Not hypothetical is getting blown out by a 6-6 team… which Alabama did two weeks ago.
I will say if you leave someone out it isn't Alabama. It should be between Notre Dame, Miami and SMU. You shouldn't get to lose to Northern Illinois. Join the Big 10 you fucking cowards. [Reply]
And I just checked but Indiana only played two teams with a winning record all season too (OSU and Michigan). They got blown out by one and only won by 5 against the other.
Their resume is probably worse than SMU's. I don't see the difference (other than SMU having to play today). [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
You could see this coming a mile away but this next week will be real nasty. They're gonna ride the line of creating a scenario where teams won't want to play conference title games. You lose at at the buzzer on a 56 yard FG and you get punished for it, that's pretty brutal.
There will be a lot of calls being made tonight from some powerful people on Alabama's behalf to be sure. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kstater:
SMU has 2 losses. Both to top 20 teams by a fg in last 2 minutes. Alabama has 3, two of them to .500 teams.
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It all depends if you care about quality wins over bad losses... Alabama was 1-1 against top 10 teams, SMU didn't play any. Alabama was 4-2 against the top 30, SMU 2-2.
If Alabama's out, then yeah maybe don't lose to two of the worst teams in the SEC.
If SMU is out, then yeah maybe have a better record in the shitty ACC.
You clearly hate Alabama, so that's why it's so cut and dry for you, but a case can be made for either... IMO, they're both in that ~12-15 range. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
It all depends if you care about quality wins over bad losses... Alabama was 1-1 against top 10 teams, SMU didn't play any. Alabama was 4-2 against the top 30, SMU 2-2.
If Alabama's out, then yeah maybe don't lose to two of the worst teams in the SEC.
If SMU is out, then yeah maybe have a better record in the shitty ACC.
You clearly hate Alabama, so that's why it's so cut and dry for you, but a case can be made for either... IMO, they're both in that ~12-15 range.
Why does SMU get pushed below Indiana for losing a 3 point conference championship game after having an identical 11-1 conference record with better wins? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
It all depends if you care about quality wins over bad losses... Alabama was 1-1 against top 10 teams, SMU didn't play any. Alabama was 4-2 against the top 30, SMU 2-2.
If Alabama's out, then yeah maybe don't lose to two of the worst teams in the SEC.
If SMU is out, then yeah maybe have a better record in the shitty ACC.
You clearly hate Alabama, so that's why it's so cut and dry for you, but a case can be made for either... IMO, they're both in that ~12-15 range.
You'd have a valid argument if they both had 2 losses. One has 3 losses in the regular season. The other, has 1 loss in the regular season, while their second came while the other one was sitting on the couch on championship weekend.
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
And I just checked but Indiana only played two teams with a winning record all season too (OSU and Michigan). They got blown out by one and only won by 5 against the other.
Their resume is probably worse than SMU's. I don't see the difference (other than SMU having to play today).
The difference is Indiana played a bunch of Big 10 teams.
SMU played a bunch of mid major teams that they call the ACC.
