What If this happens to create the SEC Championship

[bpalmer28]

Nah bruh. I want Alabama to lose as quickly as possible. Nothing else matters. I do not want to play them again

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Imagine having to beat Georgia and Alabama twice to win a national championship.

 

[Alto1]

I don’t care who makes it from the west.
VOLS BY FIDDY!!!!!!

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

Ole Miss is going to get pummeled by Alabama.

Yup, ole miss identity is to run the ball and no way their oline can out physical Alabama, look how they performed against lsu?? On top of that, once ole miss gets behind their qb is run and looks lost at times when he gets under pressure. Horrible match up for ole miss.

 

[zaqhhh]

So, the loser of the UT/GA game is still in a good spot for the playoff as long as it's a close loss and of course they win their last 3 games?

Yes. If you look at the playoff predictor both teams have about a 70% chance to get in even if they lose (and win out).

 

[Adam Sandler]

Bama needs to lose. Best case scenario is we make the seccg and don’t have to play them.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

I’m not wanting to look ahead at all concerning Tennessee. However, let’s just discuss it. It’s super hard to beat the same team twice in the same year. Not impossible, but hard. Here’s what I’m hoping for.

I’m hoping for Alabama to win Saturday. I can’t believe I said that. However, that eliminates LSU a trip to Atlanta. That way they are out of the picture for the most part. Then the following week, Ole Miss can beat Alabama and prevent them going to Atlanta.

Tennessee smokes Ole Miss in Atlanta!

Brotha you have this completely wrong…. Smh

 

[Vfl2407]

Imagine beating Alabama and Georgia twice in the same year!

I haven’t been nearly as good a person as I would need to be to get that double/quadruple blessing in one year. If it did happen, I would just go devote the rest of my life to caring for a leper colony.

 

[PowerT83]

They'd probably have Bama in the playoff if their only 2 Ls are to us. It's statistically possible that we'll have the opportunity to beat their ass 3 times in 4 months.

 

[ttocswob]

Beat UGA

Beat whoever they send next

Take their lunch money

 

[NighthawkVol]

I’m not wanting to look ahead at all concerning Tennessee. However, let’s just discuss it. It’s super hard to beat the same team twice in the same year. Not impossible, but hard. Here’s what I’m hoping for.

I’m hoping for Alabama to win Saturday. I can’t believe I said that. However, that eliminates LSU a trip to Atlanta. That way they are out of the picture for the most part. Then the following week, Ole Miss can beat Alabama and prevent them going to Atlanta.

Tennessee smokes Ole Miss in Atlanta!

I've had this same thought. Two things going for Ole Miss vs. Alabama:

1) They get a bye while Alabama butts heads with LSU in Baton Rouge. Kiffin gets an extra week to gameplan and Ole Miss gets to rest/heal.
2) Kiffin does a lot of the same stuff Tennessee does. He can use the Tennessee film to design an effective offensive plan against Alabama.

That said, it'll be tough to pull for Alabama against LSU. I'd much rather face LSU in Atlanta than Alabama. If LSU wins, Alabama is eliminated, which is the most important thing. If Alabama wins, then Ole Miss HAS to beat Alabama or Bama is in the SECCG, so it's tempting not to just pull for LSU to end Bams's hopes. Also, we will know the result of Tennessee-Georgia by the time Alabama and LSU play (or at least very early in the 1Q). If Georgia wins, I'm straight up pulling for LSU because that would simply eliminate Bama from the CFP and it wouldn't matter who won the SECCG between Georgia and LSU. In fact, LSU winning might be better for Tennessee in that scenario.

But yes, best case scenario is, Tennessee beats Georgia, Alabama beats LSU, Ole Miss beats Alabama, Tennessee and Ole Miss play in Atlanta. If that happens, I think Tennessee goes into the CFP 13-0 and #1 AND the final CFP rankings look like the initial ones: Tennessee-Clemson and Ohio State-Georgia in the semis.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I haven’t been nearly as good a person as I would need to be to get that double/quadruple blessing in one year. If it did happen, I would just go devote the rest of my life to caring for a leper colony.

LOL. Underrated post.

 

[Zues1]

Honestly we need to win out. I just don't like the Tennessee " luck" to get in with a loss...

 

[1974Vol]

OP, I was thinking about this too. But from your scenario, LSU would have one West loss to Bama, Bama would have one West loss to Ole Miss, and Ole Miss would have one West loss to LSU. Wouldn't that create a 3-way tie in their division? How do they decide who goes to the SEC championship?

Here's what I found

Tiebreaker rules, two teams tied

1. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams (this works 99.9% of the time)
2. Best winning percentage of the tied teams within the division
3. Head-to-head competition against the common opponent within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record, and proceeding through the division (multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last and a tie for first place will be broken before a tie for fourth place)
4. Best winning percentage against all non-divisional teams
5. Combined winning percentage against all common non-divisional teams
6. Record against the common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division
7. Best cumulative Conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents

Tiebreaker Rules, three or more teams tied

1. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams; provided the tied teams all played one another (unless one of the tied teams has defeated all the tied teams, then that team would be the divisional representative even if the other tied teams did not play each other)
2. Winning percentage of the tied teams within the division
3. Head-to-head competition against the common opponent within the division with the best overall Conference winning percentage (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through the division (multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last and a tie for first place will be broken before a tie for fourth place)
4. Best Conference winning percentage against all non-divisional teams
5. Combined winning percentage against all common non divisional teams
6. Record against the common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference record (divisional and non-divisional) and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division
7. Best cumulative Conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents. (Note: If two teams’ non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, then the two-team tiebreaker procedures apply. If four teams are tied, and three teams’ non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, the three-team tiebreaker procedures will be used beginning with No. 2. above

 

[Vol_in_NC_1999]

Ok, since this is a WHAT IF thread:

Since this season already has a magical feel to it, how about this? I would love to beat both Bama and GA TWICE in the same year. Think about it: We beat GA Saturday, make the SECCG, beat Bama, GA gets into the playoff as a 1-loss SEC team at #4, and we play them the first game #1 vs #4. Beat GA again!

 

[Vols1891]

They'd probably have Bama in the playoff if their only 2 Ls are to us. It's statistically possible that we'll have the opportunity to beat their ass 3 times in 4 months.

I’m pretty sure a 1 loss Georgia would get in over a 2 loss Alabama, even if both are to us. No way they let 3 SEC teams in the playoffs.

 

[Rocky Top T]

LSU needs to beat the Gumps!!!

 

[Shaun1985]

There isn't a team not named Tennessee or Georgia that can beat Alabama. Everyone else on their schedule is 21 or more pts worse.

 

[NighthawkVol]

OP, I was thinking about this too. But from your scenario, LSU would have one West loss to Bama, Bama would have one West loss to Ole Miss, and Ole Miss would have one West loss to LSU. Wouldn't that create a 3-way tie in their division? How do they decide who goes to the SEC championship?

Overall SEC record is what matters. LSU would have 2 SEC losses. Bama would have 2 SEC losses. Ole Miss would have 1 SEC loss.

 

[volpops]

OP, I was thinking about this too. But from your scenario, LSU would have one West loss to Bama, Bama would have one West loss to Ole Miss, and Ole Miss would have one West loss to LSU. Wouldn't that create a 3-way tie in their division? How do they decide who goes to the SEC championship?

If I am thinking correctly, LSU and Bama would still have an East loss to Tennessee which would count on their total conference records. Ole Miss would win west division if they still had one loss.

 

[kell7517]

OP, I was thinking about this too. But from your scenario, LSU would have one West loss to Bama, Bama would have one West loss to Ole Miss, and Ole Miss would have one West loss to LSU. Wouldn't that create a 3-way tie in their division? How do they decide who goes to the SEC championship?[/QUOTE

 

[rocketskates]

We need LSU to beat Bama. That would pretty much put Bama out of playoff contention. It would greatly help our situation if we slip up and loose a close one this weekend. (I know, just kick some UGLY hairy dawg tail)

Exactly. If we end up losing a close one, 11-1 Tennessee takes precedence over 10-2 Bama. If both teams are 11-1 the board may find a way to sneak Bama in just because they love Saban. We need Bama to keep losing.