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re: ESPN Ranks All Playoff Era Teams

Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:49 am to
Posted by Mr Roboto
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:49 am to
2019 LSU dethroned the defending champs and a quarterback who had never lost in college
Posted by Harry Boutte
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2024
3758 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:52 am to
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a cripple playing QB

There it is.

Alabama is the only team that can use injuries as an excuse.
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our 2020 team

Still couldn't win 15 games.
Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
4911 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:53 am to
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ESPN Ranks All Playoff Era Teams

Bill Connelly Ranks All Playoff Era Teams

Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
10502 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:57 am to
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The unfortunate truth is that the whole Covid madness makes it possible to throw stones at 2020 Bama just because the season itself was an outlier, and because of that, that team does not get its due. Had the 2020 season been played as normal without all the ridiculousness surrounding it, it would be remembered as the greatest team of all time by pretty much everyone without question.


Or Mac Jones would have been exposed sooner as a fraud. As you said, we'll never know how good that team was or wasn't, because it never played any other teams at full strength.
Posted by LSUbasketballfan
Member since Jan 2021
475 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:57 am to
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Why would he do that? He's writing about the 2020 Bama team, not the 2019 Bama team.


Because his reason is this was the best team from the best dynasty with the best coach. So no, from the article his ranking of 2020 bama at #1 is not based on one season.
Posted by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
3375 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:58 am to
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Corndog Melt...nothing like it.


They are rather melty........
Posted by Morpheus
In your Dreams
Member since Apr 2022
7236 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:13 am to
2019 LSU would have beaten 2020 Covid 19 Alabama and it really wouldn’t have been close.

Most people that have watched football even once in their lives know this.

Posted by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
3375 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:15 am to
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Most people on the SEC Rant that have watched football even once in their lives know this.


FIFY
Posted by Tigerdew
The Garden District of Da' Parish
Member since Dec 2003
14894 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:32 am to
This is like calling the Lakers championship bubble team the greatest ever and pretty on brand for Bama shite.
Posted by Tigers222
Member since Jun 2021
210 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:40 am to
Wow, what a great list…..lol
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
34387 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:07 pm to
LSU fans and their embrace of cancel culture is, admittedly, one of the more surprising things to learn on this site.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10224 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:12 pm to
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2019 LSU would have beaten 2020 Covid 19 Alabama and it really wouldn’t have been close.


No they wouldn't have. See how easily I refuted your baseless statement with one of my own?
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
37764 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:15 pm to
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Alabama defeated a team who had 7 wins and played in 2 road games in order to win a national title.

Any ranking that includes that team at #1 is an absolute joke.


That means Alabama played a tougher opponent, not weaker.



Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
37764 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:15 pm to
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2019 LSU would have beaten 2020 Covid 19 Alabama and it really wouldn’t have been close.

Most people that have watched football even once in their lives know this.



2019 LSU wasn't even #1 in power rankings for 2019.

Why? Because your defense wasn't that good. There are 2 sides of the ball.
This post was edited on 12/15/25 at 12:16 pm
Posted by DrEdgeLSU
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2006
8647 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:38 pm to
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That means Alabama played a tougher opponent, not weaker.


What? Explain this logic.

Alabama is the only team in modern history to win a football championship directly as a result of beating a team with 7 or fewer wins.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
3013 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:40 pm to
So 2 Bamtards post the same thing within minutes.

Bama tries so hard to be the best. From media guides printing false titles that so that fans can claim them, to this. Everything they can.

Just enjoy your team and stop having a complex like you guys do. Quite frankly it is embarrassing. It is just college football guys. Get a better life. You will feel better in the long run.
This post was edited on 12/15/25 at 12:40 pm
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
20194 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:42 pm to
You have to be quick to beat SEC Doctor to an Alabama thread.
Posted by 3down10
Member since Sep 2014
37764 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:48 pm to
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What? Explain this logic.

Alabama is the only team in modern history to win a football championship directly as a result of beating a team with 7 or fewer wins.


Well, let's have Alabama play 5 less games next year before playing LSU and then you tell me how it made Alabama weaker.

We'd be way more rested with less injuries. There will be less film on us for you to study. Less opponents who showed weaknesses in the Alabama film.

Take a look at Alabama vs Clemson in 2018 - who did Clemson copy for it's defensive gameplan? Miss St that Alabama played earlier in the year. If that game doesn't get played, Clemson likely has no idea how to stop Alabama's offense.

Hell in 2014 Ohio St got a big bonus with Cardale Jones at the end of the year. Nobody had any real film on how to stop him. He kinda flopped once people had film on him.

Just this year Alabama's offense was rocking mid year. Then we started playing tougher defenses who used the previous film and figured out how to stop Ty and give him trouble.

Who in the world wouldn't prefer their team played less games in the year? Right now the entire playoff are based on certain teams getting a total of 1 less game.

Posted by Tigerdew
The Garden District of Da' Parish
Member since Dec 2003
14894 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:57 pm to
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2019 LSU wasn't even #1 in power rankings for 2019.

Why? Because your defense wasn't that good. There are 2 sides of the ball.


The same power rankings that put LSU @ #3 behind Clemson AFTER LSU beat the shite out of them in the Dome? Yeah, pardon me if no one takes that shite seriously.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
15365 posts
Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:01 pm to
Yeah, for every article/person or poll that says that Bama team was the best you could probably find half a dozen or more that says the LSU team is the best.

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