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If UGA loses, there is no reason why they can’t drop to #10, right? Not predicting it, but also, why wouldn’t they drop to 10? Each team in the top 10 has an argument to be above 2 loss Georgia — especially since they lost to the same team twice.

SIAP — but if Georgia beats Bama (as we hope and expect), Georgia moves to #2 and Bama falls to #10. Meaning, there is a good likelihood they would play for a 3rd time in the Sugar Bowl 2 weeks later. Pretty lame, but also totally deserved.

I hope this is true. But, it also requires Bama to lose to a team they already beat while putting us on the chopping block should BYU win, or lose.

This is where I am at. The committee and its process are so corrupt that they are not really even trying to hide it. Honestly, I think they just don’t care that we care.

I hear you, be define “punish”? Is it punishment to drop a team in the rankings if they were never actually in the payoff field? BYU is not in the playoff currently, so it is hardly a punishment to re-rank them when they lose — that was not the case for Texas or Penn St.

Allow me to answer your question with a question: why didn’t they just put Alabama ahead of ND last week, before Bama looked bad against Auburn? My answer is this: the committee has an agenda which they hope will play out through game play, but in the event it doesn’t they simply move the...

My answer to that is this: why didn’t they just flip ND and Alabama last week? Why didn’t they wait for Bama to look bad against Auburn. To me, the only reasonable conclusion to draw is that they have an agenda, but they do not enforce it until they absolutely have to. They want ND in, but...

I don’t think it’s about the seeding. It’s about this: If BYU wins we are out, and if BYU loses MIAMI moves up and we are likely swapped out. I think we are more than likely out right now.

Both MIAMI and ND are getting fucked. Honestly, at this point the only reasonable explanation is corruption. This system will inevitably get dismantled through lawsuit. It simply cannot continue to decide who is in ad out with such transparent bias. It’s just really sad what has happened to...

This is correct. Same logic also applies to wins — OU was thoroughly outplayed by Bama and just fell backwards into the win. The core conversation nationally regarding playoff selection should be whether OU should be included in the field and not whether ND or Miami will get in — but, ESPN...

You are not completely wrong, but ND losing by a late field goal on the road, at night, in the first game of the year to a playoff contending team is a bad loss? What’s a good loss?

This is a fair analysis, especially with respect to the SEC. The only teams that I am certain are playoff worthy are OSU, Indiana, Oregon, Georgia, TAMU, and ND. The rest of these teams are good to quite good but could also lose to anyone on a given Saturday. I am fairly certain that all 3 of...

It was nice to see him get a chance to demonstrate what makes him special, though. He never really gets that opportunity. It’s possible the ND may have the best offensive and best defensive player in the country this year.

I think this is the Committee’s one escape hatch and they would be stupid not to take it after the putrid performances by Bama and Oklahoma. If they don’t take it, it says a lot about the process.

Honestly, a few more years like this and we will have a 32-team playoff. The current process is far too biased and political. I don’t care if we (or Miami, or BYU) aren’t one of the 12 best, but all of this hand-wringing is the result of the committee being utterly beholden to BIG and the SEC...

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I don’t see how that’s a problem. All these teams have one or two great wins, no one win or loss is determinative. You can certainly drop OU out of the playoff, or just a spot or two, given their entire resume.

That’s why I’d like to see the committee put them at 11 — it forces them to win the SEC Championship. The committee could do it with Miami’s performance today.

The only way out of this mess that is hurtling toward the committee is to drop Oklahoma. They are CLEARLY not a playoff caliber team and their performance today gave the committee the ammo it needs to drop them behind ND (assuming we win). Most reasonable 8-11 ranking, imo - ND, Miami...

This is quite precisely correct. Assuming we don’t look terrible against Stanford and get jumped by Miami.