#22 LSU Tigers @ Florida Gators (SEC on abc) 3:30

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volfan102455 said:
But they only had 2 in the SEC and would have won some tiebreakers to make the SEC game against Bama and could have made the playoffs with those 3 losses.
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If they're gonna leave us out with 2 losses and a win against Bama, LSU was never getting in with 3 losses.
 
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Really the biggest thing LSU losing here probably does is open the door more for Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

If UT ends up losing to UGA, it's very likely that with their above .500 conference opponents' overall conference records SOS (and the only team with a comparable conference SOS - LSU - being elminated) Alabama is very likely to be looking at playing the Texas vs Texas A&M winner in the SEC Championship Game.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
If they're gonna leave us out with 2 losses and a win against Bama, LSU was never getting in with 3 losses.
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The winner of the SEC Championship game is the "automatic bid". Same is true with all the other 3 conferences. It is NOT the top ranked team from the conference, but the conference champion from those games.
 
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volfan102455 said:
The winner of the SEC Championship game is the "automatic bid". Same is true with all the other 3 conferences. It is NOT the top ranked team from the conference, but the conference champion from those games.
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You're right. I never considered the fact they could end up in the SECCG, much less win it. They aren't that good.
 
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Goes to show how hard it is to win on the road in this league. Just sayin' folks.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Really the biggest thing LSU losing here probably does is open the door more for Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

If UT ends up losing to UGA, it's very likely that with their above .500 conference opponents' overall conference records SOS (and the only team with a comparable conference SOS - LSU - being elminated) Alabama is very likely to be looking at playing the Texas vs Texas A&M winner in the SEC Championship Game.
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Alabama is done, thanks to us. Two losses, to us and Vandy. We’ve got the head to head tiebreak so they’d need us to lose to Vandy to get back ahead of us in the standings. Basically our game tonight is one conference semifinal, A&M-Texas is the other.

Edit: I forgot about that whole three way tie thing. Let’s just win tonight.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Really the biggest thing LSU losing here probably does is open the door more for Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

If UT ends up losing to UGA, it's very likely that with their above .500 conference opponents' overall conference records SOS (and the only team with a comparable conference SOS - LSU - being elminated) Alabama is very likely to be looking at playing the Texas vs Texas A&M winner in the SEC Championship Game.
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Huh? Alabama was getting in over LSU already. This helps our SOS. I couldn’t care less about any other effect of this game.
 
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Cod said:
Napier keeping his job??
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I think he was even if they went 5-7 if it meant keeping Lagway. Dudes gonna be a problem the next couple years. Think he’s Billy’s “Dobbs” will win him more games the next couple years making him look good then UF will drop off a cliff
 
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volfan102455 said:
It reduces the pool of SEC teams that could have 2 losses in the conference and influences the tie breaker process. So it is good for us.
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Like I just posted (sorry I didn't see your reply before that) the biggest thing LSU losing here probably does is open the door more for Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

If UT ends up losing to UGA, it's very likely that with their above .500 conference opponents' overall conference records SOS (and the only team with a comparable conference SOS - LSU - being elminated) Alabama is very likely to be looking at playing the Texas vs Texas A&M winner in the SEC Championship Game.

Unfortunately, UT's conference opponents' overall conference records SOS is pretty bad this year (it's in a range that it could very well end up around the .300-.350 at the end of the regular season, so it's not beating almost anyone's in a multiple team tie amongst the 2-loss SEC teams)...meaning the only tiebreaker Tennessee could win - again, if they don't beat UGA tonight - could very well require some sort of 2-or-more combination of 4-win Auburn beating A&M and 4-win Kentucky beating Texas, and/or either 5-win OU or 4-win Auburn upsetting Alabama.
 
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Pennheel said:
Fahr Kelly yesterday!! In all honesty,after this,I'd be frustrated. At the end of the game, that was the worst clock management I've seen in recent memory.
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Didn't matter. Gator defense was eating nusey alive
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
Huh? Alabama was getting in over LSU already. This helps our SOS. I couldn’t care less about any other effect of this game.
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No they actually werent guaranteed to. The new rules result in 3+ team ties to focus more on the overall conference records of conference opponents. Putting them very much in it at 3-2 before this game, though their situation very much relied on the outcome of the Tennessee-Georgia game.

Off the top of my head: if Missouri loses to Arkansas (which is very feasible), Georgia beats Tennessee, and A&M beats Texas: LSU would then have had the tiebreaker over every other 2-conference-loss team in the 3+ team ties (conference opponents' winning percentage, as most of these teams don't share enough common opponents for records against those teams to be the determining tiebreaker), as long as Miss State didn't upset Ole Miss to end the season.

Likewise, if Missouri loses to both South Carolina and Arkansas (which, again, very feasible) and Georgia beats Tennessee: LSU would then have had the tiebreaker over every other 2-conference-loss team (including the Texas/A&M loser) in the 3+ team ties again conference opponents' conference winning percentage), provided that either didn't happen: (A) 3-win Auburn over A&M or (B) both 2-win Miss State over Ole Miss AND Vanderbilt over Tennessee.

It's unfortunately not a tiebreaker Tennessee can rely on this year against anyone other than maybe Texas, as our conference opponents' conference game winning percentage is - even with this game being won by UF - still sitting in a spot that looks to be around a maybe .340-.350 range...making the multiple teams tiebreaker this year very much not in TN's favor/corner.
 
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