Seriously? They're closer to being a G5 conference than a P4. The current Big 12 teams have two NC's in their entire history... fewer than multiple SEC teams have just in the past 25 years. I get the anger right now, but this is a silly take. Get real.
Isn't Bama the only team ever to not get dropped spots after a conference loss (pounding)? Its dubious. Expect ND fans to death ride your conference for the next month.
This is a fair take. And I agree BYU didn’t deserve it despite playing in their CCG. Anyone w/ a brain can see the B1G & SEC are the only two conferences where you take the two CCG participants. I’m not even saying Bama should’ve been outside looking in but they most definitely should’ve dropped at least one slot after that blowout loss. IIRC, the only time I team didn’t drop after a CCG loss was when TCU lost by a walk off FG in the B12 CCG. The Committee didn’t even try to hide the fact that they were not going to adversely affect Bama. Just dropping them a slot would’ve saved some credibility but alas.
TCU didn’t get dropped after losing by 3 pts in OT back in ‘22. But that’s the only instance. Had Bama played UGA that close, I’d have no problem w/ them not dropping. But they got protected by the committee after UGA drop kicked them. They’ll probably win a few games now & the narrative will switch back.
I said it several days ago and it's still true, but most Bama fans I know don't think we should've gotten in. Most of us would've put ND in ahead of us. I don't think our powers that be did much more than a token "We deserve to go" campaign. Saban strongly hinted that ND should've gotten in and a number of former players such as Mark Ingram and Damien Harris said it should've been ND over us. I'd rather have gone to a decent bowl and finished the season with a win instead of the playoffs where I shot at winning is all but 0.
86/88 since 2014 have dropped but not the one that lost by 21 points and couldn’t rush for a positive yard.
Same.
Well, that doesn’t mean much. Until the CCGs, it virtually never happened that you played the same team more than once a season. It might happen a little more in the expanded playoff. But that statement really doesn’t mean anything.
An article about it on al.com today says this will only be our 7th time ever. Oddly, this will be our 2nd rematch this season. Tulsa is the only other program to do that since the early 1900s.
You shut your whore Alabama mouth! 🤣
Damn!
no interest
Same. I will listen to it on the radio through the Internet. 🤣
Hang on though, no one said compare Alabama and BYU. That isn't being discussed because that's absurd.
I’ve been an all-in CFB fan as long as I can remember. I basically block off each Saturday in full, I watch every bowl game, and hell, I even do the college football power hour every year a week before the season begins (don’t judge).
Yeah the thing about a lot of these college stats is that its quite silly. "wow this team has not won 10 games in a season since 1954! Their opponent, Ohio State has done completed that feat the last X number of seasons." Yeah...well 10 wins used to mean you went undefeated AND won your bowl game. Turns out it was quite difficult relative to today.
I wouldn’t count on it. OU has a worse offense than Bama and it’s difficult to beat a team twice
IT Welcome to Derry or Landman. Both are very good shows. Watch one or both of them.
ESPN always one step ahead of the rest.
What if the wife/kid(s)/pet or hell even Santa Claus steps on the remote accidentally and it turns it to ESPN while you were looking at the TV?
