Anonymous #2 3w

irrelevant atp. it was almost 3 months ago. and they also lost to fsu

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

Don’t get shutout in the conference championship game 🤷‍♂️

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Anonymous #1 3w

and oklahoma. sec championship should be the only thing that could possibly bring them in

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Anonymous #1 3w

I agree. It’s just what they’d say.

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Anonymous #2 3w

you’re not wrong lol. but that didn’t bail them out last year so it shouldn’t bail them out this year

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Anonymous OP 3w

If they didn’t play the game there wouldn’t be a shut out. Alabama was a shoe in for the playoffs before this, it’s not unrealistic to say teams will decline championship games to preserve their playoff berth. And if that ends up getting punished you might see some deliberately drop a game to be out of conference championship but still be good enough to make the playoffs. 12 spots is too much 8 was the sweet spot that would’ve avoided this situation.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

If they didn’t play a single game they’d be undefeated. Don’t lose your games when it counts 🗿

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Anonymous OP 3w

You can be an absolutist all you want and use ridiculous arguments but that doesn’t change that teams will work to game the system.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

It’s not a ridiculous argument to simply ask them to win their games. If you don’t want to be laughed out of playoff conversations either win your games or actually come to play. Conference championships shouldn’t be an excuse for that team to still have an autobid.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

this loss would make bama 10-3. the losses against bama and georgia can offset if they both beat each other. that leaves bama 10-2 and georgia undefeated. considering an unranked loss also i think bama can be out of contention

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Anonymous OP 3w

First of all that was referring to saying “but they’d be undefeated if they didn’t play any game” don’t put your head further up your ass. The CCG it’s not a requirement to make the playoffs but if bama is excluded because they lost in it (regardless of how bad that loss is) playing in it poses more risk to a playoff berth than many teams would benefit from playing in it. Then you’ll see teams decide not play it like they may with regular bowl game.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

It’s just another game, it should count for contention. If you want to make playoffs win your games. I’m simply pointing out it’s ridiculous to reward teams for sitting out games. Win. Your. Games.

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Anonymous #1 3w

Committee has always counted early season losses as less than late season losses. The other loss was a close game to a ranked OK. Include SoS and SoR and it wouldn’t be outrageous to include them as a bottom seed. It’s a flip floppy position that puts the committee in a bad place regardless of which decision they make

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

I mean yeah I still think bama gets in I just thought it’d be ridiculous to keep them in had Georgia shut them out 😭

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Anonymous OP 3w

The CCG is not another game. If it was an 8 team playoff then sure, but not every team that makes the playoffs wins one, much less play in one. Most teams that make a CCG have a good chance of making the playoffs prior, meaning that playing in it has more risk than reward.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

Win your games idk how else I can say this 😭

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Anonymous OP 3w

Dude you gotta be stupid. This isn’t about whether or not winning matters this is about setting a precedent about the impact of a CCG. No child left behind has decimated American intellectual capabilities jfc.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

calling someone stupid doesn’t make your argument any better fam

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

and the cfb playoffs are very competitive. if bama really wanted to be a shoe in they shouldn’t have lost 2 games. georgia was gonna be a shoe in weather they won or lost bc they didn’t shit the bed against an unranked team at any point in the season

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Anonymous #1 3w

Never said it did and I don’t particularly care. Talking to a brick wall that cannot fathom anything further than “A or B” is miserable

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

also this is a big late season loss losing a rematch in a conference championship. your claim only backs my argument

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

Win games go dawgs 🌚

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Anonymous #1 3w

Okay you’re starting to get my point. Since late season losses matter the most, would teams not try to avoid those by not playing the CCG at all? The answer is yes which means the committee either says you have to play in them or that they don’t matter. The former will lead teams to finagle their way out and the latter is a bad choice.

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Anonymous #1 3w

You also said Georgia losing 3 months ago didn’t matter but bama losing 5 months ago is critical. And you keep ringing it back to whether or not bama should get in which isn’t the argument. It’s about what impact excluding/including bama would have on how teams approach the CCG.

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Anonymous porple_ballet_shoes 3w

it was an unranked loss 4 months ago. they also lost like 2 months ago. if bama being 10-3 after this game takes them out of contention you cannot argue w that. if this were a 3rd reg season loss it would still take them out

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Anonymous #1 3w

Again, this isn’t about whether Bama should make it. This is about the impact of a CCG has on a team’s playoff chances. Ignore Bama for a moment. You have a two loss Temple, they played a good regular season and are in the American CCG. If they win, they’re in, they lose, they’re out, and if they didn’t play it all they’re likely in. You think they’re gonna want to play that game?

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