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TwentySix said:
Alabama literally finished ahead of us last year with a 9-3 record to our 10-2, and 2 losses to .500 teams. If you think it’s out of the realm of possibility this ***** us you’re delusional.
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
Out of the realm of possibility? No. Likely? Definitely not.

We were behind Bama last year because we had zero even decent wins. And our 2 losses were worst than the ones this year. We won’t be behind a 9-3 Texas if we win tomorrow.
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It's kind of like ole miss last year. There's nothing you can point to say that miami wouldn't have a better record if they switched schedules.

In both cases ole miss and texas lost to a common opponent that we manhandled, on top of having a worse loss.
 
A&M wasn’t going to beat Bama. Georgia on the other hand could beat Bama. So do we skip by a 3 loss Bama team that just got beat in SEC championship game? Likely not. But that would be a way in.
 
LuCane said:
Even if you remove their OSU loss, we both have two losses and a common opponent - one they lost to and we smoked. wtf are we talking about here? These people are weird.
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They are talking about the eye test and quality losses. Losing to the gator is a quality SEC loss. Much more weight than an OOC win over an SEC opponent.
 
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I really, really wanna know what would have happened if A&M had lost to South Carolina two weeks ago and then lost again tonight to put them at 10-2. I don't know how you'd separate them and Miami or justify Notre Dame ahead of both of them.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Out of the realm of possibility? No. Likely? Definitely not.

We were behind Bama last year because we had zero even decent wins. And our 2 losses were worst than the ones this year. We won’t be behind a 9-3 Texas if we win tomorrow.
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I’m not saying it’s likely but there’s a lot of “no shot” takes in here that are just not living in reality.

We were behind Bama because of lack of good wins, but this year it’s all about bad losses, supposedly. They’ll always fit the narrative and criteria to what they need to, I’m not saying I think Texas jumps us but this was a bad outcome that will at least have people banging the table for them to get in.
 
hurricaneman said:
I really, really wanna know what would have happened if A&M had lost to South Carolina two weeks ago and then lost again tonight to put them at 10-2. I don't know how you'd separate them and Miami or justify Notre Dame ahead of both of them.
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I think it would have depended on the final score of the scar game. If they lost something like 30-7 and then lost to texas by two scores they might have been out depending on how other teams look in the final week. It would be similar to miami missing out in 2017.
 
TwentySix said:
I’m not saying it’s likely but there’s a lot of “no shot” takes in here that are just not living in reality.

We were behind Bama because of lack of good wins, but this year it’s all about bad losses, supposedly. They’ll always fit the narrative and criteria to what they need to, I’m not saying I think Texas jumps us but this was a bad outcome that will at least have people banging the table for them to get in.
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If we win there is no way they jump us. Especially with our win over ND. Committee already struggling with that. They aren't adding that variable as well.
 
They have some good wins and they’re #16. Of course people are going to talk about the playoff as you’re basking in the high of beating #3.

But they needed OT to beat Kentucky at home. They needed OT to beat Mississippi State. And losing a game isn’t disqualifying. Ask ND last year with Northern Illinois. However, when you lose 3 games, and one is to a 3-8 gator team by 8 points, that’s disqualifying.

When the resumes are really ranked days from now, Texas isn’t ahead of Miami if Miami wins tomorrow.
 
joeB954 said:
I’m just over the SEC bias. We need out of our fkn trash conference with zero support or representation.
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And go WHERE? Even when the ACC tries to back us up, it gets drowned out by E"SEC"SPN. Unless the B1G opens their books and adds more teams, we're stuck, same with everyone else not currently in the B1G/SEC. They may have a gentleman's agreement to not add anyone else, and let all of us die on the vine. Why split the pie when you can completely destroy anyone that can possibly be a threat by making a championship run almost impossible?
 
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edge said:
A&M wasn’t going to beat Bama. Georgia on the other hand could beat Bama. So do we skip by a 3 loss Bama team that just got beat in SEC championship game? Likely not. But that would be a way in.
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lol they won’t hold bama losing in a rematch against Georgia against them. Need them to lose to auburn to jump them.

To be honest we are not making the playoffs without making the ACC. Hope cal, wake, Nc state, and virginia tech win tomorrow we need it
 
TwentySix said:
I’m not saying it’s likely but there’s a lot of “no shot” takes in here that are just not living in reality.

We were behind Bama because of lack of good wins, but this year it’s all about bad losses, supposedly. They’ll always fit the narrative and criteria to what they need to, I’m not saying I think Texas jumps us but this was a bad outcome that will at least have people banging the table for them to get in.
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Agree. I think at the end of the day, we’d have rather had A&M win. That’s who I was pulling for.

But this weakens ND’s resume too. Now your 2 awesome losses are to teams who didn’t even play for their conference championship?
 
The sec propaganda is past the point of being nauseating and makes the sport completely unwatchable unless you mute the channel.

If I wanted to be told what to believe, I’d just go tune into Kim jong un winning chess matches where the opponent totally doesn’t throw the game so his family doesn’t say hi to a firing squad.
 
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