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If Bama goes to the playoff AGAIN after sitting out the SECCG.....
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Utah or Oregon's best win will be Oregon or Utah. One of them will have a late-season win over a one-loss team (making that team a two-loss team).
PAC 10 champ Oregon with a close loss to Auburn and a win over Utah versus Bama with a close loss to LSU and a win over Auburn.
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PAC 10 champ Utah with a bad loss to USC and a win over Oregon versus Bama with a close loss to LSU and a win over Auburn.
It could come down to Auburn-Georgia. If UGA beats Auburn, Bama's best win is against a four-loss Auburn (despite all four of those losses coming to top 10 teams). If Auburn beats UGA, then three-loss Auburn with a couple of quality wins on its resume (and only quality losses) would look better than a win over Oregon or Utah.
Why am I wasting my time with this with so many games left to play???
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He looks like he is deleted though, message count doesnt even show up
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Why doesn’t he have the “Banned” banner on his profile? That always adds a nice touch.
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I searched notable members and then did it by post count.
I did not look for his posts
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+1I just want that “Banned” banner on his profile.
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despite bama's flaws, they are absolutely one of the best 4 teams in the country. i really dont care if they still get in because the team that would be left out would be one they would beat decisively.
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I think they may very well be one of the best, and I generally don't bet against them being ready when a championship is on the line. But that said, if we're looking at this year in a vacuum, I would not say they are absolutely one of the best teams. They allowed ut to hang around longer than we did, and weren't even competitive with Lsu. The Duke win looked good, but they've fallen apart. I just don't think the resume is there, especially with the kind of beating they took Saturday.
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I dunno, I see that game as a tale of 2 halfs. They were awful in the first, but it was almost exclusively Tua and being absolutely not game ready. He was slow, tentative, rusty, and made some awful unforced errors that dug them a deep hole. Bama got going after the break though and had they played the full game the way they played the last 2 qtrs we are all talking about just how good bama is. LSU could do absolutely nothing against bamas offense in the second half, and while LSU did score then, it wasnt often. Bama was just in too deep a hole to climb out, but hell, they were an onsides recovery from a W. There wasnt a soul in the stadium including the lsu bench that didnt know if bama got that ball it was going to be 6 about 3 plays later. lsu's defense had absolutely nothing for them once they got going.
I'd like to see both of them play when both are full strength. I still contend if that happens bama wins.
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LSU drove down the field twice in the 4th quarter against Bama and put the game away. Bama had several big plays in the game that kept them in it, including a punt return and two super long passes, one of which was basically a trick play. The score was far closer than the game actually was.
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Wait, I’ve heard for weeks now that we were never in the LSU game, despite having a second half lead and having the ball twice inside their 5 with a chance to tie it up late. But Alabama, who was down 20 at the half, and never lead the entire contest was one play away from a win?
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Hopefully Barn will slaughter UGAy this weekend, effectively ending any playoff hopes they would have. Doubt even an SEC Championship could get them in if that happens. That would be two bad losses.
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Thats not what i said. I said about 4 plays. An onsides recovery, and about 3 plays to get to the endzone, which by that point in the game was about all it was taking them to get a score. As to your general point, yeah, they were in the game. Are you really going to try to argue that the onsides was meaningless and they had zero chance had they recovered?
At any rate, I'm not looking for a pissing match. Im simply stating bama is absolutely one of the best 4 teams in the country and I really dont care if they get in despite not winning the conference. LSU won the conference once before while bama sat home, then bama sodomized them in the national title game. I get both sides of the argument but Im in favor of the best 4 in the tourny and I think there are some scenarios where the best 4 wont be if you simply go by conference titles, especially for the SEC. Most of the other conferences have 1 clear cut big dog and a bunch of mehh after that. SEC is tough because you can routinely see 2-3 teams that could beat most or maybe all those other conference champs. I actually like that theres a little bit of human subjective input into the system as the pure wins/losses aren't truly equitable with teams playing completely different schedules. Again, not looking for a pissing match, just giving my opinion.
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I'm not so sure they are. They are sort of a paper tiger. They don't play anybody. SECW is not what it was a couple years ago, it's a 2 team race now, Bama and LSU. Bama has been on top but the tide has shifted. Other than LSU and Auburn they play nobody, and their last two games vs great competition they got their asses kicked. A couple years ago the SECW was different because A&M, Auburn and Ole Miss were stronger. Now, they look like they crush everybody because their strength of schedule is weak. My top 5 right now is:
LSU
OSU
Clemson
PSU
Alabama
I have them close to #4 but I think they are beatable by everyone I have ranked above them and maybe a team or two beneath them.
FWIW I am also no longer sold on Tua. Couple years ago he was unbelievable but these days he's injury prone and making mistakes. I'm curious to see where he goes in the draft now, he was once the consensus #1 pick now that is completely out the window.
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They beat what has turned out to be a decent Michigan team plus they have a couple important games left. Bama only has Auburn. Plus Penn State ain't Bama, I love downgrading them. :)
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