re: Bama is getting screwed

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It’s something he should not have released, but it’s pretty much been agreed on by all the conferences.

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This simply isn't true.

Sankey has recently started to lobby for it after he came to the realization that he couldn't make excuses that would hold water for the 9 game schedule.

All you have to do is look at the weekly Vegas Odds between conference opponents in the SEC versus conference opponents in the B1G and others.

Georgia's largest point spread this year was Kentucky at 21 points.

But Kirby Smart will repeatedly tell you that the Kentucky game has consistently been one of more physical opponents that Georgia plays.

Now compare that to Ohio State.

Ohio State will play Rutgers this week with a 33 point spread.
Remember, this is an in-conference game.
And it is one of several in-conference games where Ohio State has enjoyed a point spread of more than 21 points.

The SEC will now have an additional weekend of ELIMINATION games.

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quote:They are holding them back because of a road first game loss. They got blown out by an ACC bottom feeder, that game should matter.

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So a win against #4 on the road cant offset that. What about Notre Dame losing to Northern Illinois last season...should they have not gotten in?

I know everyone is jazzed that Alabama is the one getting the shaft...but what happens when its YOUR team. The committee is essentially saying that strength of schedule doesnt matter much so when your team ultimately gets that extra loss because they are getting beat down by 9 SEC games while ND, SMU, Oregon, etc avoid losses by just playing shite teams outrank them...dont then change your tune

So one game on opening weekend should carry more weight than four wins against ranked teams with one being against a top five team? The only world where that makes sense is someone who is already biased against Alabama.

As much as I hate the term "eye-test" because it was invented by ESPN for Alabama to justify a rematch with LSU....

"This is an Eye-Test Committee and not a Resume Committee"

And Notre Dame passes the eye-test compared to Alabama.

Funny how Bama is now getting burned by what they once lobbied and profited from.

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Bama is getting screwed

They are holding them back because of a road first game loss.

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Well we were told ad nauseum by Bama fans that expanding the playoff would make the regular season not matter.

Nothing against Bama, I love all my Bama peeps on here, but they were very loud about their hatred for the playoff expansion in that it would relegate the regular season to games no one cared about.

So I am pretty sure Bama fans will not agree with you on this thread.

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And Notre Dame passes the eye-test compared to Alabama.

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Probably because Notre Dame's SOS is significantly inferior to Alabama's. The Tide are playing Top 25 teams week in and week out whereas Notre Dame's best win is #16 USC. Their second best win was to an unranked Pittsburgh team that could potentially finish with the same record as Florida State - Alabama's worst loss.

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The bottom line the sec is fricked going to 9 games .

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The system was designed by the BigX because they have more garbage teams. Idk why they don't go to a 10-game conference schedule, and my guess is they will in lieu of a BigX championship game (especially if OhioSt loses this season) and to coax the SEC to do the same. Only OhioSt will get to drop Texas and pencil in Maryland or Rutgers. Aggie will have to drop ND and play Ole Miss Or BAMA or the could luck up and get UK.
What happens for BigX teams every year can happen in the SEC but it's by chance.

Look at Aggie's conference schedule. They dodged every contender except Tejas. Now, it doesn't get much easier in the SEC than:

Barn
MissSt
UF
Arky
LLLSU
Mizzou
USC
Tejas
This isnt exactly murderers' row. But it is noteworthy that all of those teams have played in the SECCG and Aggie went 8-4 vs basically the same schedule last year. The parity that exists in the SEC made Aggie's schedule easy. Everyone thought before the season LLLsu was a playoff team. Texas too.

Compare that to OhioSt:
Wash
Minn
Illinois
Wisc
PSU
Purdue
Ucla
Rutgers
Mich

Minn has 2 ten win seasons in history and will never play for a championship.
Illinois has three and will never play for a champ.
Purdue has one but one of those wins was vacated so they never have officially won 10 games in a season. They will never play for a champ.
Ucla has 3 ten win seasons since 1998. They will never play for a championship again.
Rutgers has 1. Never will play for a championship.

Add Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, and until last year Indiana who will revert hard when Cignetti's gone. Anybody see Wisc or USC, or Iowa, returning to glory any time soon and playing in the BigXCG? The travel will always make it difficult for the west coast teams. The east coast teams (OhioSt mainly) will never have to play anything but 330 games on the West coast. Imagine OhioSt playing a night game in the Coliseum and then playing a BIG NOON KICKOFF the next week. It will NEVER happen. They'll also never be any BIG NOON KICKOFFS with OhioSt out west either. They will always get the benefit of the schedule and its simple.

Since 2000, OhioSt is 225-50 on the field including post season.
They are 69-26 in night games.

Over half their losses have been at night. That's why you don't see OhioSt play at night. The conference knows this. Why make your bell cow play night games they are twice as likely to lose no matter the record of the other team?

In night games vs teams that ended the season with 10+ wins, OhioSt is 20-17.

CUM was 9-5 in night games vs teams that finished the season with 10+ wins.
Without him, OhioSt for as dominant as they have been is 11-17 vs 10+win teams at night since 2000.

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This would be the first time in history that Bama got screwed.

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BAMA was 12-0 going into the SECCG. They lost by 1. Win that game and win the sugar and 14-0 BAMA splits the national title with 13-0 Nebraska.

We got screwed by having to play a conference championship game while Nebraska sat at home.

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What if Ole Miss loses to State? That’s a rivalry game, crazier things have happened… is Ole Miss suddenly on the outside looking in while teams like Oregon, Notre Dame etc get in having beaten no one with a pulse.

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If Ole Miss loses to State they are going to be out. The one win @ Oklahoma isn't going to be enough in a crowded group of 10-2 teams.

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You really trying to get us to feel bad for BAMA? I hope they suffer every misfortune possible for the next 20 years.

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That's the spirit!