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From Dec. 2, 2023​

Greg Sankey says SEC being left out of CFP isn't 'real world'​


ATLANTA -- As No. 1 Georgia prepares to play No. 8 Alabama in Saturday's SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said the thought of his league being left out of the four-team College Football Playoff isn't the "real world."

Some analysts have argued that if Alabama upsets Georgia on Saturday, both teams could be left out of the CFP, depending on what happens in other conference championship games

Sankey, in an interview on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday, said a case could be made that both the Bulldogs and Crimson Tide deserve to be in the playoff.

"That's not the real world of college football," Sankey said. "Let's go back to like 'Sesame Street' so we're really basic -- one of these things is not like the other, and that's the Southeastern Conference. "We have five of the top 15 [in the CFP rankings], so a third, and our teams are playing everyone in the conference. ... The reality is there has been no one that's experienced the success in the postseason in the College Football Playoff that we have. So when you put us up actually against the teams, rather than in the committee rooms, we stand alone. And we stand alone this year, regardless of today's outcome."
 
The U is back to work said:
Rece does a good job man even how he just set up this Lane segment really informative around the conflicts.
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Did Saban address the reports that he encouraged Kiffin to leave Ole Miss for LSU?

Did Herbstreit say anything about his previous comments that Ole Miss should let Kiffin coach in the CFP (iirc, this was before word got out that at least some players didn't want him to stay)?
 
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Hold My Beer said:
Thanks mi amigo

Gonna be looking for Jim Phillips to be there and on ESPN's set to state Miami's case over Notre Dame

That is the only point to be made.

No hedging and talking about "they're both great programs and deserve to be in"
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You better grab another beer then because he isn’t DOING ****. Useless suit.
 
Hold My Beer said:

From Dec. 2, 2023​

Greg Sankey says SEC being left out of CFP isn't 'real world'​


ATLANTA -- As No. 1 Georgia prepares to play No. 8 Alabama in Saturday's SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said the thought of his league being left out of the four-team College Football Playoff isn't the "real world."

Some analysts have argued that if Alabama upsets Georgia on Saturday, both teams could be left out of the CFP, depending on what happens in other conference championship games

Sankey, in an interview on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday, said a case could be made that both the Bulldogs and Crimson Tide deserve to be in the playoff.

"That's not the real world of college football," Sankey said. "Let's go back to like 'Sesame Street' so we're really basic -- one of these things is not like the other, and that's the Southeastern Conference. "We have five of the top 15 [in the CFP rankings], so a third, and our teams are playing everyone in the conference. ... The reality is there has been no one that's experienced the success in the postseason in the College Football Playoff that we have. So when you put us up actually against the teams, rather than in the committee rooms, we stand alone. And we stand alone this year, regardless of today's outcome."
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It really is impressive how the SEC has shifted the conversation so instead of talking about whether Miami and ND both deserve to be in over OU and Bama, it’s down maybe one of Miami/ND getting lucky to make it while OU/Bama are safely in the field.

OU beating Bama a few weeks ago will haunt my dreams like the phantom holding call on a pancake block bringing back a huge Martinez run in the Syracuse game last year.
 
The U is back to work said:
You better grab another beer
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Great suggestion, thanks

Homer Simpson Beer GIF by The Taboo Group
 
"We have three coaches and a former player on the (CFP) committee"
Mark Dantonio (Cincinnati/Michigan State)
Mike Riley (Oregon State/Nebraska)
Chris Ault (Nevada)
Wesley Walls (played at Ole Miss)

Why the heck are the other 8 people not former college coaches or players?
 
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