Big Poppa Puck
HF's Villain
They should have looked better against the Gators and Louisville and won more convincingly. If they did that, I don't see how they wouldn't have gotten in. Instead they largely looked like shit on offense and had to eek out victories. Texas curbstomped Ok State in Big12Champ game.
I know Ala needed a miracle to beat Auburn, but they proceeded to beat the #1 team en route to SEC Championsihp and looked pretty damn good in the process.
They beat a rival on the road with a backup QB and beat a 10-2 team with a 3rd string QB in the conference championsip. They shouldn't have needed to blow them out. Alabama struggled at full strength against USF but I guess that doesn't matter since it was in September, nor did needing a miracle to beat 6-6 Auburn last week.
This wasn't Liberty or Tulane or SMU, this was an undefeated Power 5 champion who was punished for the best player being hurt. Whether they would beat Michigan or Washington is irrelevant. I won't argue that they would. They might not even with Travis, but they deserve to be there. They basically said resume doesn't matter. I wonder if Georgia won would they keep them out for Texas still? These rankings tell me yes.
Let's be honest this all comes down to money in the end and getting a SEC team in, especially it being Alabama. I don't think Ole Miss leap frogs them with an identical resume.
It's gonna be sad when Georgia beats them in the Orange Bowl cause then you'll get a buncha I told you so people. I think Bama beats Michigan too. But FSU was more deserving and was punished because of an injury which was not fair.
Like someone else said this is a death knell to the ACC, it may take 5 years, but we're headed to the Power 2, 3 at best if the Big 12 can keep up the pace. We're going to 12 teams next year I know but we just know they'll find away to get less deserving 3 los SEC team in over say a 10-2 Louisville or UNC or whoever in the future.
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