JB in Bama jersey
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Has anyone heard from @gary-7? This might be enough to send him over the edge.
He's busy blow drying some assists . .
Why? That unfortunate character flaw is something I've been aware of for a long time, which if nothing else, should put to rest any notions that JB's my son
.That being said, I'll be on his side Monday night.
More to the point, I'm sure the "genius" who started this thread thinks he/she's being clever, but alas, like his/her other endeavors, it's another complete epic fail.
Unfortunately Joel will to have to earn his way into the Final Four - he won't get undeservedly gifted the spot like his football team.
Sure looked like they deserved to be there after smacking Clemson around.
If UNC had been given a spot and smacked Clemson around, would they have deserved to be there? No, because they didn’t win their conference (or even division) either.
That's quite the hypothetical.
I disagree with the thought that a team has to be a conference champion to be in the playoff. I'd say most years, the second place finisher in one conference is better than at least one conference champion. Some conferences are garbage. USC shouldn't have gotten in the playoff because they won the terrible PAC 12. They've been trounced by the last 3 big OOC teams they've played.
Why should Bama be penalized for losing ONE GAME...on the road...to their biggest rival that treats that game as their annual Super Bowl? It's not only conceivable, but even probable, that the second best team in the SEC is also the second best team in the country some years.
Alabama also benefited from the fact that they had an extra week of rest while Clemson, Oklahoma and Georgia had to win Conference Championship games to just qualify for the 4-team playoff field....I agree that Alabama was, and quite obviously is one of the top 4 teams if not the Top team in College Football, but they still benefited greatly by NOT having to play a Conference Championship game whereas the other 3 playoff teams did....Of course, they also had the motivation factor against Clemson along with that extra week to rest and get healthy before their smackdown of the Tigers....
Personally, I think that Conference Championship games should be abolished, and the playoff field expanded to include 8 teams with All 5 Power Conference Champions invited along with the best Group of 5 champ which would have been a Central Florida team this year that beat the team(Auburn) in the Peach Bowl that beat both teams who are playing for the National Title next monday....Love the fact that Central Florida is erecting a National Championship banner as the only undefeated D-1 Football program this year that got shafted by the selection committee...
5 Champs from the Power -5 Schools
1 Champ from the Group of 5 Schools
2 Wildcards
The Committee should NOT be determining whether Conference Champions are worthy of making the playoffs or not IMO, and would be better served in making a decision on which Wildcards should be chosen along with the seeding of the 8 team playoff field....A separate group of ADs from the Group of 5 Conferences should select the best team from those groups of schools to be included in the NEW 8-team playoff that would begin a couple weeks after the regular season...The Selection Committee could determine the seeding, and the present format could be used by using the Cotton,Rose,Orange,Peach,Sugar and Fiesta Bowls to host the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds with the Championship being played at a neutral site....
I enjoy the Bowl season, but many of the stadiums are mostly empty when the bowl games are played with a few exceptions , and a lot of marquee players are choosing to sit out the bowl games nowadays.... Bowl games do serve a purpose for teams that have had a decent season, but aren't good enough to make the playoffs...Bowl games also benefit the communities in which they are held, and does help with more practice time for the players, but their importance has been diminishing for years, and the playoffs has only made them even less relevant....
Personally, I think that Conference Championship games should be abolished, and the playoff field expanded to include 8 teams with All 5 Power Conference Champions invited along with the best Group of 5 champ which would have been a Central Florida team this year that beat the team(Auburn) in the Peach Bowl that beat both teams who are playing for the National Title next monday....Love the fact that Central Florida is erecting a National Championship banner as the only undefeated D-1 Football program this year that got shafted by the selection committee...
5 Champs from the Power -5 Schools
1 Champ from the Group of 5 Schools
2 Wildcards
The Committee should NOT be determining whether Conference Champions are worthy of making the playoffs or not IMO, and would be better served in making a decision on which Wildcards should be chosen along with the seeding of the 8 team playoff field....A separate group of ADs from the Group of 5 Conferences should select the best team from those groups of schools to be included in the NEW 8-team playoff that would begin a couple weeks after the regular season...The Selection Committee could determine the seeding, and the present format could be used by using the Cotton,Rose,Orange,Peach,Sugar and Fiesta Bowls to host the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds with the Championship being played at a neutral site....
I enjoy the Bowl season, but many of the stadiums are mostly empty when the bowl games are played with a few exceptions , and a lot of marquee players are choosing to sit out the bowl games nowadays.... Bowl games do serve a purpose for teams that have had a decent season, but aren't good enough to make the playoffs...Bowl games also benefit the communities in which they are held, and does help with more practice time for the players, but their importance has been diminishing for years, and the playoffs has only made them even less relevant....
you're kidding right? bama's total dismantling of #1 clemson didn't prove they belong in the playoff? not to mention being ranked #1 almost the whole season and losing only one game to an auburn team that played the game of their lives with one of the best home field advantages in the country. bama belongs.
Like that extra week of rest benefited the Luckeyes last year? The extra time off was a complete non factor, the Tide was miles better than Clemson this year. If OSU got in last year 'Bama should get in this year. Hopefully Georgia can pull it off but that's not where my money would go. Like 'em or not (& I don't), they are one of the best 3 teams in the country, & probably the best. I'm hoping they're 2nd best next Tuesday morning.
No it didn’t. It proved they’re the better team, but IMO, being the better team doesn’t mean you belong in the playoffs.
This is at least better rationale as to why they belonged, as compared to looking at how they performed once there to determine whether they belonged or not. But I feel as though they should leave out the least deserving P5 champ, and have the other 4 as the playoff participants.
So if 2 of the P5 conf champs had 8-3 records, one of them should get in? Hypothetical of course but could happen in a given year.
The four best teams should get in. I don’t care if they are from two conferences. Winning a conference championships doesn’t mean you’re a top four team.
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