this is correct. But I’m pretty sure the 9 games was part of a behind the scenes agreement so the other conferences would agree to the future playoff expansion.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:31 am to SEC Doctor
That wasn’t his point.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:38 am to Soonerd78
Yeah, but i remember A&M losing to top ranked Bama by a lot in 2020, then going 9-1 in SEC and everyone was happy to leave us out of the playoffs because of that early loss.
F Bama N Dame and OSU.
You get whatever misery is coming your way.
F Bama N Dame and OSU.
You get whatever misery is coming your way.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 10:41 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:39 am to Soonerd78
Look the entire CFP committee is crazy. Certain rules work for some teams but not for others. No consistency. Of course, Bama should be higher. But at least Bama will have a chance to fix that - win your games in the playoff.
Meanwhile, us Vandy fans are fighting a harder more gut wrenching battle with the CFP committee. The better you get, the more it hurts? Is that what all this SEC angst has been about all these years listening to y’all?
Meanwhile, us Vandy fans are fighting a harder more gut wrenching battle with the CFP committee. The better you get, the more it hurts? Is that what all this SEC angst has been about all these years listening to y’all?
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 10:40 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:40 am to BigBinBR
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But I’m pretty sure the 9 games was part of a behind the scenes agreement so the other conferences would agree to the future playoff expansion.
There was no such finalized agreement.
Sankey needs to be investigated for the possibility of accepting a bribe.
ESPN is laughing all the way to the bank.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:44 am to Soonerd78
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Bama has two wins over top 7 teams and lost to a top 8 team . Bama has the best win imo UGA . They have four playoff committee wins and one bad loss .
Oregon has zero good wins and a great loss
ND has one ranked win and 2 good losses .
It doesn't matter if they are 8th or 10th. They are in if they win their games.
You can't reward teams for losing. If Bama was undefeated with their wins they would be #1. When Bama had 1 loss they were the highest ranked 1 loss team. Now that they have 2 losses they are behind a team who beat them head to head in OU and ND who the committee thinks is very good based on how they lost their 2 games early in the year.
So wins matter as long as your record is good. Bama is ahead of a 1 loss BYU, a 1 loss GT, and every other 2 loss team aside from the two I listed above. AND they literally lost last week so that absolutely should weigh in
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:45 am to VU fan 43
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Bama will have a chance to fix that - win your games in the playoff.
According to the ESPN pundits on Tuesday night, Bama would have to win out their regular season and win the SEC to get in.
9-3 is a non-starter because they lost to an un-ranked team.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:45 am to Chip82
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There was no such finalized agreement.
Our “interim” (at the time) AD said it off hand and unprompted and let it out of the bag when he was talking at his first or second press conference.
It’s something he should not have released, but it’s pretty much been agreed on by all the conferences.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 10:46 am to Soonerd78
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The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games
This needs to be stopped immediately. The B1G is playing the committee system much better than we are. Schedule easy and avoid your best teams facing each other.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 10:48 am
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:33 am to TideCPA
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FSU is pretty squarely in the #25-30 range in most statistical/power rankings.
Dude. They are 5-5 playing in the ACC.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:42 am to Buckeye06
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You can't reward teams for losing.
I do agree with this, but at the same time ND lost to the only (currently) two ranked teams they have played. At least Alabama has beaten some currently ranked teams. (Georgia, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Missouri) Yes, they had a recent loss, but Alabama should be ranked higher than ND.
Surely you can see the reasoning in that? Both teams have lost two games. One has not beaten a currently ranked team and the other has beaten 4 currently ranked teams, including one that is currently ranked #4.
I don't like a lot of the hand wringing and angst SOME of the Alabama fans are doing, but when compared to ND they definitely have a legit point.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:48 am to Soonerd78
Saban was Bama ... losing Saban had a cascading effect including on the extra credibility we used to get . Even Vegas odds every game are impacted
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:51 am to Old Hellen Yeller
So, if I understand you correctly, the schedule will be purposely set up to protect the perennial top dogs in the SEC and therefore keep the bottom half down with no way to get to say a 5 or 6 game winning season? How exactly is that representing all the members of the conference? Our purpose isn’t to get you in the CFP, it is to get there ourselves.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:52 am to lsupride87
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Funny how we don’t want to go by “best loss” or “eye test”
The committee does because how else would you explain ND being ahead of Miami?
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:55 am to Buckeye06
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You can't reward teams for losing.
Correct
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ND who the committee thinks is very good based on how they lost their 2 games early in the year.
But now you contradict yourself because the chair of the committee last night said the FSU game was being used for ranking of Alabama. First game of the season.
A loss is a loss.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 11:57 am to genro
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Only 2 were played the entire regular season. Teams aren’t playing each other enough.
Top 3 teams in the B1G are:
Ohio State
Indiana
Oregon
How many times did they play each other? You can throw Michigan in there is you want.
Oregon/Indiana played each other and Ohio State/Michigan will play each other.
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