re: ESPN Top 25 discussion tonight

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I hear you but, think about this, if we win out and make it to the playoff (having beat Bama (especially by over a TD)), the message will then be, "The SEC is down across the board". It still stinks because we get no respect because we are in the east.

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Personally, I couldn't care less about the respect we get if we're in the playoff. All you have to do is win two games and you're the national champion. Underestimated teams like Clemson last year, Texas in 06, and Ohio State in 07 earned respect by winning.

On top of that, if we beat Bama, we'll get respect.

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otherwise, no.



12-1 uga with a close loss to Bama deserves to be in.

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I agree but I doubt if the committee will see it that way unless 2 of the conference champions and ND have 2 losses. But it would really piss me off in 1 loss ND got in over Georgia after we beat them in South Bend.

Really? Who won the National Championship last year?

Clemson right? If they had won "respect" they should have been placed at #1 in the AP but look at the facts below.

2017 AP POLL

WEEK 1
#1-ALABAMA
#3-CLEMSON

WEEK 2
#1-ALBAMA
#3-CLEMSON

WEEK 3
#1-ALABAMA
#3-CLEMSON

WEEK 4
#1-ALBAMA
#2-CLEMSON

WEEK 5
#1-ALBAMA
#2-CLEMSON

WEEK 6
#1-ALBAMA
#2-CLEMSON

WEEK 7
#1-ALBAMA
#2-CLEMSON

Even after 7 weeks of winning and a poor showing from Bama against A&M in week 6 they couldn't unseat Bama from the #1 spot.

You have to win two years in a row at least to begin to get the respect Bama gets. Look at Florida...they still get a nod against us in some conversations. Auburn is still favored against us this year and they have lost a game to a team that lost to Troy. We beat them regularly! NO RESPECT!

And if you are going to lose, lose early in the season which ND did.

A loss late in the season hurts much worse IMHO.

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The safe bet is them winning out.

FPI gives them a 20% chance of winning out.

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Uga only 26%. I would say their schedule on out is easier.

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Clemson right? If they had won "respect" they should have been placed at #1 in the AP but look at the facts below.

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I’m sure that had nothing to do with Clemson losing Deshaun and Bama bringing in their 4th straight #1 recruiting class

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Even after 7 weeks of winning and a poor showing from Bama against A&M in week 6 they couldn't unseat Bama from the #1 spot.

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We have different definitions of poor showings, but it also appears the polls got it right based on records so far.


Clemson is ranked ahead of undefeated teams and is the top 1 loss team despite losing to a 4-4 Syracuse team. I’d say they’re still getting respect.

There's an easy solution. Don't lose in the regular season and beat Bama for the title. Then there are no arguments. Too many times in the past we'd blow a game when we were in the discussion. That's why many don't believe in us. Let's start with kicking Florida's arse.

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12-1 uga with a close loss to Bama deserves to be in.

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"Deserves" and "Will Be" are two drastically different things... it's going to take a perfect storm in order for it to happen... *OR* we would need to be ranked #1 in CFP rankings going into it, so that they can still drop us 2 spots to #3 and not immediately rematch Bama/UGA in round 1 of the CFP... I don't see any scenario where they setup a rematch in round 1, even though it would mandate that only one SEC team makes it into the national championship and that might be preferable.

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12-1 uga with a close loss to Bama deserves to be in.

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Exactly.

Strength of schedule can be thrown out when comparing two teams that have played.

SOS is only calculated when comparing two teams that haven't played.

Personally I think if we lose to Bama we're screwed. There will be a lot of other one loss teams in the mix that will be jockeying for position....that HAVEN'T just played a CFP team and got eliminated.

The SECCG is almost like an "at large" playoff game anyway with Bama in the mix. We gotta beat them one way or the other. Might as well do it in Atl.

Obviously this is all just happy talk at this point. FL is next up.