Brady Quinn weighs in on possibility of two-loss Alabama

Brady Quinn is calling it like he sees it. While many believe the College Football Playoff committee favors the Power Five, Quinn joined the Dan Patrick Show to detail why he believes the Big Ten and the SEC are afforded more leeway in the rankings.

“We can act like there’s a Power Five, there’s a Power Two,” stated Quinn. “They’re going to give more way to those two conferences.”

In the past, teams like Alabama and Ohio State have benefitted from the committees perceived biases. Continuing, Quinn weighed in on the possibility of a two-loss Crimson Tide squad getting in the College Football Playoff.

“They’re going to allow a one-loss Georgia team in the SEC Championship Game to be in, as well as Alabama,” theorized Quinn. “If Georgia beats Alabama, even in a close game .. we’ve never seen a two-loss team get in. Bama’s not getting in with a second loss. That SEC Championship is really the biggest way that Cincinnati can get knocked out.”

Evidently, Quinn believes the Bearcats should be rooting hard for Georgia in a potential SEC Championship matchup with Alabama. If the Crimson Tide defeat Georgia, it’ll be impossible to keep both SEC squads out of the College Football Playoff.

Moreover, many believe it doesn’t matter if Alabama loses to Georgia. Even with two losses, the Crimson Tide could still potentially get a ticket to the dance. However, it’s apparent Brady Quinn isn’t one of those people.

Quinn: ‘You are putting your stock and weight in something that doesn’t matter.’

One reason Cincinnati fans were so upset with their ranking was the fact that they’re ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll. Moreover, Quinn destroyed the AP poll for even existing in the era of the College Football Playoff.

“I didn’t have a problem with it and it was really for this reason,” said Quinn on the initial College Football Playoff rankings. “I think so many people who are outraged by it they were manipulated by The Associated Press poll, the AP poll. Which here’s the truth, we gave away the power to this college football committee seven years, ago back in 2014. So if you wanted to buy into where people who ranked preseason polls and throughout the season up until the point, before the committee actually came out with their first poll, that’s on you.

“Like you are putting your stock and weight in something that doesn’t matter. I’m sorry. It just hasn’t mattered since we’ve gotten the College Football Playoff — since we’ve anointed a 13 person committee. So I wasn’t really taken back by it, it was really more what I thought it was gonna be because we’ve seen throughout its history at this point a season they rely on the eye test and factoring in essentially strength of schedule and who you beat not who you’ve lost to.”

It’s tough to argue with Brady Quinn‘s logic on the lack of weight the AP Poll now carries. Now, every Tuesday the focus will be on which teams the College Football Playoff committee selects.