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Genghis Cane said:
Dude gave up. I expected more out of him.

His reasoning for not caring made no sense.

To each their own. But I can still find it annoying.
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I see where he’s coming from but gotta gauge what people want to hear better. He was obviously trying to steer the narrative of positivity into the offseason for once, but I’m fast forwarding
 
88 said:
I see where he’s coming from but gotta gauge what people want to hear better. He was obviously trying to steer the narrative of positivity into the offseason for once, but I’m fast forwarding
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I understand why he’s doing it.

But he’s gotta read the room. We want blood right now. He’s just like shrugging his shoulders and saying, “oh well.”
 
Bama has the SEC membership and the win over Georgia

They will be in. Doesn't matter the resume. Doesn't matter the 3 losses.

The CFP will put heavy weight on the UGA win.

ND and Miami are fighting for the last spot
 
The more I think about it the more I think ND should be left out and easy explanation from the comittee

1. ESPN has interests in both the ACC and SEC
2. The comittee already stated 3 spots is the magic number for H2H to come into play
3. Bama losing in a non competitive game forces them the analyze the 3 teams from scratch

#9 seed: Miami- Same Regular Season Record as Notre Dame, Beat ND and Beat FSU who beat bama.


So now the committee is forced to either penalize a championship game player or a team without a conference.

Bama has the better wins the ND and played in a championship game.

Bama is the 10# seed and ND is left out due to not being in a conference.
 
They SHOULD compare Miami, Bama and ND together.

Miami has the head to head against ND and common opponent FSU against Bama.
Bama has big win against UGA and SECCG appearance but 2 really bad losses (blowout by 5-7 FSU and blowout by SEC champs UGA and loss to Oklahoma). Really limping to end the season.
ND has 2 good losses, one ok win, and 10 straight dominant wins. But no head to head or common opponent wins against Miami or Bama.

If they look at this objectively and don't want to punish the FIFTH SEC school because they lucked into the conference championship game through the 5th tiebreaker, then they have to leave out ND.

If they go by teams that look the best, then they have to leave out Bama.

Either way, objectively, we should be safe.

But they apply their reasoning randomly so I'm sure we'll be left out.
 
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Even without Alabama the SEC already has 4 teams squarely in the CFP, 1 more than the Big 10 who's their biggest conference competitor.
The SEC championship game is going to lose value if the precedent is set that there are actual stakes resulting from the outcome? Wouldn't more people tune in if one of the teams could potentially be bounced out?

The last week or so it's gotten much louder than I expected from the national media types about us being behind ND. When SVP, Stephen A, Finebaum, Saban, Clay Travis, etc (as well as higher up Politicians) are all aligned on an issue that holds weight.

I'm not saying it means we're in tomorrow. What I'm saying is that when there's a clear injustice, it won't simply get swept under the rug. The SEC strong arming a corrupted committee into include an undeserving team of theirs year after year would trigger extreme backlash, especially after those teams repeatedly get exposed in the tournament.

Yes I believe Sankey & Disney hold real power, but I also think their leverage is overestimated, and the rest of the field's willingness to bend the knee is underrated. If they decided (along with the BIG 10) to just "walk away" as Pate and others have theorized, then that would mean killing off a ton of their value. They're most valuable when viewed as the king(s) of the jungle -- why would they set fire to a significant chunk of that jungle?

Media entities would also lose their non-SEC/BIG 10 fan viewership out of retaliation or apathy. Not to mention the non-Big 2 schools would no doubt join together -- and while not at the same level competitively -- could/would take a large share of the talent pool through NIL/Rev Share opportunities.

SEC can huff and puff all they want, but they ain't built to blow the house down.
 
We have to hope the playoff committee avoids having 0 teams representing the acc in playoff. Otherwise I think miami will likely be left out. This isn't right but playoff committee doesnt have to answer to anyone and they dont give a **** what we think unfortunately. Its sad.
 
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