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Alabama Crimson Tide (official thread of Football, Fake Championships and Banjo)

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Taosman said:
What happened last night was the "worse case scenario". A disaster of epic proportions.
Clearly, this selection committee and ESPN are not good for college football.
Perhaps next year's committee will be better but I wouldn't bet on it.
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It'll be the Alabama Invitational sponsored by the SEC Network as long as ESPN owns the rights to both the network and the CFP, and Saban doesn't drop 3 games in a season.

The committee produces a weekly CFP hype show for ESPN, stirs up callers for Finebaum on SEC Network, and fills out the rest of the field to make it look like there's deep analysis mere mortals couldn't possibly understand.
 
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Jake said:
It'll be the Alabama Invitational sponsored by the SEC Network as long as ESPN owns the rights to both the network and the CFP, and Saban doesn't drop 3 games in a season.

The committee produces a weekly CFP hype show for ESPN, stirs up callers for Finebaum on SEC Network, and fills out the rest of the field to make it look like there's deep analysis mere mortals couldn't possibly understand.
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How there isn't an investigation for collusion, racketeering, and manipulation is beyond me...

It's like Coca-Cola sponsoring a award that decides which is better Coke or Pepsi. Just stupid, but we're the idiotic public that doesn't question it.
 
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bukIpower said:
How else would we have a chance vs Saban?
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Idk. Earth, fire, wind, water and heart make Captain Planet. To beat Saban, you have to have no heart. Or does it take heart to defeat a man without one? This is the dilemma that, for the most part, college football still hasn’t figured out.

Hell, even the super team blew a 55 pt lead. College football is fucked.
 
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bukIpower said:
How there isn't an investigation for collusion, racketeering, and manipulation is beyond me...

It's like Coca-Cola sponsoring a award that decides which is better Coke or Pepsi. Just stupid, but we're the idiotic public that doesn't question it.
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The only entity who could intervene is the NCAA and they washed their hands of the "national championship" at the FBS level ages ago.

ESPN can put whoever they want in their tournament. As long as sponsors and fans continue to buy it, they'll sell it.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
It's why the old bcs formulas were immensely better than espn's smoke filled room. They had problems, but the formula was etched in stone before the season and there was full transparency. Coaches votes were the only real systemic weakness.
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Simulated BCS Standings - Final

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carry on ...
 
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shiloh said:
Simulated BCS Standings - Final

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carry on ...
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My point isn't that they couldn't or wouldn't match the conclusions of the smoke filled room, it's that there would be an objective, transparent formula in place before the season began, and everyone would know exactly why a school was above or below the cutoff line. With the smoke filled room, nobody knows a good God damned what's happening and what criteria are being used.
 
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Taosman said:
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Defense wins championships.
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Actually, last night, terrible defense LOST a championship. Over the last 10 minutes of the 3rd and the entire 4th, Georgia was terrible at assignments, tackling and losing track of receivers. How much easier could they have had it for themselves on that final play? And, two guys ignore their responsibility and cost them the trophy.

That said, I know what you're getting at and agree that AL defense was dominant the second half.
 
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