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He must earn his pay. He works for the SEC Network and if there is a conference worthy of 4 teams in the playoff then it is the SEC. There is no justification for a playoff with the likes of Indiana getting a bid as the 4th team for the B1G if you do not reciprocate the same amount of teams to the SEC, a far more difficult and competitive league. Indy would have lost 6 games with the froghorns schedule, among the weakest in the league.LOL @ the flim flam man Finebaum gravitating...~~~~~~~~
It sounds like he made the case for Alabama at the end.
Lane Kiffin posts CFP case for Ole Miss over Alabama
Rebels coach stumping for his team ahead of next College Football Playoff poll.www.al.com
Then you can completely forget about good out of conference games for teams anymore. The committee will still want teams to challenge themselves but if you just say the more losses you have will determine who gets in that eliminates that. What is the benefit to play a good team that might give you a loss to start the year just play some garbage team. We need to cancel next years FSU game and 2027 Ohio State game immediately and schedule Alabama southern instead.
There isn't a team in CFB that Bama can't beat if they play like they're capable. I realize this is more of a power rating than a merit-based ranking, but I do think both have to be taken into account in balance. Merit has to count, but if it's merit only we may end up with another TCU debacle.
The only model for a 12 teamer is to take the top 12 teams from the final poll aggregate, regardless of conference affiliation, then line up and play. Anything else is money laundering and petty theft.
TCU is the litmus test. Total failure. Can we learn a lesson as human beings or are we pawns in the political game?
Wasn't that one of the worst TV ratings for a National Championship game? I wouldn't think they would want that again. Bama is going to sell tickets and put eyeballs on the tube.
Many of the experts are pumping SC because they think they deserve it more than Bama..........calling them elite, even though Bama beat them head to head
They aren’t elite but they are playing consistently well and have acted right for 6 weeks.
IMO, Alabama is more deserving.
That's what I'm trying to say. It's going to happen sooner than we think - a 2-3 loss team gets hot at the right time. More than likely that team is from the SEC or B10 and very battle tested.
They also lost to LSU who we destroyed, they needed a last second TD to beat Missouri who we skunked just a week before them. They are 6-0 the last 6 but we are still 4- 1 with dominating LSU and Missouri in those games. I think the see the Oklahoma game as the outlier and not the trend. South Carolina not only has the loss to us but that 24 point home loss to Mississippi hanging over their head. I just can’t see how you have 3 teams your looking at and one of them loss to both the other two and you say yeah they deserve it over other teams.
They also needed a last second TD to beat Missouri a week after we shut that same team out 34-0. I also still go back to how can you justify putting them over Mississippi when they lost to them at home by 24 points. I think Mississippi has a better case than they do. We both beat Georgia, both beat South Carolina and have 2 poor losses.
Talk about a couple of classic helmet games. I'm sure the TV execs won't mind $$$
I'd be shocked if we were not at least 17 point favorites. I would put money on that line.
