Commentary: Taking a torch to this joke of a CFP season

[Bama in Quebec]

Its looking like the big thing separating Georgia and Alabama obviously isn't talent or recruiting......its the team leadership and drive, the creativity of coordinators, the overall competency of coordinators. The infused will from the coaching down to the graduate assistants to the backup field goal holder.

Oh dear God I'm going to sound like Dubose when I saw this......they seem to have a.....oneness of purpose. This Alabama team never seemed to have that.

It makes me laugh when I read that. And BTW, I TOTALLY AGREE with Jess. He's spot on.
The Alabama team never seemed to have «that» !!! Which team outside of Georgia had «that» this year ??? TCU almost lost 4 games during the regular season in a very weak conference. OSU had all the trouble in the world to beat a very very weak Northwestern team, they got steamed roll at home by more than 3 TD by their archrival who btw was playing without its best offensive player. And Michigan got almost beat by Maryland and freaking Illinois !!! Yes, we didn't play well and yes we lost two games but you have to look further than that and that's what the committee should have done and that's what Jess was training to explain.

Everyone who doesn't agree with Jess should ask that question : what if it was the other way around ? What would've happened if Ohio State would have lost 2 games by a total of 4 points on the last play of the game on the road whereas Alabama would have got beaten by 3 TD at home against Georgia ? Which team would have made the playoffs ??? Hummm....

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I still feel like tOSU isn't getting enough respect.

They let the Mich game get away from them at the end and it was a much more competitive game than the final score showed.

They also SHOULD have beat UGA and would have if the Officiating hadn't been so atrocious.

The 4 best teams were:

UGA
tOSU
Alabama
Mich

Tenn is probably the 5th best or maybe even better than Mich but they aren't better than tOSU.

TCU was a damn fraud though.... that's for sure.

 

[tideindc]

I'm as disgusted as the rest of you, and its clear that with the obvious exception of Ohio State, we would have matched up best with Georgia. But we have only ourselves to blame. Yes, we got jobbed at Tenn by the refs and Bryce was nowhere near 100 pct. But why did we lose to LSU, who is not as good as Tenn?
With our season on the line we let them march down, score a TD and make the two point conversion? Talent wise we were as good as anyone, but sadly , even with a fabulous quarterback, we have little to show for it.

 

[TexasBama]

TCU did not move up after a loss - they moved up to two after beating UM. The AP did not have a vote last week. But that is when they moved to #2.

Today's the 10th

 

[Bazza]

Start the playoffs on week #1.

Each team has 12 games, one per week.

Those with the best record at the end of the season go to the playoffs.

This way all 125 FBS teams will have a chance to play for the title.

Surprising no one has thought of this before!

 

[bamacon]

I agree. We were never in the class of the Georgia team that played last night. For as much as we want to pile-on TCU, they beat a very good Michigan team in the semis. I can't say with a straight face that they didn't earn their right to play last night, but Georgia was just way better, and honestly, way better than everyone else in the SEC or any other conference short of the NFC South.

Id put the sugar bowl Bama vs. UGA any time. What if the Missouri vs. UGA team showed up? Just have to work on fundamentals and consistency.

 

[bamacon]

Not that it even matters but TCU's only points were given to them by a Georgia secondary bust.

It could have been 100-0!

2012? We could’ve named the score against ND! They were lucky CNS was a good Catholic

 

[Bama63]

I agree. We were never in the class of the Georgia team that played last night. For as much as we want to pile-on TCU, they beat a very good Michigan team in the semis. I can't say with a straight face that they didn't earn their right to play last night, but Georgia was just way better, and honestly, way better than everyone else in the SEC or any other conference short of the NFC South.

I only watched the first half. My main feeling was being grateful that the 2022 Alabama team was not playing Georgia last night.

 

[JDCrimson]

The CFP went woke on us...

 

[IMALOYAL1]

With our season on the line we let them march down, score a TD and make the two point conversion?

With hindsight, many of us would have called a different defense, but it never should have been down to a last stop or lose situation.

Some questionable stratigic calls in that game. Saban has to overide those calls. (if they were not his)

JMHO

 

[RammerJammer14]

Its looking like the big thing separating Georgia and Alabama obviously isn't talent or recruiting......its the team leadership and drive, the creativity of coordinators, the overall competency of coordinators. The infused will from the coaching down to the graduate assistants to the backup field goal holder.

Oh dear God I'm going to sound like Dubose when I saw this......they seem to have a.....oneness of purpose. This Alabama team never seemed to have that.

Let’s not forget. O’Brien’s offense skunked UGA in the SECC game. Bama only came up short in the NC game after losing every single starting WR on the roster. Not many, if any, teams could have overcome such losses, including Georgia. And we were still winning that game in the 4th quarter.

 

[RammerJammer14]

I still feel like tOSU isn't getting enough respect.

They let the Mich game get away from them at the end and it was a much more competitive game than the final score showed.

They also SHOULD have beat UGA and would have if the Officiating hadn't been so atrocious.

The 4 best teams were:

UGA
tOSU
Alabama
Mich

Tenn is probably the 5th best or maybe even better than Mich but they aren't better than tOSU.

TCU was a damn fraud though.... that's for sure.

If only OSU had a kicker….
That shank immediately gave me a flashback to Pappanastos’ kick against Georgia in the 2017 season title game. Lucky for us the game was at least tied at that moment. Those kind of kicks require legitimate scholarship checks.

 

[twofbyc]

The CFP Selection Committee was formed to thwart situations like this, but it abdicated its responsibility

Now that the dust has settled on the total embarrassment that was the 2022-2023 College Football Playoff, the only question that remains is whether the CFP Selection Committee chooses to learn from…

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Thank you for repeating, over and over, “best teams”. If it ain’t about the four best, then it ain’t. Period. And the nonsense about “the four best from legitimate contenders”…where else would they be selected from? “”Illegitimate “ contenders? The bottom 20?
it is about the “four best” (says it in the first words of the statement). Or it’s supposed to be - unless CFP committee members start listening to outside chatter instead of looking at reality. That’s how we got last night’s result.
Going to 12 will change the metrics but it won’t change the outcomes. The four best teams in the SEC are light years better than the four best in any other conference, and any other four anywhere.

 

[twofbyc]

It made me sick to watch the game last night. Not sure why I continued to watch it after the 1st quarter. lol. I knew it would be bad, but not that bad. Since I knew UGA would win big after about 2 minutes of play time, I guess they may as well win by 58 to show that TCU never belonged in the first place. The committee will somehow make excuses that they still got it right though. I did not like the fact that Pollack said what he said in front of Coach Saban. Yes, UGA is good and has won 2 in a row, but have a little respect for the man (GOAT) you are sitting next to. He is such a douche.

Guess I will have to live with all the "dynasty is dead" talk from sport media, Facebook friends, actual friends here in Georgia. I am not sure Bama would have won last night, but we would have at least made it a very competitive game like Ohio State did with UGA. Coach Saban needs to schedule more easy teams like UGA did. UGA has it made with their easy schedule and good luck concerning injuries for their own team and teams they play. Coach Saban will hopefully get better OC/DC and development from the players so that Bama will not only make the playoffs next season, but win the championship. I'd like to see Bama win at least 1 more in the next few years. We need a OC similar to Todd Monken. We basically have to be undefeated in regular season to make it to the playoffs next year, just in case we do lose to UGA in December. RTR!
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[TRU]

Pity the CFP committee. In theory, they are supposed to pick the four best teams. But this is America. Like everything else it is really about money. They need to pick four teams that will give the highest ratings for ESPN. Then ESPN can raise their ad revenue, the conferences can demand a bigger payout and the coaches can get bigger 7 and 8 figure salaries. And to maximize ratings, they need teams with a good geographic range to get as many regions tuning in as possible. And even better, get the most popular teams in each region in. You think ND getting so highly ranked every year is an accident? It is really about the $$$$, but cloaked in a facade of "choosing the best teams". As we know, higher education in the US is very good at such hypocritical posing. So a four SEC semi final? Never happening. Not enough $$$ in that.

 

[78Alum]

Amen, Jess. Amen, amen, amen...

 

[PA Tide Fan]

Sagarin's final rankings (probably most accurate):

1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Ohio State
4. Tennessee
5. Michigan

He has TCU finishing 9th.

 

[JessN]

I don't think JessN's point, even if he seems to be lobbying for it, is that Alabama got snubbed as much as his point is TCU didn't meet the standards of "best teams."

The point is this: The Committee is supposed to select the best teams. It's not supposed to select the four teams with the best records. Cincinnati didn't belong in the playoff last year, either. But they had a better case than TCU did this year.

The Committee is supposed to get very deep into these teams and analyze their strengths and weaknesses, and total roster strength is inevitably part of that. If we're going to penalize Alabama for losing on the road on the last play to Tennessee -- who I also think should have been part of the final four; the SEC should have gotten THREE teams in, not just one or even two -- then there's no point to having subjective standards. Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia nearly played a round-robin eliminator, but TCU didn't have to go through that. But it did lose to Kansas State, which was a three-loss team. So which was worse, TCU losing to Kansas State, or Alabama losing to LSU (again on the road, again on the last play of the game)?

The Committee -- at the very worst -- should have taken Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and Alabama. There's no justification for taking two Big Ten teams and not also taking two SEC teams. Remember, the standard is best team. It's not best record, it's not which team lived up to expectations (because expectations are set by sportswriters, who are no longer a relevant part of the selection process ever since the AP pulled out of the BCS metrics in a snit). Alabama was certainly not playing worse than TCU at the end of the year -- and then when you measure up the two rosters, there is no comparison.

At least when the field goes to 12 teams, the argument of who No. 11 or 12 is won't be as important as who No. 3 or No. 4 is now. But that's cold comfort for Alabama and Tennessee this year. Would either of them have beaten Georgia on a neutral field for the title? Probably not, but TCU could play that game 50 times and I doubt they'd win it a single time. Alabama or Tennessee? Probably 3 out of 10 -- which means they're both better teams than TCU. All TCU had was a better record, which isn't part of the standard.

 

[B1GTide]

The SEC should have gotten 3 teams in? OSU should have beat GA, and came a lot closer than any SEC team would have. And UM was an undefeated team that looked the part all the way into the CFP.

Yes, Alabama was much better than TCU, but the SEC getting 3 teams in this year is just based on hindsight and frustration.

 

[DymaxionDon]

My question is who believes that TCU is the number two team in the country? The mindless robots voting in the polls should be called out.