FSU didn't belong no matter the record. That was the only mistake . We went to the Sugar Bowl and just lost.I still hate it.
I guess it's easy to overlook this, but what we saw today was the two best regular seasons get erased.
If you look at off field issues, they didn't belong. If you look at what they did, on the field, yes... they belonged and then some. Their schedule was as difficult as Oregon's, and more difficult than Ohio State's, and they did not lose in the regular season. That used to mean something.FSU didn't belong no matter the record. That was the only mistake . We went to the Sugar Bowl and just lost.
I still hate it.
I guess it's easy to overlook this, but what we saw today was the two best regular seasons get erased.
I don't understand the line of thinking. What inferior teams are playing in a championship?Didn't like it when it was announced and hate it now. It allows a inferior team the chance to play in a championship, especially in a one game series.
I'm not sure inferior is quite right, I think undeserving is more appropriate. However, a playoff does randomize things and increase the chances of an inferior team winning. For instance, clearly either team could have won the game last night. It's easy to say Ohio State is the better team, but really who knows? You replay that game, and Alabama stays healthy on defense, it could have played out differently.Didn't like it when it was announced and hate it now. It allows a inferior team the chance to play in a championship, especially in a one game series.
Agreed. The playoff did its job. We were a good team this year, but not one of our best.I don't understand the line of thinking. What inferior teams are playing in a championship?
The playoff is going to favor conferences that dont have to grind through their conference to get into the playoff. As we can see, the SEC is such a meat grinder that it will be difficult to have enough depth to compete, imo. This was a bad injury year for us but look around the conference this year. There were some horrific injuries to several teams that effectively derailed their hopes. I said it in another thread but even with a 3 week layoff we still looked like a tired and beat up team last night. Come to think of it we might of have stopped running left because of Cam's shoulder and ankle injuries simply could have held up to that abuse throughout the game. In fact there may have been other injuries along the OL not well known that may have bent us toward more passing.I'm not sure inferior is quite right, I think undeserving is more appropriate. However, a playoff does randomize things and increase the chances of an inferior team winning. For instance, clearly either team could have won the game last night. It's easy to say Ohio State is the better team, but really who knows? You replay that game, and Alabama stays healthy on defense, it could have played out differently.
What we can say for sure, is that Alabama earned their #1 seed, they had a better regular season, and there's no question at all that they were deserving. Ohio State? They played a lousy SoS, they lost to a mediocre Virginia Tech team, and one can easily argue they did not earn a right in the regular season to play for a championship. There will be years though, in which the difference will be even more stark, in which a two loss team will get a chance at knocking off an undefeated team, and I'm saddened by it. Not just because Alabama lost, my stance has been unwavering on this issue, I just think it's eroding something special and unique that college football had, which was the most important regular season of the major sports.
If the old BCS system were still used then an Alabama vs FSU title game, as it turned out, would have not pitted the two best teams. Had the BCS picked Alabama vs Oregon, as it turned out, we would have been the team embarrassed. It would appear that TCU, after the fact was more deserving than FSU and possibly Alabama.