Who would YOU put in the CFP with a TCU loss?
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Tennessee is lucky to be ranked where they are. The drop off at QB makes a difference. They aren’t top 8 without Hooker.
Agree, the national meltdown would be glorious but rather see TCU hang and OSU be the one out. That would be epic.
Concur with this. Had it been close, USC may have had an argument.
So we hate Bama, but want to see them in the playoff yet again? 17 that. I wouldn’t be able to stand it if Bama back doored their way into the playoff again. TCU looking good so far so hopefully they’ll win and this will all be moot.
ETA: Alabama and TCU both played at Texas. TCU beat them handily while Alabama was extremely lucky to win on a last second field goal.
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I think Bama would beat TCU. I'm pulling for TCU, but they just don't look as big physically than the other playoff teams and I think they will get knocked around vs UGA or Michigan.
Bama is only team in or out of playoffs that could hang with Georgia.
Can’t really go by that. Bama has 2 close losses to good teams on the road. Tenn has 2 blowout losses on the road. Bama gets this nod.
The real comparison is between Bama, Ohio State and TCU (if they lose today).
It’s about overall resume when seeding these teams. If all is equal, sure go with head to head.
TCU did bettern Bamer in Austin.
TCU would have one loss compared to Bamer's 2.
TCU made it to their conference championship, Bamer didn't.
TCU is having to beat a team again that they've already beaten.
I like TCU and hate Bamer. So There.
TCU would have one loss compared to Bamer's 2.
TCU made it to their conference championship, Bamer didn't.
TCU is having to beat a team again that they've already beaten.
I like TCU and hate Bamer. So There.
And Missouri. Don't forget about Missouri. Alabama and Missouri are the only teams that could hang with Georgia.
Well I guess Kentucky held them to 16 points so add them to the list. And the 5-7 MAC powerhouse Kent State gave UGA fits between the hedges.
So yeah Alabama, Mizzou, Kentucky, and Kent State. But nobody else.***
At this point I would put TCU in regardless of overtime result.
The only way Bama gets in now is with a Michigan loss to Purdue.
The only way Bama gets in now is with a Michigan loss to Purdue.
I'd leave TCU in, put OSU out and Bama in. Bama lost two games (both on the last play of the game to highly ranked teams and on the road) by a grand total of 4 points. They're one of the four best.
I think I would too. Ohio States schedule is not great. And how can you pick them over USC? I’d go with Bama.
That said, they can’t. They can’t swap those teams when neither played this weekend.
I’m on the committee. I didn’t watch much football this year, so I’m deferring to the Pack.
Losing to a team ranked in the top 10 in OT in the conference championship deserves punishment? What has Alabama done to be rewarded a playoff spot?
Alabama wasn't good enough to make the championship of the SEC much less the NC championship.
They went for it on 4th down in OT when the other team basically starts in field goal range, entire season on the line, and lost because of it. That should eliminate them. Bama would beat tcu like a drum. It wouldn’t even be fun to watch.
I am still of the mindset it does NOT have to be the 4 best teams. It should be the 4 most deserving teams. Bama does not deserve a spot. TCU stays where it is and OSU gets the final spot.
The reason that a TCU doesn't get to play against stronger competition is because the SEC schools won't schedule them. They are too dangerous. They shedule Utah State, UL-Monroe and Austin Peay.
The Phillies were the 3rd best team in their division and won the World Series and they deserved to win. The Rams and Bengals last year were both 4 seeds to get to the Superbowl.
The reason that a TCU doesn't get to play against stronger competition is because the SEC schools won't schedule them. They are too dangerous. They shedule Utah State, UL-Monroe and Austin Peay.
The Phillies were the 3rd best team in their division and won the World Series and they deserved to win. The Rams and Bengals last year were both 4 seeds to get to the Superbowl.
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Why have a playoff with not the best 4 teams? That was the BCS and it actually worked. If it’s not the best 4 teams then it’s not actually about the game anymore, it’s just the politics of the conferences and that’s what we’re going to get, and Georgia will still win.
well, tcu isn’t good enough to make the sec championship either.
i don’t know that bama should be in, but by your criteria, I know tcu shouldn’t.
The games and season should matter. By your logic why not just have Vegas pick the 4 teams? Picking Alabama over tcu shows it’s not about the game and it’s about recruiting rankings
A top 10 team in the conference championship…. Bama’s two toughest teams they played were Tennessee and, let’s call it what it is, a mediocre lsu team and lost both of them. Why do they not deserve punishment?
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