Why all the talk of 2 SEC teams in the playoff but none on 2 Big 10 teams?

[Rolltide94]

Hard to pinpoint a "quality" acc opponent in advance these days lol. We got unc next year

Crap shoot...I thought the Mack hire was a bust when it happened, now, who knows.

 

[rmilia1]

B1G is 17-14 vs the ACC last 5 years...and the only one that involved Clemson was their 31-0 beat down of tOSU...just sayin.

I guessing most of those are scrub on scrub. Iowa I think is 2-0 vs acc but cant really think of any big matchups other than Clemson vs OSU and Wisky vs Miami from a few years back . I think NW and Duke , Penn St and Pitt and Indiana and uva had recent series

 

[Rolltide94]

I guessing most of those are scrub on scrub. Iowa I think is 2-0 vs acc but cant really think of any big matchups other than Clemson vs OSU and Wisky vs Miami from a few years back . I think NW and Duke , Penn St and Pitt and Indiana and uva had recent series

Kind of my point...any B1G/ACC matchup is scrub on scrub....

 

[The Oldtimer]

Alabama and Clemson have both earned benefit of the doubt in these situations

How that's? The SEC is not up to par this season and Bama hasn't play anyone (yet).

 

[The Oldtimer]

You know what the difference is between Texas A&M and Iowa...Texas A&M played Alabama, Clemson and Auburn, while Iowa played Iowa State, Michigan and Penn St.

So not much difference at all.

 

[Rolltide94]

How that's? The SEC is not up to par this season and Bama hasn't play anyone (yet).

I don't know if you've noticed, but we have 5 in the top 11, and 3 ranked above anyone in the Pac-12 or Big 12 so I'm not sure I share your view. You can only play the games scheduled, we've played 8 games, won 8 and the average score is 48-15. It's also not like we are USC, we've won 5 of the last 10 Championships and we've played well in 8 of our 9 playoff appearances. Same for Clemson. In the last 5 years we've lost to exactly 0 OOC opponents not named Clemson...and Clemson has lost to 0 out of conference opponents not named Alabama...hence the reason we get the benefit of the doubt and the rest of you schlubs don't.

 

[The Oldtimer]

I don't know if you've noticed, but we have 5 in the top 11, and 3 ranked above anyone in the Pac-12 or Big 12 so I'm not sure I share your view. You can only play the games scheduled, we've played 8 games, won 8 and the average score is 48-15. It's also not like we are USC, we've won 5 of the last 10 Championships and we've played well in 8 of our 9 playoff appearances. Same for Clemson. In the last 5 years we've lost to exactly 0 OOC opponents not named Clemson...and Clemson has lost to 0 out of conference opponents not named Alabama...hence the reason we get the benefit of the doubt and the rest of you schlubs don't.

Yes I agree you can only only play the games scheduled. I still stand by my opinion that the SEC isn't up to par and Bama hasn't played anyone so far this season. I don't really care about prior seasons, I'm only concerned about this season. Don't get me wrong, Bama has a damn good team and might win out, but as of now, the only SEC team they have beaten with a .500 record is Texas A&M. Yes I believe the Playoff Committee does give Bama "the benefit of the doubt".

 

[Diego Roll Tide]

Yes I agree you can only only play the games scheduled. I still stand by my opinion that the SEC isn't up to par and Bama hasn't played anyone so far this season. I don't really care about prior seasons, I'm only concerned about this season. Don't get me wrong, Bama has a damn good team and might win out, but as of now, the only SEC team they have beaten with a .500 record is Texas A&M. Yes I believe the Playoff Committee does give Bama "the benefit of the doubt".

I agree up to the CFP Committee part. They have yet to release rankings so far, so we don’t know whether Bama will get the benefit of the doubt or not.

That said, either way it doesn’t matter, and the LSU game will mean a lot more than wherever we are in any stupid ranking prior to that game.

 

[Rolltide94]

Yes I agree you can only only play the games scheduled. I still stand by my opinion that the SEC isn't up to par and Bama hasn't played anyone so far this season. I don't really care about prior seasons, I'm only concerned about this season. Don't get me wrong, Bama has a damn good team and might win out, but as of now, the only SEC team they have beaten with a .500 record is Texas A&M. Yes I believe the Playoff Committee does give Bama "the benefit of the doubt".

You can stand wherever you like, but it doesn't make your opinion any more widely shared. We have more and higher ranked teams than any other conference.

 

[7Samurai13]

Hard to pinpoint a "quality" acc opponent in advance these days lol. We got unc next year

When did you book that game? Was Bill Clinton still in office because the last time they were “quality”.

 

[7Samurai13]

Yes. The original opponent was suppose to be Someone else but they backed out and the game organizers stuck us with Duke. Supposedly it pissed Saban off pretty good

You have a link to that? I have never heard of anyone backing out of that game.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Only possible if PSU beats Ohio State. Alabama and LSU would beat PSU by 30

 

[Shanemansj13]

Only possible if PSU beats Ohio State. Alabama and LSU would beat PSU by 30

I think everyone is underestimating Penn St. I think it would be a much closer game than that.

 

[The Oldtimer]

You can stand wherever you like, but it doesn't make your opinion any more widely shared. We have more and higher ranked teams than any other conference.

Okay fair enough, it was JMHO.

 

[rmilia1]

 

[fredmccallyRTR]

A scenario in which Penn State and Ohio State get in is perfectly plausible, but with Alabama & LSU at the #1 and #2 spots, and the fact that we've seen that exact scenario play out in a NCG before, it means people are gonna talk about that possibility more.

 

[Mistaken4193]

You have a link to that? I have never heard of anyone backing out of that game.

Suppose to be Miami. They backed out to play UF. I think we then asked for more Money to play Duke...but I could be wrong about that.

 

[fredmccallyRTR]

Realistically speaking against Penn State it would probably be....

Alabama -14.5
LSU -7.5

 

[Mistaken4193]

I think everyone is underestimating Penn St. I think it would be a much closer game than that.

Ok..30 May be an exaggeration but Alabam would win comfortably by at least 2TDs and the game would never be in Doubt.


Ohio State is very legit though. They should make it at 11-1 even if they don’t win B1G

 

[rmilia1]

Realistically speaking against Penn State it would probably be....

Alabama -14.5
LSU -7.5

Lsu is number 1 in tbe Vegas top 25 meaming vegas would have them as a favorite vs everyone on a neutral field