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Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:47 am
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:47 am
To any of the haters that will undoubtedly blow up this board crying later if Bama makes it to the playoffs, I have a question for you. Do you really think James Madison is deserving? If so, your opinion should be disregarded.
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Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:49 am to FoTownBam
No, Bama should be in. All this shite is going to do is move us to 16 teams, then 24… the continual downfall of what was the greatest sport in history.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:51 am to Aguga
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No, Bama should be in. All this shite is going to do is move us to 16 teams, then 24… the continual downfall of what was the greatest sport in history.
You might be right. My point is we should probably eliminate conference champions from getting automatic bids. James Madison lost by 14 to Louisville and name me their best win?
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:52 am to Aguga
This is what everyone on this board said they wanted back in the 2010s. Enjoy.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:55 am to theballguy
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This is what everyone on this board said they wanted back in the 2010s. Enjoy.
I can still vividly remember arguing we shouldn’t pay student athletes either perfection or nothing. guess I’m a dinosaur..
Posted on 12/7/25 at 6:58 am to FoTownBam
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To any of the haters that will undoubtedly blow up this board crying later if Bama makes it to the playoffs, I have a question for you. Do you really think James Madison is deserving? If so, your opinion should be disregarded.
Yes, they are.
The deserving teams in the playoffs are the ones who got the reserved spots by winning their conferences and being one of the top 5 ranked conference champions.
The others who get in are being invited rather than playing their way in.
You can easily argue your team is BETTER than JMU. But not more deserving. That requires you to play your way in on the field.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:03 am to DawginSC
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You can easily argue your team is BETTER than
They deserve a spot by beating Troy, while Bama beat the conference champion in the most talented conference in America. Your logic is flawed and you should be embarrassed
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:08 am to Aguga
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I can still vividly remember arguing we shouldn’t pay student athletes either perfection or nothing. guess I’m a dinosaur..
Same. NIL and transfer has ruined the mirage of amateurism along with the NCAA being a joke for selectively choosing what rules to enforce and to whom they go after.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:09 am to FoTownBam
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They deserve a spot by beating Troy, while Bama beat the conference champion in the most talented conference in America. Your logic is flawed and you should be embarrassed
"Deserve" is based on what you do based on the rules.
The only way to guarantee yourself a playoff spot based on the rules of the playoff is to be one of the 5 highest ranked conference champions.
This isn't an opinion... this is simply a definition.
You play yourself into the playoff by winning your conference. If you don't, you rely on being selected by a committee. You can argue the rules are bad, but anyone getting a playoff spot based on the defined rules of getting in rather than needing to be selected DESERVES a spot... simply because of the definition.
5 teams played themselves in. Illinois. UGA. Texas Tech. Tulane. James Madison.
Everyone else is hoping to win a beauty contest to get the 7 remaining spots.
Tulane and JMU will lose their first game. They have no shot at winning. But they earned their spot based on the rules as written.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:12 am to DawginSC
Your definition of deserving and mine are different then. Based off the format they will get a spot. To me this tells me the format deserves to be trashed. Zero top 25 wins deserves nothing.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:13 am to FoTownBam
Well unfortunately for all the bama lovers, they don't make the rules of the committee or sit on the CFP.
You can't have automatic bids that allow ONLY undefeated or 1 loss conference champs. The committee sets the guidelines/rules and they follow them.
I get what everyone is saying and they all said the same shite last year. But what do you think this place would do if bama had bama won the SEC as a 2 loss team, with losses to FSU and Arky? They would all say, "well they're the conference champs so they automatically in."
Unfortunately, one day you'll all get your wish and the CFP will be a huge participation tournament of 32 teams.
You can't have automatic bids that allow ONLY undefeated or 1 loss conference champs. The committee sets the guidelines/rules and they follow them.
I get what everyone is saying and they all said the same shite last year. But what do you think this place would do if bama had bama won the SEC as a 2 loss team, with losses to FSU and Arky? They would all say, "well they're the conference champs so they automatically in."
Unfortunately, one day you'll all get your wish and the CFP will be a huge participation tournament of 32 teams.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:16 am to FoTownBam
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Your definition of deserving and mine are different then. Based off the format they will get a spot. To me this tells me the format deserves to be trashed. Zero top 25 wins deserves nothing.
We all knew going into this season that the only guaranteed playoff participants are the top 5 ranked conference champions.
JMU and Tulane aren't as GOOD as many teams left out, including Texas, Vandy, Utah, USC, and Michigan as well as bubble teams like Bama, Miami and Notre Dame.
But everyone knew the top 5 conference champs would be in when the season started, and JMU and Tulane went out and played their way into the playoff based on those rules. They deserve those spots.
Posted on 12/7/25 at 7:21 am to DawginSC
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The only way to guarantee yourself a playoff spot based on the rules of the playoff is to be one of the 5 highest ranked conference champions.
This is something that needs to be fixed because you can have an undefeated team when there conference and not be ranked for shite because of their conference.
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