Alabama is getting rewarded for having a weaker OOC schedule than Auburn & for failing to win its own division. Auburn played No. 1-seed Clemson & lost by a score. Alabama did not face a remotely comparably opponent out of conference (It's not their fault Florida State sucked this year, but the fact still stands). Auburn has the same conference record as Alabama, & they whooped Alabama's rear end head-to-head. Auburn, not Alabama, won the head-to-head match-up; & Auburn, not Alabama, won the SEC West. Heading into the SEC Title game, Auburn was ranked No. 2; Alabama was ranked No. 5 & had no games remaining. So had Auburn not played in the SEC Championship Game, they would have remained ranked over Alabama. There would be no reason to move Alabama ahead of Auburn; because Auburn had just beaten Alabama, the Playoff Rankings had elevated Auburn over Alabama, & neither team had played a football game since.
Therefore Alabama is getting rewarded for losing & staying at home, while Auburn is getting penalized for winning their division & playing in their conference championship. The system should not work like that; it makes 0 sense if the intention is to put the 4 best teams in the playoffs.
Auburn played a playoff team 4 times (No. 1 seed Clemson, No. 3 seed Georgia twice, No. 4 seed Alabama) & won two of them. Alabama has nothing comparable on their resume; outside of losing to the only elite team on their schedule, all they can boast of is wins over 9-3 LSU & 8-4 Mississippi State.
I write this because I read a article on ESPN that this *** wrote, saying how the committee got it right & Alabama deserved to get in over Ohio State. So I'd like that ******bag to tell me how the committee got it right in taking Alabama over Auburn; that is, assuming the intention is to put the 4 best teams in the playoffs
Alabama was put in the playoffs because they are Alabama, not because of what they proved on the field this season
Therefore Alabama is getting rewarded for losing & staying at home, while Auburn is getting penalized for winning their division & playing in their conference championship. The system should not work like that; it makes 0 sense if the intention is to put the 4 best teams in the playoffs.
Auburn played a playoff team 4 times (No. 1 seed Clemson, No. 3 seed Georgia twice, No. 4 seed Alabama) & won two of them. Alabama has nothing comparable on their resume; outside of losing to the only elite team on their schedule, all they can boast of is wins over 9-3 LSU & 8-4 Mississippi State.
I write this because I read a article on ESPN that this *** wrote, saying how the committee got it right & Alabama deserved to get in over Ohio State. So I'd like that ******bag to tell me how the committee got it right in taking Alabama over Auburn; that is, assuming the intention is to put the 4 best teams in the playoffs
Alabama was put in the playoffs because they are Alabama, not because of what they proved on the field this season
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