College Football 2017
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WizardofOz
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It should have been Ohio State because they were conference champ that didn't end season with a loss
drbrumley
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My pick was USC.....They deserved it as well. My only sticking point with OSU was that loss to Iowa. I can't overcome that.
And that's not the determiner. It's a factor.
No, but they support the committee's decision.
And if the facts were as they are I'd disagree with you.
lain: Time will tell. I know you can compete for one.
drbrumley
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So can UCF....but not givin the opportunity.
This whole process stinks.
drbrumley
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Just get rid of conference championships. I guess you can lose your last game and technically finish third in your conference and still make the playoffs.
If college football were run like the NFL Alabama would still be in the playoffs, because they're good enough to compete. So would a few others worth seeing, like Ohio State.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press top 25 is out. The Top 10?
1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Georgia
4. Alabama
5. Ohio State
6. Wisconsin
7. Auburn
8. USC
9. Penn State
10. UCF
The Big 12 tried that last year, and because they did, they didn't get a team in the CFP.
So, this year they had a conference championship, and it almost screwed them. Oklahoma would have been in this year with no conference championship, but had they lost to TCU in their conference championship game, no team from the Big 12 would have made it to the CFP.
It's crazy.
Also, this is the third rear in a row, Clemson will play Alabama in the CFP.
However, because Clemson and Alabama play in the first round, we won't have a Clemson/Alabama championship game, like we have had the last two years......don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing.
Poor, little UCF......
12-0, and no respect.
We'll see how they do against Auburn.
drbrumley
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drbrumley
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Point is, you have a set pattern. Win your division, you're in. Thr nfl adds 2 wild cards to make the top 2 seeds have byes. Under that criteria, Alabama is out.
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No, they'd still be in. The NFL has four wild cards with a shot at the big game. That's a sum of the top 12 teams. Alabama is in any way you look at it, unless you exclude all but conference champions.
The selection committee took a lot of criticism last year by selecting Ohio State over Penn State.
Then when Ohio State got crushed 31-0, it made their selection look even worse.
I wonder if picking Alabama over Ohio State this year, was some sort of "revenge" at Ohio State for making them look bad last year?????????
Or, had they chose Ohio State over Alabama this year, and Ohio State got crushed by Clemson again this year, maybe people would accuse them of having an Ohio State bias?
IOW, maybe they were afraid of Clemson crushing Ohio State again in the first round.
Whatever the selection reason, one thing is certain. The Clemson vs. Alabama game will be the third straight year these teams meet in the CFP, with each winning the championship the last two years.
No matter how much one disagrees with the Alabama selection, watching the "rubber match" of these two teams should be a treat.
No matter how much one disagrees with the Alabama selection, watching the "rubber match" of these two teams should be a treat.
drbrumley
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I don't know about that...Clemson just seems alot better....Alabama was riding high, new OC and all....once teams finally figured him out, it started getting tough. The run game hasn't been good since Mississippi St. To many injuries at linebacker, although they will be back for the game.
My money is Clemson right now...@9/4 odds.
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Maybe, but is that the reason the AP has Bama ranked fourth? Or the FPI and SOR both putting the Tide soundly within the top four? Look, I'm not saying we're fielding the next National Championship team this year. I'd like to have our LBs back in the mix. I'd rather have an angry team looking in from the outside going into next year, but given the chance to compete this team will compete. No one, not even the momentarily great Tigers, made Alabama look bad. We did that to ourselves and still stayed in that game until late.
I think it should be a fun series of games. I have no solid idea of what will come of it. :cheers:
An all SEC championship game (Alabama vs. Georgia) would really upset a lot of people.
drbrumley
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Including me. Esp when one team shouldn't be in there in the 1st place
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