Bama getting no respect

[SkullDuckery]

Their defense is great, and their offense is better than you think. The B1G is a defensive conference this year.

We shall see

 

[CajunCrimson]

so what week is it acceptable?

If we beat UGA we will have the better win. And the better loss vs Texas.

 

[teamplayer]

Georgia is looking fairly tough. I wouldn't pencil them out as of yet.

Georgia looks very good again and is favored to run the table and enter the playoffs as the number one seed. We are speculating about our chances if we are able to beat both Au and UGA and finish as the 12-1 SEC champ. We should be in. Period! However, humans can play politics instead of making sense, so some like to keep coming up with different scenarios.

 

[81usaf92]

so what week is it acceptable?

Any week that pollsters won’t hold Alabama to the same standard apparently

 

[tmaxam99]

It's just not the Texas game being held against us. We played poorly against USF & Arkansas.

 

[B1GTide]

If we beat UGA we will have the better win. And the better loss vs Texas.

If Alabama beats Georgia, Alabama is better, so a win over Alabama is the better win, right?

 

[tmaxam99]

If Alabama beats Georgia, Alabama is better, so a win over Alabama is the better win, right?

Spot on!

 

[editder]

If the shoe were on the other foot you would be screaming that Alabama's head to head win had to trump everything else.

I have to admit that I would be. And I would be just as wrong as they are.

 

[BigAlinKnoxville]

Look at Oregon's schedule. They have one loss, just like us. So by what unearthly stretch of logic are they still ranked ahead of us?

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Look at Oregon's schedule. They have one loss, just like us. So by what unearthly stretch of logic are they still ranked ahead of us?

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they beat colorado and utah. it doesn't matter to the committee that those teams suck now.

 

[Saban4Ever]

they beat colorado and utah. it doesn't matter to the committee that those teams suck now.

Also, the committee will justify it by saying Oregon lost only by 3, and it was an away game. Bama lost at home by 10. I don't think Oregon should be ranked ahead of Bama or Texas, especially when you see who they have played/their Strength of Schedule. I'm not sure what the committee is thinking this year.

 

[CajunCrimson]

If Alabama beats Georgia, Alabama is better, so a win over Alabama is the better win, right?

Actually up to that moment, no. Up to that moment they would have beaten the #5-#8 Alabama team. Bama would have beaten the #1 team.

After they are newly slotted you can say that, but up to then Bama would have the better win.

 

[Tideflyer]

I still think Texas has to lose. Period.

 

[CajunCrimson]

I still think Texas has to lose. Period.

They can win, if FSU loses. Then I think we are both in.

 

[B1GTide]

They can win, if FSU loses. Then I think we are both in.

Agreed - Alabama is a slam dunk if you win out and either Texas or FSU drops a game.

 

[FF4bama]

Look at Oregon's schedule. They have one loss, just like us. So by what unearthly stretch of logic are they still ranked ahead of us?

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It's just that Oregon and the PAC-X have such a history of winning national championships. Hard to ignore if you're the committee.

 

[FF4bama]

Beating Georgia is far from a certainty at this point. Makes sense to me that the committee is playing the odds and hoping Georgia wins out--they don't have to make any controversial moves unless Alabama actually beats them. I just don't understand how Oregon can still be ranked ahead of Alabama.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Look at Oregon's schedule. They have one loss, just like us. So by what unearthly stretch of logic are they still ranked ahead of us?

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Because the team they lost to is still undefeated - and the team we lost to isn't.

If Texas had beaten Oklahoma, we'd be in better shape.
We'd also be in better shape if Texas had the 2008 Oklahoma offense running up points.

What is killing us right now is:
a) so many still unbeaten teams
b) the fact Texas has ONE loss, not ZERO or TWO

 

[DawgAlum2054]

Ladd McConkey is most likely out for the season for Georgia. Just letting people know that here.

 

[JohnD]

Beating Georgia is far from a certainty at this point. Makes sense to me that the committee is playing the odds and hoping Georgia wins out--they don't have to make any controversial moves unless Alabama actually beats them. I just don't understand how Oregon can still be ranked ahead of Alabama.

I suspect Oregon is ranked ahead of Bama because of flash and scoring offense. And partly because of the Heisman hype Bo Nix has gotten all season. Even though they scored 81 against a high school team to inflate their numbers, their lowest scoring output was 33 points in the loss to Washington. Bama has scored under 30 points in 5 games. I think that is holding us down.