Alabama loss to unranked TAM
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I’d have had a hard time dropping them further than 4.
if they win ugly next week I’d drop them another couple spots though.
college football just doesn’t play close enough schedules to drop and raise teams the same way
if they win ugly next week I’d drop them another couple spots though.
college football just doesn’t play close enough schedules to drop and raise teams the same way
I feel like you're contradicting yourself. So the rankings are stupid because they put an undefeated Iowa team currently over a 1-loss Alabama team?
Do you want the results on the field to do the talking or recruiting rankings/history/brand/reputation?
I agree that Iowa's #2 ranking isn't accurate and more a product of an odd season thus far. But I'm also 100% ok with them being ranked #2.
Frankly, if we get to 7-2 I'll be too elated to care where we're ranked.
if Iowa stays top 5, and they’ve already played the toughest part of their schedule, we could be ranked pretty high if only loss is to them and a close loss where we had 200 more yards of offense than opponent.
a big nov 6 win will do a lot
Overall. That would include wins over a ranked Oklahoma State and likely ranked Texas.
This Alabama team is 5-1, and this Iowa State team is 3-2. I don't think it is a stretch to have Alabama ranked higher than Iowa State at this point in this season.
A 2 loss Alabama team that does not win the SEC will definitely not get in the CFP. Heck, even a 2 loss Alabama that wins the SEC would be a long shot, since no team with 2 losses has made the Playoff to this point.
I'm hoping for a Mississippi- Kentucky CCG.
Saw an article on ESPN this morning. All their experts pretty much have Alabama penciled into the playoffs regardless of whether they lose another game in the regular seaosn or to Georgia.
Getting both of those at home would be huge.
If we go 7-2 in conference then we're likely headed back to Dallas. A lot of work to do though.
In 2019, Alabama lost to LSU and @ Auburn to finish 10-2 in the Regular Season. They went to the Citrus Bowl and beat Michigan. The previous 2 loss (or more) Regular Season was in 2010, when they went 9-3 in the Regular Season and went to the Citrus Bowl and beat Michigan State. They also went 6-6 in his first season in 2007 and went to the Independence Bowl and beat Colorado. So, it has happened 3 times.
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Nah not contradicting myself at all. I want the results on the field to do the talking and there be no rankings or "playoff committee" that decides who gets to play for a championship. FBS college football is the only level of competitive football that doesn't let the results decide who plays.
My ideal scenario that probably won't happen but I wish it would. Four 16 team conferences, conference champ week is the de facto semi finals, champ from each conference goes to the playoff. Strictly results based and take the politics out of it.
Agree completely - no human element at all in the selection process. Yeah it's not perfect and not fair that an 8-8 team wins an NFL division every once in a while and gets to host vs a 12-4 wild card (this new 17 game schedule is going to mess with me) but at least everyone knows the rules. With the CFP, the rules are always changing to fit the narrative/bias of the committee and it absolutely sucks.
The rankings have never happened in a vacuum, brand, recent history, coach, recruits, etc. are always taken into account. And the part that will really make some of your heads explode is that they should take all that into account. 12-13 games isn't enough of a sample size to find the best 4 teams if you pretend everyone is equal to start.
Gotcha. I would love a postseason like that.
I love the AP Poll, but I think a lot of people take it too seriously. It's just a week-by-week barometer, not some definitive take on who the actual best teams are. Arguing over who deserves to be 5 and 2 is dumb when it's only week 7.
The playoff committee is a joke, but their rankings are the only ones that matter.
I think a lot of people are forgetting about Cincinnati. Nice road win over Notre Dame, sitting at 3, and will cream everybody left on their schedule.
My playoff prediction
1. Alabama (beats Georgia in close CCG)
2. Georgia
3. Cincinnati
4. Big 10 Champ (Ohio St or Iowa)
OU will lose before it's said and done. Watch them drop to 9 or 10 when that happens.
Cincinnati gets crushed by Georgia.
Big 10 team gets absolutely embarrassed by Bama
Georgia edges Bama in a shootout.
My playoff prediction
1. Alabama (beats Georgia in close CCG)
2. Georgia
3. Cincinnati
4. Big 10 Champ (Ohio St or Iowa)
OU will lose before it's said and done. Watch them drop to 9 or 10 when that happens.
Cincinnati gets crushed by Georgia.
Big 10 team gets absolutely embarrassed by Bama
Georgia edges Bama in a shootout.
No matter how dumb the Cyhawk arguments get on here or social media, its never reached the level of Alabama/SEC dumb
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Police: A&M-Bama argument led to fatal shooting
A 27-year-old man was shot several times and later pronounced dead after two men argued over which team was better following Texas A&M's victory over Alabama. The shooter fled the scene and remains at large.
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