Alabama DESERVES to be in the playoff, and here is WHY!

This will all be a non-issue if Clemson, OU, Wisco, & Auburn all take care of business. I would rather that both Bama and OSU get shut out than arguing about who deserves it more, no?

Bama has no quality wins and OSU has two horrible losses. Who is with me...?

Actually, it’s as simple as OU and Wisco just need to win.

Funnily enough, a more analogous scenario this season to the Ohio State/Penn State situation last year would be if they took Alabama over Auburn...but that will never happen. Mostly because Alabama does not have the resume that Ohio State did (and there was time for OSU to recover in the rankings after their loss).

I don't think they will take OSU over Alabama but it is not the Flagpolian certainty you make it out to be. The committee has made huge changes in the final rankings before (remember when TCU was 3rd?) and it has made it abundantly clear that teams not playing that final weekend will be at a disadvantage. Again, Ohio State was #2 going in last year, so it would have taken a lot for 3 teams to pass them. Alabama can't afford for anybody (other than Miami if they win and Clemson drops out) to pass them. You also act as though Alabama being #5 (if, in fact, that is where they are) guarantees that they are next up when they have no opportunity to bolster their resume on that final weekend.

Either way precedent will be broken unless all 0-1 loss teams win their conferences. I don't think anyone can reliably predict how that precedent will be broken.

"Flagpolian certainty". That's a good one, LOL!

Miami beats Clemson

TCU beats Oklahoma

Auburn beats Georgia

Ohio State beats Wisco

This scenario will be wild

#1 seed Auburn

#2 seed Miami

#3 seed Alabama

#4 seed Ohio St.

The Committee wrote:

This will all be a non-issue if Clemson, OU, Wisco, & Auburn all take care of business. I would rather that both Bama and OSU get shut out than arguing about who deserves it more, no?

Bama has no quality wins and OSU has two horrible losses. Who is with me...?

You are spot on!? If those four teams just go out and win their conference championships then there will be no "what if's" and is Bama better than OSU and so forth and so on.

Assuming that those four win out and Bama misses the playoffs for the first time, I wonder if Saban will be on the hot seat? ? Football is a religion in Tuscaloosa and the boosters won't take too kindly a team with a zillion 5-star recruits and the highest paid coach in all of college football (12 mil) who can't get them to the CFP. FFS, they just fired Todd Graham at Arizona St for going 7-5 and beating rival Arizona!...imagine the explaining Saban will have to do.

The writers should not decide anymore. There should be a 64 team bracket. Then the student-athletes would determine the winner.

D2 has a 14 team playoff......

Too much money spent on the bowl system/4-team pseudo playoff for that to work in D1.

Alan

heresHow wrote:

Miami beats Clemson

TCU beats Oklahoma

Auburn beats Georgia

Ohio State beats Wisco

This scenario will be wild

#1 seed Auburn

#2 seed Miami

#3 seed Alabama

#4 seed Ohio St.

We'll soon find out this weekend

Runningart2004 wrote:

D2 has a 14 team playoff......

Too much money spent on the bowl system/4-team pseudo playoff for that to work in D1.

Alan

What does the FCS have? I've heard a 16 team format, maybe even 32 teams?

Flagpolian certainty----biggest oxymoron on this site. He's wrong more than any other frequent poster, but always has an excuse.

heresHow wrote:

Miami beats Clemson

TCU beats Oklahoma

Auburn beats Georgia

Ohio State beats Wisco

This scenario will be wild

#1 seed Auburn

#2 seed Miami

#3 seed Alabama

#4 seed Ohio St.

I wouldn't mind seeing Oklahoma go down...that Mayfield kid thinks he's out of sight (Johnny Manziel 2.0 ?).

If your playoff picks are correct, that's a star-studded line-up of coaches; Saban, Meyer, Sweeney, Richt.

Bama Bounder wrote:

He's wrong more than any other frequent poster, but always has an excuse.

Prove it.

Ohio State will beat Wisconsin on a neutral field.

# 1 Clemson

# 2 Oklahoma

# 3 Auburn

# 4 Ohio State

If somehow Ohio Sate loses

# 1 Clemson

#2 Oklahoma

# 3 Wisconsin

# 4 Auburn

I do not think Clemson, Oklahoma, or Auburn will lose - but it does not matter

Big Ten Champ (Wisconsin or OSU)

Big 12 Champ

SEC Champ

ACC Champ

NO BAMA!!!

Paul Finebama wrote:

Ohio State will beat Wisconsin on a neutral field.

# 1 Clemson

# 2 Oklahoma

# 3 Auburn

# 4 Ohio State

If somehow Ohio Sate loses

# 1 Clemson

#2 Oklahoma

# 3 Wisconsin

# 4 Auburn

I do not think Clemson, Oklahoma, or Auburn will lose - but it does not matter

Big Ten Champ (Wisconsin or OSU)

Big 12 Champ

SEC Champ

ACC Champ

NO BAMA!!!

I'm all for team no Bama, but if TCU wins they will not jump Alabama.

Forrest Gump touchdown...nuff said

Born in the 856 wrote:

Colin Cowherd made some key points about Alabama's schedule on his TV show today:

"Saban has been manipulating college football schedules for years. He always schedules out of conference games on a neutral field (e.g. they will never play Notre Dame in South Bend) he always has cupcakes like Mercer before playing Auburn and always puts in a bye week before LSU. Alabama doesn't have a quality win this season and may be on the outside looking in..."

I agree with him. Alabama didn't earn its way into the CFP.

The fact that Bama will NEVER EVER play a decent OOC team as a true road game really annoys me. This year they played Florida State, which is a very legit opponent, especially considering when the deal for this game was originally made, likely when FSU was coming off a national championship. But of course, they play it in Atlanta.

Bama plays eight freaking home games this year and nine in the state of Alabama. Nine of 12 games are played in-state.

Bama is gaming the system and should not be rewarded.

Runningart2004 wrote:

D2 has a 14 team playoff......

Too much money spent on the bowl system/4-team pseudo playoff for that to work in D1.

Alan

The bowls would serve as playoff game locations.