CFP Playoff Committee shoehorns in Alabama at the last minute for the second year in a row ... this year with 3 losses...

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As if by magic Alabama jumps into the playoff picture at the last minute with 3 losses.

Other notable stupid things:

Arizona State at 10-2 ranked ... 15.

The CFP Playoff Committee has no clothes.

Full list:

1. Oregon (12-0)
2. Texas (11-1)
3. Penn State (11-1)
4. Notre Dame (11-1)
5. Georgia (10-2)
6. Ohio State (10-2)
7. Tennessee (10-2)
8. SMU (11-1)
9. Indiana (11-1)
10. Boise State (11-1)
11. Alabama (9-3)
12. Miami (10-2)
13. Ole Miss (9-3)
14. South Carolina (9-3)
15. Arizona State (10-2)
16. Iowa State (10-2)
17. Clemson (9-3)
18. BYU (10-2)
19. Missouri (9-3)
20. UNLV (10-2)
21. Illinois (9-3)
22. Syracuse (9-3)
23. Colorado (9-3)
24. Army (10-1)
25. Memphis (10-2)
 


I hate Alabama but they are most likely a top 12 team.
 

Miami is out. Only way bama is out is if they give Clemson the bump but keep 2 loss (2 better losses) ahead of bama in smu. They put Ole Miss and s car there as well to make bama look better so they can see look at how highly ranked the teams they beat are while fully buying into that fans are to stops to realize the committee just puts them there non objectively
 

It really is ridiculous. Basically they are saying F-U to the ACC and Big 12. You’re getting one team in and placed the teams so it can’t be questioned.

The only way they save face is to completely blow it up next week and reward the teams that played 13 games.
 




Nax5 said:
I don't think any 3-loss team is top 12. Especially when your losses are against some really bad competition. I hope they get destroyed in one of their match-ups.

Arizona State would be a far more interesting inclusion.
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I would not be opposed to a 3 losses and you're out rule.

I know folks would be upset about how it impacts scheduling but it's pretty fucking clear the committee doesn't give a rats ass about strength of schedule in some cases anyway.
 

Just for conversation sake, if Alabama played Boise State on a neutral field, what would the betting line be?
 









upnorthkid said:
Why yes that is certainly how we should decide. Based on what Vegas thinks the betting public will put half the money on
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They decide based on what they think will be entertaining games that people will watch. It's all about money and always will be.
 


So, I thought the whole thing was to get the best 12 teams in the playoffs. I don’t particularly care who is in or out, but if you are not taking the best, teams well….there should be a better way…shouldn’t there?
 

Why should a conference having a down season get any teams? I would rather see teams play a tough schedule and get rewarded than a mediocre schedule and get gifted a spot.
 

If Clemson wins and then one of AZ St-Iowa State has to win, that's two automatic qualifiers that would be ranked lower, right?

Then those bottom two would be bounced out.

Granted, the committee could then just drop SMU out, move everyone beneath them up one, and put Clemson #12 and Big 12 champ #11, above Miami.
 

#11 is ridiculous.
They lost to unranked 6-6 Vandy, not only losing but they never led in that game and gave up 40 points.
They lost to Tennessee, OK that’s a “good” loss.
They were totally shut down by unranked 6-6 Oklahoma.

So 9-3 Bama lost to 2 teams in the bottom 1/3 of their own conference.
Well, 9-3 Illinois lost to the #1 team, the #3 team and the 7-5 Gophers.
Hmm.
 

Wally said:
They could make that a rule but they didn't.

Hopefully Alabama gets throttled, you can hate watch it.😎
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It wouldn't make a difference if they made a rule.

CFP committee claimed that this coming weekend nobody would be punished for a loss in order to protect the conference championship games / keep folks from actually avoiding the games.

And then today another member said if SMU loses they might be out ....

The right hand doesn't even know what the left is doing ... except that Bama has to get in.
 

Excluding wins gained by playing Alabama


Alabama is 1-2 against FBS teams who finished with losing records


I’m not sure they could handle the gauntlet of a big ten west schedule
 

If I’m bama and Georgia, might as well just not play anyone and sit out all year and they’ll put you in because we think they’re better than everyone because the helmet and jersey say so. There’s literally no combination of metrics that puts bama in ahead of their cohort other than the emblem on the helmet because if you’ve watched the quality they put on the field for 1/4 of the games they played this season, it sure as shit wasn’t by the eye test
 

Does the Big Ten Championship game mean anything besides seeding? You don't want injuries? Seems anticlimactic. They both are in regardless.
 





Catechol said:
#11 is ridiculous.
They lost to unranked 6-6 Vandy, not only losing but they never led in that game and gave up 40 points.
They lost to Tennessee, OK that’s a “good” loss.
They were totally shut down by unranked 6-6 Oklahoma.

So 9-3 Bama lost to 2 teams in the bottom 1/3 of their own conference.
Well, 9-3 Illinois lost to the #1 team, the #3 team and the 7-5 Gophers.
Hmm.
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I hate to point it out but he’s not wrong. Bama even had a bad loss late in the season to OU. And they didn’t exactly throttle an average Auburn team when they knew they needed to for the optics. I don’t think Illinois should be #12 at all but I think Bama should be like 15-18.
 

Catechol said:
I hate to point it out but he’s not wrong. Bama even had a bad loss late in the season to OU. And they didn’t exactly throttle an average Auburn team when they knew they needed to for the optics. I don’t think Illinois should be #12 at all but I think Bama should be like 15-18.
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I know. I loved it when BB started tweeting these things last night

Bama lost to two teams that were 5-6 against teams not named bama and had a losing record against teams that had losing records against teams not named bama. Pro-rate that to Indiana’s schedule and they’d be like 6-6 vs Indiana schedule
 
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