Bama getting no respect

[selmaborntidefan]

2) Georgia had Oklahoma on the schedule only for at last minute for the SEC to force them to cancel. It’s not like they had many takers to choose from for a replacement

This ranks right up there with "but the only reason our schedule was weak in 1966 is because Georgia Tech left the conference and we were FORCED to play La Tech!" Aside from the fact the newspapers at the time of the schedule fluff pointed out it wasn't La Tech that replaced Ga Tech, it was USM (as I documented in my write-up on the thing), the overall Bama schedule wasn't that strong that year.

And part of that - yes - was because of segregation. Some teams refused to play SEC teams until they integrated.

I hate anyone to think I'm defending UGA (I cringe), but as I said so many times when we were criticized for our schedule - "scheduling is a two-way street." UGA can't just call up Washington or Michigan or USC and say, "Hey, how about an opener at a neutral site like Dallas to start 2023?"

 

[HighlandOak]

I still kinda want to see Lane Kiffin beat UGA, despite it hurting our playoff chances

I absolutely want to see that.

 

[JustNeedMe81]

If Georgia lose, I don't think it really hurt us like everyone said. I think it's more about Alabama winning than more than about other teams.

 

[B1GTide]

If Georgia lose, I don't think it really hurt us like everyone said. I think it's more about Alabama winning than more than about other teams.

Well, that is certainly the most important thing, and you can't control anything else.

Just win and enjoy the ride as long as it lasts.

 

[BamaMoon]

I had to stop reading about half way thru.

This whole discussion is useless until the games get played. There will be movement. The only question is "how much" and much of that is dependent on Texas losing and us beating Georgia.

We might get in with either, but we are more sure with both of those things!

As of now, just win baby and kinda look good doing it. Truthfully, that's probably our biggest obstacle right now knowing the history of this team.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I had to stop reading about half way thru.

This whole discussion is useless until the games get played. There will be movement. The only question is "how much" and much of that is dependent on Texas losing and us beating Georgia.

We might get in with either, but we are more sure with both of those things!

As of now, just win baby and kinda look good doing it. Truthfully, that's probably our biggest obstacle right now knowing the history of this team.

Agreed. There are going to be losses from the current top 8. Let's make sure we are NOT one of them!

 

[GboyBama]

Some of the teams ahead of us are sure to lose...



(me after last week's action)

 

[colbysullivan]

Some of the teams ahead of us are sure to lose...

I'm really mad at what happened this weekend. Several teams were ripe for the upset and had very close games. The committee is just going to look at the records and say "well those teams didn't lose, so we can't move them down". I miss the 2015-2017 era committee.

 

[Elefantman]

Meet the new poll, same as the old poll.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Meet the new poll, same as the old poll.

I think it will all work out

 

[Elefantman]

Not surprised with the poll. But would be nice if the traffic would go ahead and get out of the way . Maybe this weekend.

 

[JayBama_in_PCOLA]

Not surprised with the poll. But would be nice if the traffic would go ahead and get out of the way . Maybe this weekend.

Doubt it. It’s obvious this committee knows absolutely nothing.

 

[Jonabain]

i think it will work itself out. A lot of games left. I just can’t see us winning out and not having a strong chance at things with our strength of schedule. Just keep grinding boys, nothing to see here with this poll.

 

[RammerJammer14]

i think it will work itself out. A lot of games left. I just can’t see us winning out and not having a strong chance at things with our strength of schedule. Just keep grinding boys, nothing to see here with this poll.

There are only 2 weekends plus conference championship weekend left. It’s really not a lot, especially with a lot of cupcake games in these 2 weeks.

 

[colbysullivan]

The committee is not doing their job. The only reason they exist is to get the 4 best teams in the playoff. Right now they are failing. Continuing to have Bama at #8 is egregious.

 

[Tidewater]

Selma! Brevity not your forté, huh?

 

[uaintn]

I wish someone would ask the committee if they are intentionally encouraging teams to play as easy a schedule as possible? ESPN created this mess and they are going to end up with games that have minuscule audiences after the first quarter. Who wants to watch Michigan vs. Bowling Green?

 

[bamacon]

I honestly think Saban has the committee on his payroll. He’s probably the only person who absolutely LOVES this group ranking us each week

 

[RammerJammer14]

I honestly think Saban has the committee on his payroll. He’s probably the only person who absolutely LOVES this group ranking us each week

Maybe. Until they leave us out. This is not a committee that is going to make any major moves whatsoever unless forced to. They could very easily leave us out even with a win over UGA. Hell, if we beat UGA in a close game I could even see them keeping UGA ranked above us and in the playoff, on the rationalization that they “have the best loss”. We are not going to get any help from this group of pencil pushers.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

This is why having a human committee sucks. Expanded playoffs was the answer years ago with conference champions.