Video: Pate on potential CFP chaos

[Cruloc]

 

[Power Eye]

Honestly, I had not considered that the committee might punish Ole Miss for losing their offensive coaching staff, at least to the extent of knocking them out of the playoff. I would be shocked if that happened.

 

[PacadermaTideUs]

I don’t have any real confidence that the committee wouldn’t punish Bama for a loss vs Georgia in the SECCG, even though we already beat them in the regular season. SMU wasn’t punished AT ALL last year for losing to Clemson, and we were bumped because of it. But something tells me that they wouldn’t stick to that precedent should we lose in Atlanta.

Couple that with the fact that the BYU/Texas Tech scenario is a very real possibility. The two teams aren’t that mismatched, and BYU could very well notch the upset, putting both of them in the playoffs. In that scenario, a Bama win would probably result in Notre Dame missing out. But if we lose to a team we’ve already beaten and if BYU beats Texas Tech, we’d almost certainly miss out again.

As much as I love the SECCG, I’m starting to lean towards those who think we need to get rid of it, as it hurts the SEC on the whole on the national stage.

 

[arthurdawg]

As pointed out in another thread... We claw back to sit atop the SEC rankings and are punished with another tough game which could boot us from the playoffs, while other teams are allowed to rest for a week assured of their slots!!!

Crazy.

 

[DrollTide]

Let's see what the committee does with the SEC #1 seed!