What Other Message Boards Are Saying (Bama missed the playoff edition)

#51
#51
And I don't like Bama any more than the rest of you do - but I do recognize the inconsistency with how the committee handled the rankings this year.
 
#53
#53
volfan102455 said:
A loss is a loss. That coupled with losing to a team they previously had beat by 10. They regressed! I am fairly certain that if you look at the history of the rankings, a team that lost has always dropped. And this is not like you had number 1 losing to number 3 last year when Bama and UGA traded places.

Bottom line - they did not drop TCU to avoid the UM verses OSU semi-final game. If the team in waiting had been same Bama or TN, TCU would have dropped to 4. The committee failed in this regard and caved to the pressure of avoiding certain games instead of just ranking them like they should.

TCU should be playing UGA and UM should be playing OSU if the committee had ranked them like they should have.
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I had the top 4 exactly as the committee does. All of you saying there is a bias are just trying to argue for no reason.
 
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CNCVol88 said:
Not according to FPI. TCU does have the highest SOS out of the playoff teams though according to FPI
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I was looking at another poll but looking at the FPI TCU is # 25 in SOS on the resume tab??????? You are correct in that they have the highest out of the playoff teams - but there are 7 SEC teams in the top 10.
 
#60
#60
Nick Saban has been king sh*t for too long.

It’s about time the committee grew a pair and knocked them out of the playoffs.

Couldn’t happened to a nicer bunch.
 
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JohnWardForever said:
Noted. Just making a point that Bama would be a dog only to Uga. AND, Likely beat both Osu & Tcu. Because of having the Best QB NOW playing. Sorry.....
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They supposedly had the best QB against Tennessee and LSU too and how did that work out for them? Best QB doesn’t always translate to winning. Ohio St has a better QB than Michigan but they got waxed. TCU has a better QB than Kansas St and they lost.
 
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Daniel_Lincolns_Foot said:
Look, I'm not going to sit here and pretend they probably wouldn't beat everyone in the playoff except maybe UGA, but that's just how it works out sometimes--it's why the games are played.

But, man, the fact that we prevented it? *chef's kiss*
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Ikr that’s what makes it so sweet.. we caused this 😂
 
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VolPack22 said:
I had the top 4 exactly as the committee does. All of you saying there is a bias are just trying to argue for no reason.
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TCU should have dropped due to the loss. USC did, UGA did last year, TN did, OSU did the week before, Clemson did, Bama did, etc. etc. etc.

OSU should have moved up above them to 3 but that would have forced a big 10 semifinal. It is obvious the committee did not do that to avoid the Big 10 semifinal matchup. That is all I am saying.

If TCU would have dropped at least 1 position - Bama or anyone else would not have the "they didn't drop" like everyone else who lost did argument.

The truth is, if there had been another 1 loss team in position 6 and 7, TCU would not be in the playoffs. It is the 'second' loss that was the deciding factor. The committee just needs to say that.
 
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volfan102455 said:
TCU should have dropped due to the loss. USC did, UGA did last year, TN did, OSU did the week before, Clemson did, Bama did, etc. etc. etc.

OSU should have moved up above them to 3 but that would have forced a big 10 semifinal. It is obvious the committee did not do that to avoid the Big 10 semifinal matchup. That is all I am saying.

If TCU would have dropped at least 1 position - Bama or anyone else would not have the "they didn't drop" like everyone else who lost did.
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USC dropped because they already had a loss to the team they were playing against. You lose 2 out of 2 to the same team, sorry you are going to plummet. And they not only lost but got thoroughly dominated and manhandled. TCU was a different case. They have the same record as Ohio St but played a tougher schedule with more quality wins. They deserved to be ahead of Ohio St and I’m glad the committee didn’t show bias in that instance.
 
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Sea Ray said:
In fairness to Bama, TCU didn't play anyone of UT's or LSU's caliber

It's pointless to compare records of teams that share no common opponents
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Alabama and TCU do have a common opponent. Alabama barely beat Texas after knocking out their starting QB. TCU won convincingly (the score was deceptively close), completely shutting down that same QB.

Alabama faced stronger teams than that Texas team, but they didn’t beat any of them, and TCU did.
 
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All this whining by Bama fans, but in a just world, UT would he ranked ahead of Bama. UT got dropped because of the HH injury.
 
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VolinMichigan said:
All this whining by Bama fans, but in a just world, UT would he ranked ahead of Bama. UT got dropped because of the HH injury.
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I do wonder if Hooker had not gotten hurt if the conversation this past weekend would have included TN instead of Bama.
 
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What's funny is that there's some valid arguments in there but its completely lost beneath all that absolute garbage takes about how a two loss team is all but guaranteed a NC.

I'm not convinced they'd beat Michigan or OSU. Not saying they couldn't, but there's no guarantee. The playing field is a bit more even these days, and UGA would stomp them.
 
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VolPack22 said:
They forgot what life was like before Saban came around. I remember them having multiple 3 and 4-win seasons. Don’t tell their fans that 🤫
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Next year they are gonna know what things are like without Bryce Young. They would have had more than two losses this year without him. I think they are in big trouble next year without him
 
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Hopefully this meltdown is the beginning of Bama's trip to the wilderness. Blame the refs, blame the coordinators, blame the committee. Another season like this or worse, the blame will begin to shift to Saban and the long knives will come out for him, in a polite way. "Nick was the best - he can't keep the practice intensity he once had".. They like shiny things... Will eventually want Smart back (he ain't coming), or Dabo, but Dabo didn't make the playoffs either...hmm. Can't have him, he's not good enough.. on and on. Once the long knives are out for Saban, he'll retire. At least we finally got an "L" out of Saban.
 
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