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Posted on 12/3/18 at 6:27 pm to Sandwich
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should we get rid of it?
Or we could finish the job next time we have a multiple score lead and there will be nothing to bitch about
Posted on 12/3/18 at 11:38 pm to Sandwich
No freaking way. It got us in last year. You couldn't have been in that stadium Saturday and not had a blast. It's a great event and heckuva atmosphere. GoDawgs
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:08 am to wdhalgren
Ou isn’t good at embarrassing weaker teams
Posted on 12/4/18 at 8:45 am to djsdawg
We lost to the wrong team this year. We were #4 on Saturday AM and would not have dropped if we were idle. Bama benefited from it last year. It just displays a major fault in the system. It irritates me that last year the talking heads were adamant about the best 4 teams and this year it was Conference Champs. Is what it is.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 9:12 am to Sandwich
I guess we have to think of it as a benefit for playing in the SEC. I don’t think there are teams from any other conferences that would even be in a playoff conversation with two losses. If we didn’t lose to LSU, we'd be in. If we had finished business in the SECCG, we’d be in. We should just lick our wounds and FRICKIN’ FINISH A FRICKIN’ GAME AGAINST FRICKIN’ BAMA.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 9:32 am to Peter Buck
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We lost to the wrong team this year. We were #4 on Saturday AM and would not have dropped if we were idle. Bama benefited from it last year. It just displays a major fault in the system. It irritates me that last year the talking heads were adamant about the best 4 teams and this year it was Conference Champs. Is what it is.
Yeah. I am not heartbroken about being left out.
But I am bothered by the blatant hypocrisy and lies.
"Last season and 2011, it was about the 2 best teams.
This season and 2007, the CCG matters."
"If Bama loses to #4,they still are a top 4 team".
"If UGA loses to #1, they can't be in the playoffs"
Do the losses matter or not?
"UGA played an awful game against LSU"
Well... Oklahoma played an awful home game against Army. Notre Dame had awful games. Why is "awful" so subjective?
Posted on 12/4/18 at 10:08 am to meansonny
Wins and losses matter. That’s why Kirby can’t continue having his annual blowout loss. We are in for sure if we are 12-1.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 10:10 am to meansonny
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2007, the CCG matters."
We had zero argument to go over the sec champ.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 10:45 am to djsdawg
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We had zero argument to go over the sec champ.
We have a different definition of zero.
LSU lost to a 5 loss Arkansas the week before the SECCG.
LSU lost to a 5 loss Kentucky team.
LSU went 4-2 on the back half of their schedule.
UGA lost to a 6 loss South Carolina (lost all of their last 5 games. Won 6 out of their first 7 games).
UGA lost to a 4 loss Tennessee.
Georgia went 6-0 to finish the back half of the schedule.
We were ranked #4 by the BCS formula the week before the CCGs. LSU was #7.
LSU beats Tenn in the CCG because of an unforced fumbled snap by Tennessee on their own 20. LSU jumps to #2 and UGA drops to #5.
You can't argue Bama in 2017 moving up while idle.
Or Notre Dame in 2018 remaining in the top 4 with no CCG.
Not without hypocrisy to UGA in 2007.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 10:50 am to djsdawg
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Wins and losses matter. That’s why Kirby can’t continue having his annual blowout loss. We are in for sure if we are 12-1.
There are 2 problems.
1) the playoff committee charters itself to find the 4 best teams. They do so sometimes. They have other requirements other times.
It is what it is. I prefer teams to win their way in. I get it. I understand Bama outside the CCG on a technicality and getting a chance to play in 2017. I don't understand the talking heads saying a loss in the CCG doesn't matter because they are a top 4 team (see the hypocrisy).
2) the playoff committee is killing themselves by taking losses into account. All that does is prop up poor scheduling (can't lose if you don't get beat up during the season). And programs will gladly prescribe to poor scheduling if it means entry to the playoffs.
It always has to be about stacking wins and rewarding the best resume'. Anything else will cheapen the schedules, cheapen the playoffs, and cheapen the sport.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 10:53 am to meansonny
Their job has become to produce the 4 teams that you can build the case for with the least resistance.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 12:55 pm to Sandwich
I actually agree. I think conference championships should go away. The SEC title game will be an entry level playoff game for the foreseeable future. No other conference has this argument. The committee thought UGA was the #4 team at the end of the regular season. Why are we judging them based on a game that doesn’t apply to everyone, I.e Notre Dame. It makes zero sense. The traditionalist will argue against it, but to penalize Georgia was unfair IMO. The committee chose politics over the 4 best teams.
Don’t worry, I have a feeling this same argument will come up next year and the year after that. Let’s just hope we’re on the other side of that argument.
Don’t worry, I have a feeling this same argument will come up next year and the year after that. Let’s just hope we’re on the other side of that argument.
Posted on 12/4/18 at 12:57 pm to VoxDawg
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Their job has become to produce the 4 teams that you can build the case for with the least resistance.
Well said
Posted on 12/4/18 at 1:04 pm to Glory, Glory
Pitt
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Alabama
Texas
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Alabama
Posted on 12/4/18 at 2:02 pm to Sandwich
The main reason we weren’t taken is because the ratings would be lower on A Semi-Final Rematch of Bama vs. Georgia.
Our resume is more impressive than Oklahoma’s — in the history of this sport no team with a defense so porous statically has ever won a National title.
Bottom line: The Heisman trophy winner (Kyler Murray) v. Bama’s Alleged Greatest Team Ever will draw more ratings than an SEC Chanpioship Re-match.
It’s money and what’s most appealing.
Our resume is more impressive than Oklahoma’s — in the history of this sport no team with a defense so porous statically has ever won a National title.
Bottom line: The Heisman trophy winner (Kyler Murray) v. Bama’s Alleged Greatest Team Ever will draw more ratings than an SEC Chanpioship Re-match.
It’s money and what’s most appealing.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 7:46 pm to meansonny
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We have a different definition of zero.
LSU lost to a 5 loss Arkansas the week before the SECCG.
LSU lost to a 5 loss Kentucky team.
LSU went 4-2 on the back half of their schedule.
UGA lost to a 6 loss South Carolina (lost all of their last 5 games. Won 6 out of their first 7 games).
UGA lost to a 4 loss Tennessee.
Georgia went 6-0 to finish the back half of the schedule.
We were ranked #4 by the BCS formula the week before the CCGs. LSU was #7.
LSU beats Tenn in the CCG because of an unforced fumbled snap by Tennessee on their own 20. LSU jumps to #2 and UGA drops to #5.
Ok, let me clarify: We had zero GOOD argument to go over the SEC champ in 2007.
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