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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #378 on: December 03, 2017, 01:58:52 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 12:57:10 PM

For all the talk, the committee clearly still looks at just how many losses you have.  Alabama doesn't have anything resembling a good win.  Hell, MSU has better wins than Bama does.
there you go
since the inception of the committee
this and Utee's helmet theory
very weak and expected
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #379 on: December 03, 2017, 02:00:39 PM »
and... it WAS 'backdoor'... they lost when it was most important for them to win (which would have diminished the next game and THAT would be when it was most important), but.... lose they did, and because they didn't seal their CC.

i'm torn over the entire thing- i think they got it right from the perspective 'four best teams' (caveat: body of work; NOT right now).... but i also subscribe that ONLY CC's should be considered, else move the playoff to six or eight teams.  I like eight.. that's 5 CC's and 3 at large- which could include a G5 team like UCF to be an offering for the overall #1 (hopefully deserving)... 

I believe Bama handles tOSU in a hypothetical game... my opinion.. doesn't matter because it isn't going to happen- and there is no sense getting heated about something that's not possible... 

or... you guys can take it to twitter... that seems to work... :) 
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« Reply #380 on: December 03, 2017, 02:06:55 PM »
Quote from: Drew4UTk on December 03, 2017, 01:21:53 PM

however, they would destroy tOSU, and anyone else from the B10... PSU would stand the greatest chance against Bama, and they don't have an argument to play... 
how can you be so sure?
just wondering
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #381 on: December 03, 2017, 02:09:59 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 03, 2017, 01:03:27 PM
Alabama scheduled a name program this year.  

The scheduling was not the issue.  

the scheduling is the issue
FSU sucked this season
Should a one loss Badger team get credit for BYU and Nebraska (a name program)?
they scheduled Mercer for crying out loud, that's not defensible 
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #382 on: December 03, 2017, 02:11:23 PM »
Quote from: Drew4UTk on December 03, 2017, 02:00:39 PM
and... it WAS 'backdoor'... they lost when it was most important for them to win (which would have diminished the next game and THAT would be when it was most important), but.... lose they did, and because they didn't seal their CC.

i'm torn over the entire thing- i think they got it right from the perspective 'four best teams' (caveat: body of work; NOT right now).... but i also subscribe that ONLY CC's should be considered, else move the playoff to six or eight teams.  I like eight.. that's 5 CC's and 3 at large- which could include a G5 team like UCF to be an offering for the overall #1 (hopefully deserving)...

I believe Bama handles tOSU in a hypothetical game... my opinion.. doesn't matter because it isn't going to happen- and there is no sense getting heated about something that's not possible...

or... you guys can take it to twitter... that seems to work... :)
Facts say Ohio State has proven capable of beating a team that finished in the top 15 and the top ten. 
Facts say Alabama has not.  
Your entitled to your OPINION.   The facts work against you.  The bookies do to...they say Bama by one.  Same as the margin in the Clemson line right now.
What has Alabama done to make you so cocky about them?   Not seeing it..
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #383 on: December 03, 2017, 02:14:35 PM »
I'm not saying the committee is wrong about Bama over tOSU, but I don't think there's anyway we will know for sure if Bama was better than the Bucks

Bama has proven and earned the respect over the past 5 or more seasons, but Urban's Bucks have been just as talented and well coached for 5 seasons

if you want to point to a couple blow out losses for the Bucks the past couple years (Clemson and Iowa) I can understand that.  But on any given day the Bucks can play a great game and take care of business.

see MSU, Michigan, and Badgers this season
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #384 on: December 03, 2017, 02:16:45 PM »
Quote from: Drew4UTk on December 03, 2017, 01:21:53 PM
however, they would destroy tOSU, and anyone else from the B10... PSU would stand the greatest chance against Bama, and they don't have an argument to play... Clemson is worthy, regardless of their terribly foul loss, and OU is playing as good as any of the other three.  
I don't know about Bama destroying tOSU, but I'm pretty sure that Clemson would. I think Bama and tOSU would be a good game. I would have loved to seem both of them paired up in a bowl game.
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« Reply #385 on: December 03, 2017, 02:19:26 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 03, 2017, 01:05:40 PM
UGA and OU have never played.  
Right.  And, as RTF posted right after your post, it's going to be awesome to see them meeting for the first time in the Rose Bowl.
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« Reply #386 on: December 03, 2017, 02:19:50 PM »
Also, Alabama is th first team to jump into the top 4 coming off an off week, and a loss too.  Chew on that.   
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #387 on: December 03, 2017, 02:20:01 PM »
Quote from: Drew4UTk on December 03, 2017, 01:53:25 PM
factual evidence says tOSU lost a game by 40 points, and wasn't even their only loss.

factual evidence demonstrates Bama lost to a surging Auburn team, that was playing red hot and capable of beating anyone in the land with a healthy backfield, but had to play arguably the best two teams in the nation three times this season.  

you are the one finding solace there will be no means to prove these possibilities... not me.. unlike you, i don't have a dog in the fight.
Auburn was so hot they lost by 21 their next game
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #388 on: December 03, 2017, 02:39:19 PM »
There are a lot of ways to compare OSU and Alabama obviously.  Folks who prefer one just argue ways that favor their choice.  Few lay out the entire picture as it becomes more confusing.

I personally would have chosen Ohio State.

Had Bama beaten Auburn, they might well have lost to Georgia and be out of it, at 12-1 (or would they still have gotten in?).

USC's position surprises me a bit also.  I know they lost at ND.
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #389 on: December 03, 2017, 02:43:37 PM »
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #390 on: December 03, 2017, 02:50:36 PM »
Quote from: ELA on December 03, 2017, 02:43:37 PM
This is the MICHIGAN beat writer


https://twitter.com/nickbaumgardner/status/937394118577156097
Lmao.
Saban is such a weasel.
I wish someone would call him out on his BS.

The MSU series was called off because Nick didn't want to play a return game in East Lansing.
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Re: Playoffs! Did someone say Playoffs?
« Reply #391 on: December 03, 2017, 02:52:35 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on December 03, 2017, 02:50:36 PM
Lmao.
Saban is such a weasel.
I wish someone would call him out on his BS.

The MSU series was called off because Nick didn't want to play a return game in East Lansing.
he should have called King Barry
both programs wouldn't have to defend their weak schedules this season
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