I do understand your reasoning to an extent, but all of this is just made for TV to make $$.
If you want to be the best you have to beat the best. Either this week or the week after.
Networks have to make $ too, and no one wants to see bama Georgia back to back.
Just a reality of what the public wants.
Ideally its east vs west to them but... the " elite team is ranked 67th this year" :hump:
Comical...

How about dem Utes?????

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Bama played a statistically tougher schedule than Michigan, and capped off their season by putting together the best win of any team of the entire season over UGA in the SEC title game, and would be favored by Vegas in a match-up against Michigan. There is no objective reason for Alabama not to be ahead of Michigan, only subjective ones.

The only questionable part of the top 4 is Michigan vs. Georgia since UGA has a better loss, played a better schedule, and is favored by Vegas. However there are 2 objective reasons to have Michigan ahead of them - better signature win, and a conference championship.

Cincy #4 and no higher is a no brainer. They deserved to get in since Oklahoma State lost and they beat Notre Dame, and I'm glad they did get in. But they are not in the league of the Top 3 and ND was their singular game comparable to the half dozen or more tough games the other 3 had to play.

GA's schedule was puff. Their "big" win was over Clemson:rofl: They played no other teams that ended up in the top 20 except Bama, and they got their ass handed to them.

Bama lost to A&M, an eventual #23. There only quality win this year besides GA was MS. Beat no other teams that ended up top 20.

MI's only loss is to the #11 team, and they had a seriously questionable call that kept them from running the table. They dominated the #7 team and absolutely trounced the eventual #17 team.

I don't know how "statistically" tougher is defined, but the final rankings from 1 to 25 tell a very different story.

Bottom line is that $ kept the committee from putting Bama at 2 and GA at 3.

:yesnod: Alabama would get in with 2 losses. And like you said, who did Georgia play? It will be Alabama and Michigan





Alabama 24
Michigan 17

Only because Alabama lost their all American receiver.

Word in Eugene is kyle whittingham is in talks with Oregon....:rofl:

Word in the rest of the Nation is Oregon isn't going to get any more 5-star players and most of their 4-star players from California anymore. :yesnod:

Always the way...
But if you wish to be the best, you have to beat the best at one time or another.
It might be PPV...but at least we have a playoff.
No conference will ever be totally happy, but the opportunity to be able to win a national championship for a team like Cincy speaks volumes. JMO. :dance:

:iagree:
Truth...and it's why teams want to go to the SEC, or play SEC teams.

I read a post where some Oregon dud stated (I'll paraphrase):
"I cant wait until ***** get's his hands on some SEC QBs."

It's the golden standard, the high bar if you will.

And to be totally fair; there's some teams that don't want to go to the SEC, they like their conference. :yesnod:








(because their conference is loaded with cupcakes and they'll never be over-rated or #1 again...LOL)

Hahaha well that would be a great pickup for you guys.

The SEC has a ton of cupcakes too sooo...

Arkansas, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri hasn't been good in a long time, SC, Tennessee, Vanderbilt... So they have Alabama, Florida every 5 years, Georgia, LSU every 10 years, and Auburn once in a lifetime lol

You're living in the past:rofl:

The days of the SEC being tough top-to-bottom are long gone with the dilution of the conference. Certainly the top two or three can compete with anybody, but the remainder are no better than the other top conferences.

BTW, looking forward to the UT/fOSU match up. It could be brutal with those two physical teams. Hopefully smashmouth football!

Hell yes!!! I'm so stoked for this game. GO UTES!!!

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pfffft...the SEC only has two losers = Vandy and the Cocks. :kick:

LOL
both of you
STFU
you too Anjdog.

:kick:

:lol:Love you man

PSA
A couple of you just made my ignore list.

Is fUSC in the playoffs this year?

:popcorns:

super

One can only hope:rofl: