Bama Game Thread: CFP Selection Show details (12p-4p EST ESPN): Times, where to watch; Selection show 'game thread'

[RollTide_HTTR]

I’m not overly mad about BSU because their only loss is by 3 points to #1

ASU with a bye is asinine

I'm not mad exactly but Alabama, Texas, Ole Miss and South Carolina would all win the mountain West this year. Heck some even worse SEC teams could probably win the that conference

 

[Methylred]

I don't really blame the committee for leaving us out. Truth be told, I'm not so sure we belong.

But we're more deserving than several of the garbage teams they put in. And ASU and Boise with first-round byes??? It's like the committee made a concerted effort to turn this into a disaster.

I won't be watching a single minute of this trainwreck.

 

[bamaga]

The OU game was an albatross, if we lost by a FG we are probably in

 

[RammerJammer14]

They are making a point

The point I guess is that they don’t want to slay conference championship games and tick off the conferences in the process

 

[Krymsonman]

Warde Manuel - the face of incompetence!!!

 

[CrimsonNagus]

To be fair, i have been saying I doubt we make it in with three losses.

I said when this format was announced that 3 loss team should not get in unless there are not enough 2 loss teams.

That game in Norman ****** me off so much. How could this team, with everything in their control, win and you’re in, come out and look so pathetic. Shows how mentally weak this Bama team is.

 

[irvingtontide]

So what are we looking at for a bowl game.

Will be interesting to see the teams approach to the game do we have opt outs, are they looking for a statement win, or do the coaches want to take this time to prepare next years guys.

 

[Bpilktree]

SMU was in because they were overrated before the conference championship as Saban said. That is the same with Boise State, Indiana. Those 3 teams have a combined 0 wins vs top 23 teams. Alabama has 3.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Damn they will have SMU above Clemson??

This is nuts

They have to have SMU over Clemson or there would be no justification for having SMU above Alabama and South Carolina

 

[KrAzY3]

Bama had crap team on its schedule this year. Two of those won.

No, they didn't. Only people who don't understand SoS would say this.

Oklahoma was the #3 Big 12 team last year. Their losses all came against good teams this year (#1 SoS).

Guess what happens when a good team plays a good team? A good team loses, I don't know why this is so hard to understand.

 

[bamaga]

I agree with Nick, Bama should cancel all OOC games against tough opponents and only schedule easy G5 games.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I don't really blame the committee for leaving us out. Truth be told, I'm not so sure we belong.

But we're more deserving than several of the garbage teams they put in. And ASU and Boise with first-round byes??? It's like the committee made a concerted effort to turn this into a disaster.

I won't be watching a single minute of this trainwreck.

The committee doesn’t have control over the byes. They just rank 1-25.

 

[rolltide_21]

This ranking was a political statement. This game is now about inclusion rather than merit.

💯

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Bama had crap team on its schedule this year. Two of those won.

Neither of those teams are that bad. To me, crap would be a 3-4 loss team. If you play in the SEC and have 6 wins or more, then you are respectable. Not the best by any stretch, but respectable. Vandy pushed a lot of good teams to the brink this year. They were bound to win one of them, and we just so happened to be the one. As for Oklahoma, they have a very good defense, and that's what ultimately won them the game. Both of those teams would win 8-9 games on an ACC schedule.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

This dude is stuttering and stammering all over the place.

They know what they did.

 

[SkullDuckery]

Bottom line is we lost 3 games we should have won with the right focus and game plan.

 

[statgrad96]

So what are we looking at for a bowl game.

I am hearing Gator Bowl vs. Duke

 

[denver]

Michigan AD says they looked at IU schedule...hahaha...of course

 

[Bpilktree]

What Coach Saban is saying right now is so true. SMU should have never been 8. The problem is that the committee probably doesn't really factor in strength of schedule in the early rankings, and then gets stuck with this result. Instead, SMU and Indiana were just quietly rising in the polls and then it becomes too late to knock them down far enough.

The ranking system is flawed as a whole. If you are ranked early on in the season you have advantage to start. Pre season polls even before we see a team play is dumb. The same with this the playoff rankings it boxes you in too much. Just say these are the top teams we have in it now but don’t give there rankings. Your either listed as in or out.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

The committee got criticism last season for moving Alabama above FSU so they took the easy way out this time to avoid the criticism.