I think that, sometimes, staying on a play too long can work against a player and team. Most of our fumbles have come from trying too hard at the end of the play. It could be argued that's what happened with Wallace last night.
On the injury issue with the SC, my assumption was that it could either work for you or against you. They might consider that we would have beaten OM with Drake or OM could have won last if Treadwell hadn't gotten hurt. OTOH, it could hurt, if it's season-ending. IOW, they have to consider Bama sans Drake and OM sans Treadwell. It's obvious that neither team is the same, going forward. With a temporary injury, it seems to me that they could excuse a loss and raise the team's rating, if the injured player is to return...
The injury consideration is just a bogus "tool" they can use to justify rigging the poll.
Why was ORE given such high consideration for a starting tackle being out? Was it because they needed an excuse to put a non sec team higher to make it look better to the public?
Alabama was missing a starting center, starting linebacker, starting slot/RB in its loss. Was ALA given the same consideration as ONE Oregon player?
Ole Miss was minus their starting LT, and starting LB. Their starting safety went out the first half. The backup LB got hurt the second half. I believe there were more.
What consideration should they get because of all these injuries? I mean, that's a LOT of injuries for one game. Shouldn't they be given the win? Because everybody knows they would have won without those injuries.
This so-called "injury" consideration needs to be taken out immediately. It's bogus.