Posted on 12/01/2021 6:34:05 AM PST by blam
Alabama Could Become College Football Playoffs’ Biggest Headache
2021 Highest-Paid NCAA Football Coach & Their Salaries
* Nick Saban, Alabama: $9.1 million
* Ed Orgeron, LSU: $8.7 million
* Dabo Swinney, Clemson: $8.3 million
* Jimbo Fisher, Texas A & M: $7.5 million
* Gus Malzahn, Auburn: $6.9 million
* Kirby Smart, Georgia: $6.8 million
* James Franklin, Penn State: $6.7 million
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Until there is a Championship of League Champions it is nothing but fantasy football.
I think #7 may be the most likely. Michigan players are STILL partying. OSU couldn’t stop the run. The Hawkeyes can. PLus, the forecast calls for good weather at Lucas Field. ;-)
I also believe in Conspiracies... so, #2 is probably what will happen.
◾Big 12: Oklahoma State vs. Baylor, 12 p.m. (ABC)
◾SEC: Alabama vs. Georgia, 4 p.m. (CBS)
◾AAC: Houston vs. Cincinnati, 4 p.m. (ABC)
◾Big Ten: Iowa vs. Michigan, 8 p.m. (FOX)
Thanks for posting the times, and channels!
I have antenna TV option and I can enjoy all these games Saturday.
Sundays final 4 will be interesting to be sure.
My prediction: Ain’t nobody touching Georgia!
There are 130 FBS teams. 128 is 2^7.
Kick two teams out and you can have a 7 round single elimination tournament resulting in a single, undefeated champion. Maybe do in-conference consolation games to fill out the schedules of the losers.
No, I’m not being serious. But wouldn’t it be glorious…
No matter what happens the playoff committee will tweak the formula to ensure Alabama gets in.
You already have league championships which is the qualifying for a true championship.
GO POKES 🧡🖤
Mine too. However I still say:
- Roll Tide -
I don’t see any scenario where Georgia gets left out. And that’s coming from a broken hearted Clemson Tigers fan.
PING-A-LING
Go DAWGS!! Good boy UGA!!! GRRRRUFFFF GRRRRUFFF GRRRRUFFF!!
BTW- I must have missed something- when did Brian Kelly go to LSU???
My humble opinion.
If Alabama loses: If viewed as a reward for playing tough competitors, it may make sense to honor Alabama with a playoff spot. But if we’re trying to find out who the best team is, what sense is there in setting up another Alabama vs Georgia game? Georgia will have already proven itself the best SEC team. Don’t waste the spot that Oklahoma or Notre Dame could use to establish themselves.
I THINK the SEC is the toughest conference. But with each team playing only one non-conference game against a real opponent, it’s hard to KNOW that. That’s the whole point of these bowl games, isn’t it?
You can’t keep an undefeated Cincinnati out, to give make room for defeated teams, especially a twice-defeated team. It MAY be true that Cincinnati is NOT one of the top four teams, but we’ll never KNOW unless they get in. Nor will we know that they are NOT the best team in the country.
Right now, Georgia, Michigan, Alabama and Cincinnati have the best resumés. Notre Dame and Oklahoma State are right behind, but Oklahoma State can improve their resumé and Notre Dame can’t. Michigan, Cincinnati or Alabama can lose their spot to Oklahoma State or Notre Dame. If Michigan, Alabama, Cincinnati and Oklahoma State all win, someone gets screwed, I’d probably screw Georgia and send them to play Notre Dame, who would also be screwed. But that’s what happens when you have an undefeated team and five 1-loss teams with great schedules.
Michigan wins, Cincinnati wins, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State wins: Those 4 teams go in.
Michigan wins, Cinci wins, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State loses: Mich, Cinci, Ga and ND go in.
Michigan wins, Cinci wins, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State wins: Mich, Cinci, Okla State, Alabama in.
Michigan wins, Cinci wins, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State loses: Mich, Cinci, Alabama, Georgia or Notre Dame in. Probably Georgia.
Michigan wins, Cinci loses, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State wins: Mich, Georgia, OK St, Notre Dame in.
Michigan wins, Cinci loses, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State loses: Mich, Georgia, Alabama, ND in
Michigan wins, Cinci loses, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State wins: Mich, Okla St, Alabama, Georgia in. (Cinci’s loss will show ND’s loss isn’t so unforgivable.)
Michigan wins, Cinci loses, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State loses: Mich, Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame in.
Michigan loses, Cincinnati wins, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State wins: Cinci, Georgia, Okla State, ND in.
Michigan loses, Cinci wins, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State loses: Cinci, Ga, Alabama, ND go in.
Michigan loses, Cinci wins, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State wins: Cinci, Okla State, Alabama, ND in.
Michigan loses, Cinci wins, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State loses: Georgia, Alabama, Cinci, ND in.
Michigan loses, Cinci loses, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State wins: Alabama, Georgia, OK St, Notre Dame in.
Michigan loses, Cinci loses, Georgia wins, Oklahoma State loses: Georgia, Alabama, ND in. And Baylor? See below.
Michigan loses, Cinci loses, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State wins: Okla St, Alabama, Georgia, ND in
Michigan loses, Cinci loses, Georgia loses, Oklahoma State loses: Alabama, Georgia, ND in. And Baylor? See below.
If Michigan, Cincinnati and Oklahoma State all lose, then the fourth spot is between one-loss Cincinnati and various two-loss teams. I could see Cincinnati deserving it, if its only loss of the season is a tough-played game against Houston... but then it would be hard to justify Cincinnati going over Houston. And then it would also be hard picking Oklahoma State over Baylor or Michigan over Iowa, so the question is which conference champion goes?
Houston’s conference isn’t good enough; we’re only talking Cincinnati because they’re undefeated. Seen as a conference, Iowa’s division is very weak: if they beat Michigan, it’d be their first over a currently ranked opponent. The Pac-12 and ACC champs will have had a weaker chance to prove themselves than Baylor or Iowa. So, I guess Baylor takes it. But I would note that even then, Mississippi’s losses will have been against better quality opponents.
I heard noise after the weekend and then it was confirmed by LSU yesterday.
Jumbo Package: Saban, Smart Show Mutual Respect Ahead Of SEC Championship
Georgia’s defense has played against four offenses currently in the top 50 in yards gained: Florida (12th), Tennessee (18th), Arkansas (30th) and Kentucky (45th).
Alabama’s defense ranks seventh among FBS teams in yards allowed per game (294.2) and 20th in points allowed per game (19.9). The only comparable defense Georgia has played is Clemson, which ranks ninth in yards allowed (308.4) and second in points allowed (15.0).
Alabama’s defense has played against six offenses currently in the top 50 in yards gained: Ole Miss (5th), Florida (12th), Tennessee (18th), Mississippi State (22nd), Miami (23rd) and Arkansas (30th).
You could also say that Alabama has played six offenses currently ranked in the top 30 while Georgia has played three. Lots of interesting stuff in there, but the points allowed stand out as the main difference between these teams. Alabama’s penchant for a couple of bonehead plays a game in the secondary explains being 7th in yards allowed but only 20th in scoring defense. We’ve said it a thousand times, but if they can play 60 minutes without a coverage bust, they can be as good as anyone in the country on defense.
Can they finally do it on Saturday?
Saban spoke with reporters as usual for a Monday.
— Saban said Georgia’s defense is No. 1 in the nation and that “speaks for itself.”
— Saban said Brian Robinson has a lower body pulled muscle. “We’ll kind of see how he progresses through the course of the week and see where he’s at,” Saban said.
— Saban said it is difficult to say how players physically will respond after a four-overtime Iron Bowl, and that both teams had to play Saturday. “These guys are young, so they got plenty of time to recover.”
If Trey Sanders ends up as the last man standing for the SEC Championship, may he have a moment. That kid has been through the ringer. I don’t know if the way the Iron Bowl went down is good or bad for Alabama’s psyche. They could be energized from it or emotionally drained. The entire press conference is embedded below.
Quick, a Hewitt-Trussville graduate, was a 2019 signee and an early commit when he pledged to the Tide on April 22, 2017. He rose as high as the No. 23 in the overall 2019 rankings in the 247Sports composite before arriving as the No. 40 prospect in the class.
Hate to see guys feel the need to leave, but all are understandable.
Mark Schlabach wonders if Alabama can block Georgia.
“I don’t know how you guys look at it, but that’s a really tough place to play — so is A&M,” Smart said. “That doesn’t fall on deaf ears with our staff, and [we] understand probably two of the hardest places to play in the country are right there. We haven’t been to A&M, but I’ve been to A&M, and we’ve always gone to Auburn. It’s a tough environment.”
Still, Alabama has allowed 35 sacks, 2.92 per game, which is tied for 108th in the FBS.
Bryce hasn’t helped with some of those sacks, as Saban also mentioned yesterday.
Last, this is a very bad Heisman take.
That the Iron Bowl was a struggle doesn’t change the bottom line: Alabama is in with a win against Georgia in the SEC championship game and very likely out with a loss. A victory would lock down the Heisman Trophy for Bryce Young, who had a defining moment in his late touchdown drive against the Tigers. A convincing Georgia win could open that race to Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson.
Come on, now. Aidan Hutchinson? He of 54 tackles, 14.6 TFL and 12 sacks to Will Anderson’s 76, 25.5 and 13? Surely you jest.
That’s about it for now. Have a great day.
Roll Tide.
Anything but number 2. Sick of the same teams all the time. Looking forward to Cincy and hopefully Okie State for the change of pace.
Otherwise I’m probably not watching - TV ratings dream scenario can suck it.
I say if Baylor wins, they’re in!
Love to watch Iowa/Michigan, but our local HS is playing for state championship tonight at 7. Star player just signed with Cincinnati.
Boy O Boy what and ending. Baylor won.
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