10-2 bama who Tennessee beat is a playoff lock

#54
#54
yabadabadolnavy said:
Because it’s hard to go 10-2 in the sec? Hence why there’s no one else who is really going to do it? Stop being a bitch. And fight for your team. You guys are hilarious.
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And what would you have us do? Picket where the playoff committee meets? Burn couches on the NCAA’s lawn? Start a letter writing campaign? Knock yourself out. All of that whining and $5.00 will get you an over priced cup of coffee at Starbucks.
 
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SonOfGodVolforlife said:
what about ole miss wanna throw up their opponents records ? What about Texas ? Alabama has a resume that should be deadlocked bc of the head to head . Good god use all this to fight for Tn to be in the playoffs not cry we shouldn’t be
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We had our chance and blew it. You can twist every teams record you want but the fact remains teams with the same record have much better wins, a tougher schedule, and better losses. People tried to lay this out since the Oklahoma game where the writing was on the wall and many didn’t want to accept it. We haven’t looked good and we lost. Winning was our only chance.
 
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SonOfGodVolforlife said:
it’s all over social media. We suck , we don’t deserve the playoffs blah blah. If Georgia had lost this game their fans would be screaming for them to be in. We need to do the same thing bc we have just as good a resume as ole miss and bama and several teams ahead of us.
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The committee does not care what fans think. There will be zero consideration for that.
 
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SonOfGodVolforlife said:
what about ole miss wanna throw up their opponents records ? What about Texas ? Alabama has a resume that should be deadlocked bc of the head to head . Good god use all this to fight for Tn to be in the playoffs not cry we shouldn’t be
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The person I was replying to asked about Alabama's losses, and my response was to point out that their SEC wins, as a body of work, look better than Tennessee's right now. They didn't mentioned Ole Miss or Texas, so I didn't pull up their records. You want to do it, you go right ahead.

Alabama's resume is not deadlocked with Tennessee's. They have a better strength of schedule and a better body of work in the conference. I'm not crying about it, but I'm also not going to blow smoke up people's backsides about Tennessee being neck and neck with them if the CFP Committee stack ranks all of us for playoff slots. Folks have been warning all year that if there was a logjam at 10-2, Tennessee would be at higher risk of missing than many of the other 10-2 teams. Outside of one game, Alabama at home, Tennessee won't have any other big wins to show this year, and a reputation for struggling on the road. If you don't think that will hurt Tennessee's chances, then great. Don't believe it. No problem.

The door is not completely shut, and a lot could happen, but short of backing into the SECCG Tennessee will need some very serious help to get into a playoff slot.
 
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We don't deserve to see playoffs anyway after losing to a horrible arkansas team. Would be great to get nico a couple more games under his belt though.
 
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Other_Guy said:
Because most people are saying that in a crazy 10-2 scenario with other teams, Tenn gets left out.
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Crazier is A&M getting any consideration after being embarrassed by Carolina. In any case we’ve crapped the bed and need some help at this point.
 
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SonOfGodVolforlife said:
it’s all over social media. We suck , we don’t deserve the playoffs blah blah. If Georgia had lost this game their fans would be screaming for them to be in. We need to do the same thing bc we have just as good a resume as ole miss and bama and several teams ahead of us.
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Absolutely. Narrative matters and vols fans are not stepping up and making the case
 
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Voltopia said:
The person I was replying to asked about Alabama's losses, and my response was to point out that their SEC wins, as a body of work, look better than Tennessee's right now. They didn't mentioned Ole Miss or Texas, so I didn't pull up their records. You want to do it, you go right ahead.

Alabama's resume is not deadlocked with Tennessee's. They have a better strength of schedule and a better body of work in the conference. I'm not crying about it, but I'm also not going to blow smoke up people's backsides about Tennessee is neck and neck with them if the CFP Committee stack ranks all of us for playoff slots. Folks have been warning all year that if there was a logjam at 10-2, Tennessee would be at higher risk of missing than many of the other 10-2 teams. Outside of one game, Alabama at home, Tennessee won't have any other big wins to show this year, and a reputation for struggling on the road. If you don't think that will hurt Tennessee's chances, then great. Don't believe it. No problem.

The door is not completely shut, and a lot could happen, but short of backing into the SECCG Tennessee will need some very serious help to get into a playoff slot.
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Saying Missouri and lsu are quality wins is laughable to me. Hell Florida just beat this lsu team you’re saying is a good win. They beat South Carolina , and Georgia , but us having the head to head should wash them having one more win over us.
 
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Honestly we need to bitch and moan because people don't want to hear it. Why do you think Alabama made the playoff last year? They didn't deserve it, but the midget cried like a squealing pig the year before erroneously claiming his team got left out. That's the only reason they made it over Florida State. Had the midget said nothing, FSU makes it ten times out of ten. If we win out, Alabama shouldn't be there ahead of us. It's common sense and if it does turn out that way, the committee and the media need to make sure we are heard so it never happens again.
 
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Vol49er said:
What are we supposed to do? Self immolate? The committee is going to screw us and there’s nothing to be done about it. Shouldn’t have lost to Arkansas, we had to have known after 2022 if there was any chance to leave us out in favor of Alabama they would
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Every bit of this. We aren’t Bama or UGA or Ohio State or Cinderella Indiana this year. We are the team that bent the NCAA over in the offseason, and we don’t have the alumni on conference staff in the Birmingham, AL front office.

It is, and was always going to be, a smaller margin of error for us.
 
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SonOfGodVolforlife said:
Saying Missouri and lsu are quality wins is laughable to me. Hell Florida just beat this lsu team you’re saying is a good win. They beat South Carolina , and Georgia , but us having the head to head should wash them having one more win over us.
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They're more quality than any of Tennessee's wins save Alabama, which is the whole point of the comparison. All those teams you want to laugh at are over .500. Tennessee's only beaten one SEC team over 0.500 - Alabama. If you think they committee won't care about that, then power to you.
 
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Voltopia said:
They're more quality than any of Tennessee's wins save Alabama, which is the whole point of the comparison. All those teams you want to laugh at are over .500. Tennessee's only beaten one team over 0.500 - Alabama. If you think they committee won't care about that, then power to you.
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Missouri without Brady cook hasn’t won a game except for a last min touchdown to Oklahoma who’s gotten worse and worse as the season has went on lsu is sinking fast and may end up right at .500. Those 2 are not quality wins. Saying the committee looks at wins or losses is also laughable have you seen the top 5 of the playoffs?
 
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Voltopia said:
Tennessee's odds of getting in at 10-2 are not great. Sorry. They aren't. They've never been great. People keeping saying 10-2 Tennessee is in, but I don't think they realize how bad that Arkansas loss - plus getting wins against the heavyweights like NC State and Kent State - weighs on the minds of the committee.

At 10-2, there's a pool of four that are ahead of Tennessee. Texas OR Texas A&M, Alabama, UGA, and Ole Miss. The two in the SECCG are definitely locks. If - IF - the SEC gets a fifth slot, which isn't a given, Tennessee may have a chance. But that's what you have to hope for. A chance. Not a guarantee.
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And Ohio state, Illinois and Miami play who exactly? Any 10-2 SEC team is better than a 1 loss team from any other conference ,period!
 
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allvols4life said:
And Ohio state, Illinois and Miami play who exactly? Any 10-2 SEC team is better than a 1 loss team from any other conference ,period!
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This is true but then the rest of the country would stop watching the games. The SEC is beating each other up and the weaker conferences are getting their teams prepared for the playoffs. There is no fair way to match up which is why the SEC will form its own league and playoff system.
 
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