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re: Please help me understand why Bama outranks Tennessee.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:52 am to Smokeyone
Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:52 am to Smokeyone
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Lost to #1 UGA and were upset by the hottest team in the country. Bama lost head to head to the Vols (giving up 50 points) and lost to an average LSU team.
Turns out how you lose matters.
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Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:10 pm to Smokeyone
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Lost to #1 UGA and were upset by the hottest team in the country.
Bama lost head to head to the Vols (giving up 50 points) and lost to an average LSU team.
Not really close.
I get why Tenn fans are upset but this is some next level bullshite. South Carolina came into the game having just lost to florida 38-6.
South Carolina was not even CLOSE to being the hottest team in the country, and Tennessee was not upset, they were beat the hell up by 25 points.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:15 pm to Smokeyone
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whereas Tennessee got its arse kicked in its 2 losses
Lost to #1 UGA and were upset by the hottest team in the country.
Bama lost head to head to the Vols (giving up 50 points) and lost to an average LSU team.
Not really close.
This is what denial looks like. You can't get past the fact that having 63 points hung on you by a 7-4 team takes you completely out of the discussion. You had an arse whipping that was historic in its proportion. In its 120 year history, Alabama has never given up close to that many points.
You want to treat the South Carolina loss like just another loss. Every knowledgable fan outside of the Tennessee fan base knows you can't do that.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:39 pm to BamaGradinTn
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this is some next level bull shite.
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This is what denial looks like.
Both describe smokeyone well.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:43 pm to BamaGradinTn
Your best wins are against 2 teams that lost 4 games. You have 0 wins against teams in the Top 15 while UT us 2-1 against top 15 teams.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:44 pm to VolNavy98
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Top 15
What is the significance of top 15? Rankings go to 25
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:46 pm to Hose B
None of the reasons they give is the criteria for ranking. It doesn’t matter if you have a player injured that’s not part of the criteria losing by certain amount of points is the criteria either. Playoff committee is a scam. They’ll never get anybody else in the playoffs. They always find a way to get Alabama, Ohio State and whoever else they decide in the playoffs. Nicely in Tennessee should be in the playoffs but we should be ahead of Alabama. If head to head isn’t the number one criteria. Why even play the damn games.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:48 pm to Loganville Vols
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If head to head isn’t the number one criteria. Why even play the damn games.
There are 12 games to compare, not just one.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:52 pm to djsdawg
The better teams are ranked at the top. But let’s take a look at the CFP Top15.
Bama wins against #20 and #25 ranked teams.
UT wins against #6 and #14 ranked teams. I say we have more quality wins.
Bama wins against #20 and #25 ranked teams.
UT wins against #6 and #14 ranked teams. I say we have more quality wins.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:03 pm to VolNavy98
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I say we have more quality wins.
You do, but the losses were so much worse.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:06 pm to Hose B
Alabama isn't scared of some rain.
They are scared of 100 pound women though.
They are scared of 100 pound women though.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:09 pm to djsdawg
#13FSU is ranked ahead of #14LSU
#15Oregon State ahead of #16Oregon
#16Oregon ahead of #17 UCLA
#6 Bama ahead of #7 UT
The higher ranking teams won the head to head on the field. All these teams ahve the same exact records. Why did it change for the Bama and UT ranking?
#15Oregon State ahead of #16Oregon
#16Oregon ahead of #17 UCLA
#6 Bama ahead of #7 UT
The higher ranking teams won the head to head on the field. All these teams ahve the same exact records. Why did it change for the Bama and UT ranking?
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:12 pm to VolNavy98
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amazing how the other teams that are ranked side by side with same record are our ahead due to head to head.
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, and other factors played a role in the ranks.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:13 pm to djsdawg
You know what it is. You just don’t want to say it. We both know Bama been getting preferential treatment for last 15 years from the refs and the media. It’s nothing new.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:13 pm to VolNavy98
They clearly are using the eye test when comparing Bama and UT at this point in the season.
Y'all need to get this "criteria" stuff out of y'all's heads. Its much more subjective than you clearly seem to think that it is.
Y'all need to get this "criteria" stuff out of y'all's heads. Its much more subjective than you clearly seem to think that it is.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:14 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Y'all need to get this "criteria" stuff out of y'all's heads. It’s much more subjective than you clearly seem to think that it is.
The criteria is supposed to be what’s used to pick teams. Of the criteria isn’t used then why is it even posted on the CFP website as the guidelines they follow?
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:23 pm to VolNavy98
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You know what it is.
A record setting loss to SC, preceded by a blowout loss to uga, is what it is. Hooker is out too.
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:27 pm to VolNavy98
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Why did it change for the Bama and UT ranking?
FSU didn’t get skulldrug in any of their losses, didn’t have a really bad loss. LSU has a bad loss at a bad time. So it’s easy to put FSU ahead.
Oregon State and Oregon both got skulldrug once. All things being equal, head to head at the end of the season makes sense.
Then we come to the sad case of the stinking Vols. Who got ran out of the stadium by then 6-4 South Carolina. Who btw got dragged on their own field by Georgia and the week prior ran out of the swamp by then 5-4 Florida.
So you’ve got two very bad losses. The committee doesn’t think you’re better, the coaches don’t, and the writers don’t.
The coaches btw think Penn State with two pretty bad losses is better than you too.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:28 pm to djsdawg
Before a playoff everyone bitch about a playoff and about settling it on the field. Well it was settled on the field. Bama lost to a LSU team that UT beat by 4 TD’s on the road. The losses are bad no doubt. But UT still has more quality wins, better strength of schedule and is 2-0 against common teams while bama is 1-1. Head to Head should matter more as it was settled on the field.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:29 pm to BradJ88
quote:It's not like it was an arse kicking or anything?
and esp. LSU are kind of fluky.
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