Skip Bayles' 4 team playoff projections..
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Theoretically, if we all go 1-1 against each other and are all 11-1 at the end of the year, and the Pac-12, Big 12, and Big 10 champions all have 2 losses ... it could happen.
Its not as doubtful as one thinks.
Say MSU beats Texas A&M, Texas A&M beats Alabama, and Alabama beats MSU. All three finish with 11-1, 7-1 records. Alabama wins the tiebreaker and beats whoever from the East.
Oklahoma and Oregon drop games late - say Oklahoma State or Baylor beats OU and USC/UCLA beats Oregon in the Pac 12 championship game.
The way the polls work, A&M would probably move up to 3, and 4 would be an open battle between MSU, Oklahoma and Oregon, none of which won their conference. MSU's only loss to #1 Alabama, and Okies and Oregon lost to lower ranked teams.
Say MSU beats Texas A&M, Texas A&M beats Alabama, and Alabama beats MSU. All three finish with 11-1, 7-1 records. Alabama wins the tiebreaker and beats whoever from the East.
Oklahoma and Oregon drop games late - say Oklahoma State or Baylor beats OU and USC/UCLA beats Oregon in the Pac 12 championship game.
The way the polls work, A&M would probably move up to 3, and 4 would be an open battle between MSU, Oklahoma and Oregon, none of which won their conference. MSU's only loss to #1 Alabama, and Okies and Oregon lost to lower ranked teams.
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You're right... hell, it's gonna take some breaks to get 2 SEC teams in the playoffs, IMO....
Exactly. This thing is going to be politicized like crazy to obtain "geographic balance."
I think geographic concerns would prevent 1 conference from getting 3 teams, but also I think 2011 Bama opened up a lot of eyes to how little winning your conference should actually matter.
Again, y'all may think I'm crazy but I personally know Archie and Eli. If a State deserves it he will vote for us. But we have to deserve it FIRST.
A OT question ...
"If" this did happen and all three ended at 11-1, 7-1 - What are the tie-breakers for the SEC Championship Game?
"If" this did happen and all three ended at 11-1, 7-1 - What are the tie-breakers for the SEC Championship Game?
No doubt the social
media Rebs will be in full force to rebuke this. I've got to hand it to those loons, they go fullblast when it comes to social media.
media Rebs will be in full force to rebuke this. I've got to hand it to those loons, they go fullblast when it comes to social media.
I think a one loss SEC team might still get taken over an undefeated Big 10 team. The Big 10 blew their wad in week one.
I already don't like this "committee" approach to selecting the teams, and it hasn't even happened yet.
I doubt that. In all seriousness, if we deserved to go, Archie would not be the reason we wouldn't go. Anyway, Archie holds all the cards at that table... he's the only thing besides a few undefeated seasons they can hold onto. It'd be about like us pissing off John Grisham, which was the absolute dumbest thing we ever did in our history.
That was my point. Archie probably would vote for us if we are deserving. But it would be Peyton to TN all over again for the Mannings.
And it would be ole miss' loss if they piss him off enough. I know he's loyal to OM, but OM has a lot more to lose in that deal than Archie does. The mannings are good people... I don't know them personally, but know people who do.... And, just like we did Grisham, OM would be dumb as **** to sever that relationship over something stupid.
At the end of the day, Archie will do what he is charged to do. He won't play favorites.
This is where I don't like having a committee to judge who gets in and who doesn't. The BCS got it *right* when it came to picking who played, they just didn't have enough teams they could fit in a for a few of those years. They used a little bit of analytics but also brought in a large base of people for a survey who voted on what position they felt the teams belonged. They didn't use a neanderthal tribal vote to decide. There's people on that committee that have never been in athletic administration much less played, coached, or managed anything football.