Michigan is the only pro team in a field if semi-pros.
Undefeated FSU was robbed.
Wonder if ‘Bama be a Las Vegas favorite over Michigan???
I can’t believe Florida State did not make it with a 13-0 record. Was it injuries?
Michigan v. Alabama at Rose Bowl
Washington v. Texas at Sugar Bowl
What is your source for this info???
Initial FanDuel lines:
Michigan -2.5 v. ‘Bama
Texas -4.5 v. Washington
I predict a Texas-Bama rematch for the National Championship!
If there were no SEC team in the finals the networks and their advertisers would be very unhappy. Plus Florida is where that mean bully is that beat up poor li’l Gavin.
Big surprise there. They’d find a way to put Alabama in if they had 5 losses. I think it’s in the TV contract that you can’t have a Bowl Championship without Alabama.
If I were FSU I’d be insurrectioning’ right now. Undefeated and winner of their P5 conference championship and they get hosed, so Saban’s boys don’t have to miss out,
FSU earned a spot in the final four. Flip a coin between Texas and Alabama, but undefeated in a power 5 conference should mean something.
A total travesty. No one outside of Crimson Tide fans are the least bit interested in seeing Alabama in another playoff.
Never thought I would be doing this. But FSU got SCREWED ROYALLY.
They are only out because of a frickin’ injury. It took a miracle just for Bama to beat Auburn.
Proved what we thought .
Saban is running this ncaa playoff system .
FSU was undefeated.
AL almost lost to Auburn two weeks ago.
We will pass on these Rigged disgraceful games .
Saban has help destroyed the Ncaa football .
I don’t like the idea of a month layoff. Right now, all the players are at the peak of an emotional high and it’s difficult to get that back after a long layoff and the Christmas holiday.
The brilliant UCLA economist Armen Alchian often asserted that the best way to evaluate a policy decision, algorithm etc was to think about the precedent it sets for the future.
The signal sent by this decision re: FSU is that going forward teams that aspire to be chosen by this ridiculous committee for the Final 4 must not only win games and their conference, they must show off how they look, meaning better than those other guys. They must run up their scores, grandstand, etc to impress. Actual winning does not matter, though 1 loss is really the cutoff.
Oh, wait. There is no precedent, since this horrifically stupid format is finally ending in favor of a 12-team playoff. Ergo, there is no way to evaluate this methodology. It is no better or worse than any other. It does not matter who gets in and who does not. Letting in FSU or GA or even those low lifes Ohio State would be just as defensible.
Let’s hope that Michigan or Washington wins, because they surely belong. TX and AL are random among a pool that includes at five equally deserving teams.
In any sane world in which today’s rules matter going forward, FSU got robbed.
C19fan wrote:
WOW!!! ‘Bama made it.
That’s cause they paid the most to the selection committee.
FSU got screwed.
Who cares?
The problem is the weenies who signed off on a 4 team playoff when there are 5 power conferences.
What if all the Conf champs were undefeated?
Somebody gets left out.
There should be at least some wild card games.
I think FSU, Georgia, Oregon and Ohio St could all win.
For decades college football fans screamed for a playoff system and when we finally get one it’s a disaster.
To me the real proof this was an SEC driven decision is that Alabama previously ranked 7 jumped ahead of Ohio State who were ranked 6th and only lost to currently number 1 ranked Michigan.
The logic to me fails at that point. Saban has always struck me as a classy guy. If I were him I would call team together and lay out case to pass it FSU and vote on it.
The SEC ESPN Disney paymasters can go to hell. Disney losing so much money probably desperately need an SEC team in.
“Best four teams” line is in the eye of the beholder — in this case the Disney/ESPN/SEC paymasters. Why play the game if W-Ls don’t matter?
Saban will probably quit or be fired, but he and team will be hero’s forever.