re: There's not much difference between 12-1 and 13-0

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Wut?

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I'll explain it to you. If Georgia had beaten Alabama, Texas would have been 4th and FSU would have been shut out.

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There's not much difference between 12-1 and 13-0

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Sure there is; just like in golf there's a big difference between 79 and 80.

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A 12-1 Bama team getting in over a 13-0 Florida St team is a complete joke and doesn't make any sense no matter how hard you try to justify it.

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Allow me to put this in context for you.

Einstein once said that the world is run by GREED, FEAR, and STUPIDITY.

Greed:

I doubt that the money and ratings personalities behind the curtains have ever competed at this level so they have no clue about how hard it is to go undefeated. But that probably wouldn't matter anyway because they are chiefly motivated by the accumulation of cash.

Fear:

The talking head pundits who fumble around with trying to rationalize this glaringly obvious screwing over of Florida State are selling what might have been left of their integrity to simply save their jobs out of the fear of being banished from the sports broadcasting industry.

Stupidity:

The Alabama fan base who actually think that they deserve this in spite of the fact that they didn't earn it. In stark contrast, Florida State did earn it on the field of play. Undefeated always trumps a one loss team especially in light of the fact that Bama looked like a steaming pile in several games this season with the addition of a 10 point loss on their own field.

So what we are left with is a tainted ESPN INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT while the true #3 team, Florida State, is playing in the Orange Bowl.

An undefeated Auburn SEC Champ missed out back in the BCS days.

Some programs are given the benefit of the doubt for more than others. Some programs are allowed extra chances, mulligans, and excuses. Others aren’t offered any margin for error.

This is why the subjective system for awarding championships in cfb has always been so asinine. A system needs to be devised to decide these things on the field, where EVERY team in FBS has a pathway to the playoffs.

Remember, this year there are TWO undefeated teams that won their conference which are not in the playoffs. Now, we all assume that neither of these teams could beat Alabama based on their strength of schedule, which may be true. But, wouldn’t you rather find out for sure by playing that game? I mean, it’s not like in the NFL teams with the best record always dominate. In fact, there have been many times when teams with less than stellar records went on an absolute tear in the playoffs and beat multitudes of significantly “better” teams. I know CFB doesn’t have the same relative parity, but you can’t tell me with a straight face that FSU on a neutral field has “no chance” against any of these playoff teams.

I think every conference champion should have a place in the playoffs, no conference should have a situation where teams are left out of the conference championship game because of subjective measures, and if some conferences are so lousy that they could never compete, then those conferences shouldn’t be in the same league, and we should relegate them to a league where they actually could compete for a title.

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I completely disagree, but that's OK. First, Travis's injury changed the dynamics. If, FSU's 2nd stringer had gone Cardale Jones on Florida and Louisville, yes, FSU would have gone. But that didn't happen. FSU looked inept on offense in both games against bad teams.

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The Backups for FSU threw for more yards and more TD's than JJ McCarthy in the last few weeks.

be honest, the committee changed their criteria to get Bama in.

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There was NO WAY a one-loss SEC Champ was being left out period.

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The SEC simply didn't earn it this season !!!!!!!!!

There were three undefeated conference champions and a one loss conference champion that beat you by ten points on your own field.

Michigan
Washington
Florida State
Texas

These four teams earned it.

So what do you have left?

"Alabama is more deserving?"

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No need to plead, we already won it.

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So the check cleared the bank?

Imagine Bama being 13-0 and FSU beating number one Clemson by 10…. Bama left out for them because the sec lost every ooc game they had on their schedules … doesn’t sound realistic but Bama would be crying like little bitches .

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If FSU winds up 14-0 and the CFP winner has one loss then FSU is the true national champion. Losses matter.

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As a Georgia fan I am glad that we could hoist the trophy last year with an undefeated 15-0 record.

We didn't have to put pressure on the the powers that be to cheat an undefeated conference champion who earned it on the field out of their slot to get in.

The SEC slogan could use a little adjusting this season...


UNDEFEATED - IT JUST MEANS MORE

There’s a huge difference. Math