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Originally Posted by ddthetide
i agree. the loser would have fallen to far, for things to work out right and them climb back in it.
just remember this year wasn't Bama's fault. the system worked in their favor. everyone in front of them lost AFTER Bama lost.
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And THAT is the real issue here. When you lose is more important than anything. How long till teams start stacking games so that thetough ones are early and last few games of the year are cupcakes? With so many out of conference rivalries ending are we looking forward to Texas versus North Texas or Texas A&M versus Sam Houston State on Thanksgiving night? Isn't it bad enough that 25% of Alabama's schedule is cupcakes (Kent state, N Texas and Ga Southern-who incidentally scored the most points against them all year lol)
And I dont mean to pick on Alabama but like Darren said they were lucky to benefit from the system AND I'm pretty sure that they are the best team in the country. In a playoff system they wouldnt be penalized for a kicker having a bad day (Boise too) and would have an opportunity to win the thing on the field and get the props that they deserve. Instead of talking about this crap we would be talking about the unbelievable defense. Take a cupcake off the schedule, play the other crappy bowls (the idea that a 4 or 8 team playoff would make the other bowls more meaningless than they already are is stupid), figure out a way to work around the NFL playoffs and rake in the money.