- Sep 8, 2014
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I'm watching the show "Championship Drive" on the ESPN app. They are talking about the Gators and our win, and they are actually debating whether or not we might be held out of the the Playoffs by the Committee because of our two games against FCS teams.
First of all, they start by saying that if we were to lose one game (say LSU) and win out, how the two FCS games might keep us out and that it would definitely be a consideration for the Committee. The reporter says "I promise you...the two wins against UT-Martin and Towson will be a sticking point." That is absolutely ridiculous to me. Why does it matter that we played UT-Martin and Towson instead of Akron and Charlotte? Are they really any different? We would have had to beat Auburn, Georgia, and Bama most likely to be at that point. Not to mention the rest of our SEC schedule and Miami and FSU. How is this even a discussion?
But, here is where it gets absolutely ridiculous. They start having a legitimate conversation about whether or not we would make it to the Playoffs EVEN IF WE WERE UNDEFEATED!!!!! One reporter literally said that she thinks the Committee may not put us in because of those two wins. She said she "cannot say that definitively" because of those two games. So, two games that are without question intended to be our two easiest games of the schedule would somehow trump the fact we would have beaten Auburn, LSU, Georgia, and Bama and would be undefeated in the best conference in the nation? Ridiculous that this is even being talked about.
Are you kidding me? This is the stupidest conversation I have ever heard. How does this stuff even make it on major TV?
First of all, they start by saying that if we were to lose one game (say LSU) and win out, how the two FCS games might keep us out and that it would definitely be a consideration for the Committee. The reporter says "I promise you...the two wins against UT-Martin and Towson will be a sticking point." That is absolutely ridiculous to me. Why does it matter that we played UT-Martin and Towson instead of Akron and Charlotte? Are they really any different? We would have had to beat Auburn, Georgia, and Bama most likely to be at that point. Not to mention the rest of our SEC schedule and Miami and FSU. How is this even a discussion?
But, here is where it gets absolutely ridiculous. They start having a legitimate conversation about whether or not we would make it to the Playoffs EVEN IF WE WERE UNDEFEATED!!!!! One reporter literally said that she thinks the Committee may not put us in because of those two wins. She said she "cannot say that definitively" because of those two games. So, two games that are without question intended to be our two easiest games of the schedule would somehow trump the fact we would have beaten Auburn, LSU, Georgia, and Bama and would be undefeated in the best conference in the nation? Ridiculous that this is even being talked about.
Are you kidding me? This is the stupidest conversation I have ever heard. How does this stuff even make it on major TV?