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re: I despise Bama but they have one of the top resumes and should be in
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:38 pm to aggressor
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:38 pm to aggressor
quote:This will not happen. Bama is in with a close loss in Atlanta. Blowout, I guess that’s a different discussion.
The point is Bama could win out and lose to A&M in the SECCG and be knocked out of the Playoff so some ACC or Big 12 scrub can jump them.
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:38 pm to aggressor
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So they could easily be penalized for making the SECCG, if they beat Auburn and didn't then they would be in.
Exactly. If we beat Auburn, a team that will then be 5-7 on the year, we gain very little. If we lose we are out completely (and deservedly so). So even with a win we likely stay between 8-10 in the penultimate CFP rankings barring chaos. If we lose to Texas A&M in Atlanta, even if it's a close loss, we could theoretically be knocked out of the CFP picture.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:56 pm to 3down10
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I thought it was the fact that both Alabama and LSU were beating teams by 30-40 points all year except when they played each other
Maybe, but Bama getting the rematch is why we now have the playoff system.
The entire country was having SEC fatigue and giving Bama a 2nd chance vs a team they lost to at home in the regular season meant the regular season no longer meant anything.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:58 pm to John Casey
There nothing to prevent rematches in the playoff system
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:03 pm to John Casey
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The entire country was having SEC fatigue and giving Bama a 2nd chance vs a team they lost to at home in the regular season meant the regular season no longer meant anything.
1. There is nothing to prevent rematches in the playoff system
2. 2011 was an anomaly in that you had three great teams and a bunch of average teams.
People overreacted significantly to the 2011 college football season and blew up the sport as we know it as a result.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:05 pm to RelentlessTide
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There nothing to prevent rematches in the playoff system
Yes, it's a part of having playoffs.
I just don't think there would have been as many people calling for a playoff had Bama not gotten a rematch in 2011-12. Instead of having just Bama fans upset, you had Big 10, ACC, Big 12, and Pac 12 fans all upset.
Other conferences and fans were upset and the way it was fixed going forward was to create the college football playoff so everyone could be included.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:29 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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And Notre Dame passes the eye-test compared to Alabama.
I don't think this is true at all.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:32 am to RollTide1987
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People overreacted significantly to the 2011 college football season and blew up the sport as we know it as a result.
I don't really remember there being the same uproar in 1996 when Florida got a rematch with Florida State after losing to them in the last regular season game of the year.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:34 am to aggressor
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The point is Bama could win out and lose to A&M in the SECCG and be knocked out of the Playoff so some ACC or Big 12 scrub can jump them.
They got blown out by the team in 15th place of the ACC
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:36 am to nicholastiger
If they lose to Auburn, they deserve to be out.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:43 am to aggressor
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Maybe Bama gets in but it is far from a sure thing with a loss to A&M in the CCG based on what was said.
Wow, "sure thing" ! a Bama loss to Aggy in the CCG ????? That is certainly NOT a 'sure thing', given how poorly you played SCUe. Do that and the 'sure thing' is you losing to Bama or any good team.
You sure spew a lot of garbage.
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 8:56 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:45 am to GeauxBurrow312
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Tulane at Texas Tech (-21.5)
Notre Dame (-3.5) at Oklahoma
Alabama at Oregon (-4.5)
Miami at Ole Miss (-3.5)
So three potentially great games, and one blow out.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:51 am to nicholastiger
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I despise Bama but they have one of the top resumes and should be in
well, if the playoffs were today they would undoubtedly be in.
You realize they have likely 3 more games to play right? If they have 3 losses and zero hardware, I'm not sure why they should deserve the playoffs.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:52 am to 3down10
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And in that first game, Alabama's FG kicker went 2-4. The difference between it and the rematch was mostly that Alabama's kicker went 5-5 and we scored the only TD between the 2 teams.
Our FG kicker went 5-7, actually. We punted 3 times to LSU's 9.
LSU drives in that game:
Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt
Interception
Punt
Punt
Fumble
Punt
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:53 am to nicholastiger
They just have to win out. The rest of the regular season shouldn't be an issue.
...but if they lose in the SEC championship game, they're out.
...but if they lose in the SEC championship game, they're out.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:54 am to NtxSooner
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No 3 loss team should ever be in a playoff. Ever.
It is an expanded playoff without balance in terms of SoS. It is just going to be the nature of the beast, especially with auto-bids.
3 x in the 16 regular season NFL game era a team with less than 10 regular season wins has made the Super Bowl, and a 7 loss team (2011 Giants) has won one..
The larger the playoffs get, the less the regular season matters.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 8:55 am to skrayper
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So three potentially great games, and one blow out.
Tulane got blown out by UTSA, a playoff team will crush them like Ole Miss already did
Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:00 am to hogcard1964
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They just have to win out. The rest of the regular season shouldn't be an issue.
...but if they lose in the SEC championship game, they're out.
I'm of two minds.
Part of me wants to say, "If losing a championship game means you get left out of the playoffs, then not making a championship game should also mean you get left out of the playoffs."
The other understands that this is entirely due to the opening game loss to FSU, who then imploded entirely themselves. If we win that game, even by just a point, then all of this is moot and if we win out and then lost the SECCG we're in anyway - we're just playing for seeding.
So honestly at this point I will only presume we're in if we win out, including winning the SECCG, unless other chaos happens. At this point we can only control the games ahead of us.
If someone else ahead of us loses (like Oklahoma losing to Missouri, Ole Miss losing to Mississippi State, or Notre Dame getting upset in one of their two remaining games), then I'll revisit those expectations, but until then I'm just going to cheer on my team and hope for the best.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:01 am to GeauxBurrow312
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So three potentially great games, and one blow out.
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Tulane got blown out by UTSA, a playoff team will crush them like Ole Miss already did
This is why I hope UGA stays at 4 and we at 5. We get a home game warmup without body bags all over the place. Our QB situation is not good. This gives him playing time without the extreme risk- that will come on soon enough.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:01 am to Henry Jones Jr
Do you really think anyone with an IQ higher than 95 is going to believe that one game at the very beginning of a season trumps literally every single game the rest of the season? I know you're butt hurt because you're about to lose Lane to either LSU or Florida. But no need to continue to embarrass yourself.
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