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re: How many teams would be 10-1 at this point...
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:18 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:18 am to SummerOfGeorge
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To recap
Bama has lost to every ranked team they’ve played this year. UGA has played 3 ranked teams and won, so bama would have 3 losses if they played UGA’s schedule.
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Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:19 am to Mohican
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Schedule inequity is a real problem. I’m not sure the playoff committee gives it enough weight.
They don't. Alabama is playing the game right. That's why I don't talk shite to them about their schedule. I would hate it as a fan, but their strategy is unquestionably better if you're trying to make the playoffs.
Until the day comes that the committee has five 13-0 conference champions from the Power 5, you are not going to get punished for putting Our Lady of Truth, Justice, Apple Pie and the American Way on your schedule four times a year if you go undefeated. There's an argument that you might want one reasonable Power 5 opponent early in September so your team gets tested before conference play, but from the playoff's perspective, they are not going to leave somebody out who went undefeated in a Power 5 conference unless they must (and if they must, say that all 5 conferences had an undefeated champ, the more likely result is playoff expansion).
Meanwhile, if you lose once, you're at the mercy not only of the committee's impression of your team but also the other teams battling it out. The committee clearly highly respects Alabama, since despite having a soft schedule and losing to their only real competition, they're still deep in the hunt and likely only need 3 games to break their way--Utah, Oklahoma, and Baylor losing. But if somebody else fricks it up, say LSU loses to Georgia or Ohio State loses to an 11-1 Minnesota, they're almost certainly out and they have no recourse. Given that all that is the case, why even put yourself at added risk by playing a tough OOC opponent? It's bad business from the perspective of the playoff hunt, even if it's good business in other respects.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:20 am to Carl Tuckerson
Hopefully the committee starts putting weight on ooc schedules. You have teams like bama and OSU that schedule cupcakes while teams like UGA, auburn, LSU, and a&m schedule real games.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:20 am to BHMKyle
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From the SEC alone, LSU, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, and Texas A&M would all be sitting at 10-1 right now had they played Bama's schedule to this point.
No
LSU would be undefeated
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:22 am to cas4t
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LSU would be undefeated
Very true
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:23 am to BHMKyle
LSU would be 11-0.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:24 am to BHMKyle
So A&M would have beaten themselves. Sounds about right.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:25 am to BHMKyle
Your team had 2 shots to beat us 2 years in a row. Were you ranked then? Of course. How'd that work out?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:25 am to BHMKyle
Georgia lost to a team at home that Bama beat by 24 points on the road.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:27 am to remaster916
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Georgia lost to a team at home that Bama beat by 24 points on the road.
And yet Bama still has zero quality wins.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:28 am to WG_Dawg
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Alabama would be undefeated with UGA's schedule.
not as many as in the OP I'm sure. 3 top 16 teams and two away from home is nothing to sneeze at.
Florida and ND are overrated, but that was a nice win at Auburn, which Bama can equal this weekend.
Georgia would be 9-2 with Bama's schedule, Bama would be 11-0 with Georgia's schedule.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:29 am to atlanta917
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Bama has lost to every ranked team they’ve played this year. UGA has played 3 ranked teams and won, so bama would have 3 losses if they played UGA’s schedule.
Ok, cool, that wasn't the discussion of this thread.
Georgia would at best be 9-2 with Alabama's schedule, agree?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:29 am to remaster916
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Florida and ND are overrated
lol yet both are ranked higher than anyone bama has beaten.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:30 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Georgia would at best be 9-2 with Alabama's schedule, agree?
Nope. If UGA had bama’s soft schedule they wouldn’t have had injuries for the USC game and we still haven’t seen the outcome of LSU/UGA.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:30 am to atlanta917
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You have teams like bama and OSU that schedule cupcakes while teams like UGA, auburn, LSU, and a&m schedule real games.
You know Alabama didn't pick Duke for the game this year right?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:31 am to atlanta917
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If UGA had bama’s soft schedule they wouldn’t have had injuries for the USC game
Georgia had played the gauntlet of
- Vanderbilt
- Murray State
- Arkansas State
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
before playing South Carolina.
I don't know how you survived.
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we still haven’t seen the outcome of LSU/UGA.
Yea, waiting on actual outcomes is what a "What if...." thread is all about. Nailed it.
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:31 am to jchamil
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You know Alabama didn't pick Duke for the game this year right?
Did they pick southern miss, NMSU, or western Carolina?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Georgia had played the gauntlet of
- Vanderbilt
- Murray State
- Arkansas State
- Notre Dame
- Tennessee
before playing South Carolina.
I don't know how you survived.
So UGA did play against more ranked teams than bama, correct?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am to atlanta917
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Did they pick southern miss, NMSU, or western Carolina?
Sure did.
I'm done interrupting your melt down in this thread, proceed
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am to atlanta917
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So UGA did play against more ranked teams than bama, correct?
So playing Notre Dame is the reason Georgia lost to a 4-8 South Carolina team at home?
That's what you are going with?
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