VN RF, hear me out, we are going to win......
I'm thinking Birmingham will do exactly that
@Orange. I've been thinking about it all day today and the way Saban acted last year after they didn't make the playoffs, B-ham will do everything to get them in the top 4 this season. I think the SEC only gets 1 team in and bama/saban will be angling hard for that bid. We will finally get the whistle in our favor tomorrow.
Georgia would have to lose to us to drop them out of the top 5 and Alabama needs to thump UTC, auburn, and then beat Georgia in the SEC title game. That would put bama in the top 4, with only 1 loss. Georgia plays us and Ga Tech and the pups need 2 losses to guarantee bama gets in. Neyland is known for causing teams to struggle and we have a winning streak of our on going, that helps mask the penalties called against the dogs. The media narrative will be "Neyland causes teams to struggle" and the 2022 bama game will be mentioned several times. (It really wouldn't make since for GA to lose to Tech. It has to be us beating Uga)
Saban will get what he wants.
We will win tomorrow and Birmingham is going to play a huge part in it. They won’t take a chance on other teams ranked ahead of bama to lose over the next couple of weeks. Alabama will make the playoffs this year.
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There's also this on the line....
"Last Saturday, Smart won his 27th game in a row. Georgia is now just one game away from tying the SEC record of 28-straight games, which was done twice by Alabama from 1978-1980 and 1991-1993."
Alabama/Birmingham will not let Georgia tie that record tomorrow. UA can't help themselves, they want to be at the top of the rankings for everything. The gumps have the "Ricky Bobby disease" ...if you ain't 1st, you're last. Plus, alabama trumps georgia for the conference's favorite team and there's more gumps refereeing and running the SEC than bulldawgs. We will beat Georgia because the tide need us to.
VOLS 33
dogs 31
**Tl;dr:
The VOLS are winning tomorrow because Nick Saban need us to. That's the guaranteed way alabama makes the playoffs this year.