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And a big BUH BYE to Bama who shouldn't have been in the top 4.
Sweet start to the New Year!
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Originally Posted by Lizap
Completely agree. Alabama has had some great teams, but I don’t think this was one of them. This is a team that barely beat a mediocre Auburn team toward the end of the season but was still rewarded by the CFP committee.
These posts raise a fairly obvious question. If Alabama should not have been in the top 4/playoffs and their team was not very good, then why did the game with the supposed number 1 and favorite to win the championship now go into overtime?
I will agree with you that the team Alabama had this year was not great. The media loved to hype them up and went on and on about how much the quarterback (Milroe) had improved and even mentioned him as a Heisman candidate a few times (which was laughable). Their offense was basically handicapped due to having to strip the playbook down to glorified advanced high school plays. They had to mix in quite a bit of RPO's with quarterback runs because he simply could not execute a more advanced set of plays or progress through check downs. Did he get better as the season went on.....maybe but then again the Auburn game and the CFP semifinal looked more like a team playing a running back as a quarterback and trying to make it work. But......and this is a big but......they almost beat Michigan in the semifinal and had a very good chance of winning the championship with what everyone wants to call a bad team who received favoritism just because they are in the SEC.
We just witnessed the best pair of semi-final games since the 4 team playoff format started 10 years ago. Would you rather had inferior teams in yet again and watched one or two boring blow outs again? If FSU had been in and played Michigan, considering the quarterback they would have had to play, it would almost undoubtedly been a complete worthless 30 point blow out. I am happy with the product we got to watch this year. Both games were competitive and enjoyable to watch.
If Alabama should not have been in the top 4/playoffs and their team was not very good, then why did the game with the supposed number 1 and favorite to win the championship now go into overtime?
The same reason they beat Auburn -- because their opponent repeatedly tried to give the game away. The difference is that Auburn is more inept than Michigan.
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Originally Posted by dijkstra
If FSU had been in and played Michigan, considering the quarterback they would have had to play, it would almost undoubtedly been a complete worthless 30 point blow out.
False. I saw nothing in either of Michigan's postseason games that made me think that FSU, even with Rodemaker at QB, would not have been able to compete with them.
FSU with JT would have beaten any of the playoff teams convincingly. FSU with their backup QB would have had a likely shot to beat any of them.
False. I saw nothing in either of Michigan's postseason games that made me think that FSU, even with Rodemaker at QB, would not have been able to compete with them.
FSU with JT would have beaten any of the playoff teams convincingly. FSU with their backup QB would have had a likely shot to beat any of them.
I thought that FSU was ripped off.. But.. The way their team reacted has basically changed my mind. What I think should have happened.. Their players should have been astoundingly ticked off by it, which happened.. They should have showed up and played in the bowl game against Georgia and proved that they belonged. That did NOT happen.
Instead.. Half their team stayed home. I lost all respect for what they accomplished this past season due to that.
I will still maintain.. I think Georgia had a right to be upset.. If we take FSU out of the equation.. Yes.. Georgia had a H2H loss against Alabama.. but.. It was a VERY close loss. It was their only loss.. In three years. While I'm not going to say that the committee got it wrong.. I certainly could get in on the argument that Georgia deserved the #4 spot over Alabama. And since their team showed up for their bowl game.. I certainly would say they deserved it over FSU.
The knock on that thinking.. You saw the improvement in Alabama over the course of the year. You saw a lot of growth from Milroe. Georgia was.. About the same all year. I don't think any of us thought that Alabama would be a playoff team after the South Florida game. and.. I even said.. The benching of Milroe would go one of two ways.. He'd take it as a challenge and step up.. Or it would destroy his confidence. While Milroe I don't think is near as talented as many of the QBs that have come out of Alabama the past 7 years or so.. He impressed me with his attitude.
I thought that FSU was ripped off.. But.. The way their team reacted has basically changed my mind. What I think should have happened.. Their players should have been astoundingly ticked off by it, which happened.. They should have showed up and played in the bowl game against Georgia and proved that they belonged. That did NOT happen.
Instead.. Half their team stayed home. I lost all respect for what they accomplished this past season due to that.
I will still maintain.. I think Georgia had a right to be upset.. If we take FSU out of the equation.. Yes.. Georgia had a H2H loss against Alabama.. but.. It was a VERY close loss. It was their only loss.. In three years. While I'm not going to say that the committee got it wrong.. I certainly could get in on the argument that Georgia deserved the #4 spot over Alabama. And since their team showed up for their bowl game.. I certainly would say they deserved it over FSU.
The knock on that thinking.. You saw the improvement in Alabama over the course of the year. You saw a lot of growth from Milroe. Georgia was.. About the same all year. I don't think any of us thought that Alabama would be a playoff team after the South Florida game. and.. I even said.. The benching of Milroe would go one of two ways.. He'd take it as a challenge and step up.. Or it would destroy his confidence. While Milroe I don't think is near as talented as many of the QBs that have come out of Alabama the past 7 years or so.. He impressed me with his attitude.
If Alabama improved over the season, it sure didn’t show against a medocre Auburn team. I agree Georgia should have been #4 over Alabama.
What I think should have happened.. Their players should have been astoundingly ticked off by it, which happened.. They should have showed up and played in the bowl game against Georgia and proved that they belonged. That did NOT happen.
If Alabama improved over the season, it sure didn’t show against a medocre Auburn team. I agree Georgia should have been #4 over Alabama.
I give a pass to rival games. Any given year.. Auburn could be winless and Alabama undefeated.. Auburn has a chance to win that game. Same with Michigan/OSU.. Clemson/USC and any number of other rivalries in college football.
The same reason they beat Auburn -- because their opponent repeatedly tried to give the game away. The difference is that Auburn is more inept than Michigan.
False. I saw nothing in either of Michigan's postseason games that made me think that FSU, even with Rodemaker at QB, would not have been able to compete with them.
FSU with JT would have beaten any of the playoff teams convincingly. FSU with their backup QB would have had a likely shot to beat any of them.
I give a pass to rival games. Any given year.. Auburn could be winless and Alabama undefeated.. Auburn has a chance to win that game. Same with Michigan/OSU.. Clemson/USC and any number of other rivalries in college football.
Now, Ohio State won't lose recruiting battles to Alabama. I honestly don't know if Caleb Downs will come or not. Now, the biggest worry moving forward is getting past Kirby Smart.
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