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There is no chance. There is no logical reasoning for that. If they try to say the A&M loss, look at my post above. A&M had better showings than Alabama against every single opponent. I think the SEC is trying to get the word out, somewhat successfully, to devalue A&M and say they had a weak schedule in order to knock us down below the mediocre SEC teams around us. A&M is the best team in the SEC still. By a lot.
 
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People are kinda crapping on Texas A&M and their schedule, but I still think they are the 2nd best team in the country when they are firing on all cylinders. And they were firing on all cylinders when they played us.

SEC homers are trying to devalue us by trying to devalue them, but lets look at the reality.

Beat Auburn 16-10. A little misleading. Auburn couldn't do a thing. Late pick 6 made it closer than it was. Auburn lost to OK by 24-17. Very similar score. Much closer game. A&M much better showing than OK. Lost to Georgia 20-10. Really bad call on a should have been Auburn TD. This game was a dogfight. Much closer than the A&M game. Loss to Vandy in OT. A&M much better than Vandy. Lost to Alabama 27-20. A&M again much more of a blowout than Alabama.

Beat Miss. St. 31-9. Lost to Tennessee 41-34 (OT). A&M much better showing than TN, L to Texas 45-38 (OT) Lost to GA 41-21. Similar. Lost to Ole Miss 38-19. Similar.

Beat Florida 34-17. Beat Texas 29-21. Obviously A&M better. Lost to Georgia 24-20. A&M a ton better. Lost to Ole Miss in a dogfight that was close until a last second TD 31-21. A&M much more dominant. Lost to TN 31-11. Similar


Beat LSU 49-25. L to Ole Miss 24-19. A&M a ton better. L to Vandy 31-24. A&M a ton better. L to Alabama 20-9. A&M a ton better. L to Oklahoma 17-13. A&M a ton better.

Beat Missouri 38-17. L to Alabama 27-24. A&M a ton better. L Vandy 17-10. A&M a ton better. L to Oklahoma 17-6. A&M a ton better.

See what I mean? This SEC narrative (and national narrative) trying to crap on A&M to crap on ND is lazy and false. When A&M is firing on all cylinders, and they are most of the time, they are easily the best team in the SEC. People trying to say they only won because they have a weak schedule are being lazy or doing it on purpose. A&M is easily the most dangerous team in the SEC and ND played them when they played their best.
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A&M has basically never been as good as their hype, in like 30 years. They are not REAL SEC the way Georgia and Bama are. Also their QB looked like shit in crunch time in the last game they will play.

They will not get the benefit of the doubt. Bama will.
 
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stlnd01 said:
A&M has basically never been as good as their hype, in like 30 years. They are not REAL SEC the way Georgia and Bama are. Also their QB looked like shit in crunch time in the last game they will play.

They will not get the benefit of the doubt. Bama will.
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But THIS year they are as good as the hype. I agree. The SEC is trying to make them look bad to make ND look bad. And lazy "analysts" are agreeing. Hopefully the committee doesn't. They have really seemed to be spot on so far for the most part. This is the best committee ever so far. IMO.
 
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NDRock said:
The only SEC team I would trust to win is Georgia. Everyone else is kinda, blah.
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Look at A&M's scores relative to Georgia's against the same opponents. It is important for people to realize A&M is awfully good, so therefore, so is ND's one point loss.
 
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The committee laid out the precedent last year explicitly that two teams that don't play during a conference title game can not move up or down relative to each other. So wherever us and Miami land in terms of order tomorrow will be how we are positioned at the final ranking. Our rankings can change (i.e. BYU loses and drops behind Miami) but two static teams can not move positioning relative to each other's respective ranks.
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Are the committee members the same this year as last year? If different members then they could have a different idea on that.
 
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Are the committee members the same this year as last year? If different members then they could have a different idea on that.
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They're bound by a pretty rigid formula. They don't just go off vibes. It sucks that it's a black box, but the best predictor of how they're going to unfold is the prior week's rankings.
 
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NDPhilly said:
Yeah I think Bama has to be jumping us tm. I don’t get the odds otherwise. bet MGM not offering odds on them either.

Absolutely insane if it happens
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I mean, do people like FanDuel and DraftKings, etc. actually have any inside info on the committee? I get "trust Vegas" and all that, but I mean, the committee hasn't even met yet, they don't meet until tomorrow. How does anyone "know" what is going to happen? I just don't really buy it.
 
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2013Irish said:
They're bound by a pretty rigid formula. They don't just go off vibes.
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True, but that whole if you don’t play you can’t move up thing isn’t in the rules/formula thing. That was literally a “vibe” by the committee last year.
 
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This year’s committee has no obligation to follow precedent or convention set by 2024. The rules and metrics have been adjusted year over year. The 2025 chair person already said the championship games are another data point they have to consider.

2024 got away with a lot because of the auto bid bye structure.

The only thing you should see assured of is that non conference game participants will be locked in order. You won’t see the B1G loser drop below Oregon but they could drop below UGA depending on what happens. But the committee can absolutely drop TT out of the playoffs if they lose. They can drop out Alabama. They can take UGA out of a bye.
 
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Having a committee is bad enough (use an algorithm).

But, having a committee that's compromised by people who have reasons to advocate for or against certain teams because of conference affiliation is the worst.
 
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This is somehow more stressful than those golden age recruiting sagas most of us got way too invested in. Gonna be a long week.


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If only the playoff committee had a 900 number like Lemming.
 
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It’s crazy that they are advocating for their best team who isn’t even in the CCG.

At what point does the committee get sick of this ACC Miami bullshit and just say they’re out and ND is in all out of spite? Screw that shitty conference and their shitty rules.
 
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So we know that ND was super pissed about that original tweet and the ACC had backed off. Then they botched their tiebreaker situation so badly that their best team got frozen out for a 7-5 team. Now they decided to go back to pumping the ND should be out narrative. I’m sure both ND and Miami are really mad about the current situation. This is going to end up leading to the downfall of the conference
 
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