Another not so crazy tin foil theory….if Alabama beats Georgia, there are going to be swarms of fans on this board and every single other non-Bama board rolling the film and finding obscure holding penalties and other similar nuance that weren’t called on Alabama, while totally ignoring the same type of calls not made against UGA.
It’s the SEC Championship game, and its going to have tens of millions of eyeballs. Last thing the league wants is a tainted victory from either team. The CFP committee would likely address any blatant missed calls or game altering blunders from the officials in terms of how they handle the rankings, which would be a total embarrassment for the SEC. It will be called as cleanly as an SEC game can be called. That’s not saying much, due to general incompetence of league officials, but that incompetence should cut both ways.
Your post makes total sense and I agree 100%.
Then again, many of the same arguments were valid when a Super Bowl participant was determined by ignoring an egregious pass interference.