We still have a shot at playoffs!

#128
#128
This is a little off topic. We need to run Dobbs often. It opens up the passing game and the running backs start seeing more holes to run through. I don't understand why the coaches insist on him staying in the pocket. DobBS should be rolling out on every play for the option to pass, run or hand off. We have the ability to beat anybody if we play like that. I'm tired of predictable, conservative play calling.
 
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#129
bamawriter said:
Since rematches aren't all that common in college football, it didn't take long to look up.

Here are the conference title game rematches for all Power 5 conferences, including the defunct Big XII game.

SEC: Regular season winner is 5-1
Big Ten: 0-2
Pac 12: 3-1
ACC: 2-2
Big XII: 4-2

Combined, the regular season winner is 14-8.

EDIT to increase the sample size:

There has been one rematch in the MWC title game, and it was won by the regular season winner.

In the MAC Championship Game, the regular season winner is 3-2 in rematches.

So the overall record for all conference title game rematches is 18-10 in favor of the regular season winner.
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What about Bama over LSU in the NC game? Did you count that one?
 
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#130
volfannbama said:
Dont hold your breathe buddy. But I cant knock the optimism and enthusiasm, keep it up sport. Sooner or later youll just us in this place called reality.
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We'll alrighty, ole buddy ole sport ole pal. Keep'er tween the ditches.
 
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#131
I do have to say I don't get the Louisville talk. One good win. Sure it was a blowout. But FSU also lost to North Carolina who got absolutely obliterated by Virginia Tech. I don't think FSU is done losing yet either.
 
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VersaceButch said:
It's actually not preposterous. They beat us by 39 AT HOME. So, arguably, that is much tougher to do than on a neutral site. And realistically, the only defensive players that would possibly be back in time for ATL would be Kirkland, McDowell, and Sutton as far as defense. O'Brien is gone, JRM and Sapp are out for the season, KMac is gone for the season.

I'm just saying you all are trying to argue that Tennessee is one of the 4 best teams in the country, which is supposed to be what the CFB Playoffs is indicative of. The SEC could just straight up miss the playoffs altogether something you all fail to grasp.

An 11-2 TN, even with a monumental upset, is not guaranteed to be in and probably shouldn't be in. I just do not see us being one of the 4 best teams in the country after what I have seen the past 2 weeks, but that doesn't mean we still aren't having a good season or potentially a great season

EDIT: Also, even with injuries a 39 point blowout loss at home is still a terrible mark on a resume. I don't see the committee being as forgiving as you all think they would be.
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I agree with you that the last 2 weeks don't show that we're a playoff team. But we ain't talking about October. We're talking about December.

If Tennessee runs the table, gets healthy, and beats a 12-0 #1 ranked Alabama in the SEC championship game, they will definitely be one of the 4 best teams in the country AT THAT TIME.

Remember 2014 Ohio State lost by 14 points at home to what eventually became a 6-6 Va-Tech team. That Ohio State team under your definition where how you look early in the season rather than the end of the season wouldn't have made the playoffs. And that was a team that went on to win it all.

How you look in December matters more than how you look in October.
 
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VersaceButch said:
You are just being a homer with this comment. As of right now, all of these teams stand a strong chance of losing to both OSU and Michigan on a neutral site. Ole Miss couldn't even beat Arkansas or FSU, and we all watched FSU get boatraced by Lousiville.

Contrary to popular belief on this board, there is great football to be found outside the SEC, and that's OK. It's honestly better for the entire sport. Do we really need 4 terrible conferences and 1 good conference?
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Actually we don't know anything about which conferences are good at this time.

Once again in 2014, Ohio State and the Big 10 were the butt of jokes and when they got into the playoffs they ran rough shot over Bama and Oregon who everyone thought were the 2 best teams in the country.

For all we know the Big 10 could be big frauds this year. What great our of conference wins do Ohio State and Michigan have?

An Oklahoma team that also lost to Houston?

Colorado?

For all we know Ohio State and Michigan get blown out in the playoffs like Michigan State last year.
 
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Johnnyreb#VFL said:
Dude, UT dropped 6 spots (AP) after WINNING ball games this year. If bama gets beat by "lucky and injured" UT, they are out of the top 4
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Good thing it's not the AP voters picking the playoff teams but rather the committee.

The playoff committee has said conference championships matter.

A 1-loss Alabama team that can't win it's own conference ain't getting in over a 2-loss SEC champion Tennessee team that just beat them on championship Saturday.

Winning in December matters more than winning in October.
 
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#138
Vol 67 said:
After getting crushed at home by 39 points, the Vols don't deserve a playoff opportunity.
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After losing by 14 at home to a 6-6 Virginia Tech team, 2014 Ohio State has no chance at the playoffs right?

If Tennessee wins the SEC championship they will be in. PERIOD.

What you do in December matters more than what happened in October.
 
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morristown vol said:
The best bet would be A-M beats Bama and we win the East.
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Maybe for winning the SEC championship.

But nobody will help our playoff resume more than beating a 12-0 Alabama team in the SEC championship game.

If we do that we're definitely in.

Nobody would have a better win all season.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
After losing by 14 at home to a 6-6 Virginia Tech team, 2014 Ohio State has no chance at the playoffs right?

If Tennessee wins the SEC championship they will be in. PERIOD.

What you do in December matters more than what happened in October.
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What was Ohio States total loss count that season?
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Exactly. And injuries is one of them.

The playoff committee would know we were missing nearly half of our starters in the October match-up with Alabama. If we beat Alabama in a rematch in Atlanta it would support the argument that injuries were the main reason for the blowout loss not a disparity in ability.

I'll just put it this way. I would rather be the 11-2 SEC Champ than the 12-1 non-SEC Champ that Saturday if I want to make the playoffs.
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I don't think we actually know that to be one that they use. It's sounding like people are assuming the CFP committee would consider that or work like that because they know that the NCAA tournament selection committee does such when selecting for their tournament (they've let it be know, publicly, that it's a consideration in that case).

Could you link something where the CFP committee has let it be known that they consider or give more weight to such?
 
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#145
I just crunched the numbers. Alabama is winning by an average of 30 points per game. Assuming that average holds and they are 12-0 heading into Atlanta....

There is no way a loss by a fg to Tennessee would knock Bama out and put Tennessee in.

I don't see how that would be possible
 
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99gator said:
I just crunched the numbers. Alabama is winning by an average of 30 points per game. Assuming that average holds and they are 12-0 heading into Atlanta....

There is no way a loss by a fg to Tennessee would knock Bama out and put Tennessee in.

I don't see how that would be possible
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And in all reality, neither does anyone else
 
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#149
Playoffs sound great but, I don't believe that we should consider this year a disappointment if UT is not in. UT has not won 11 games or more in a season since 2001. There is a very good possibility of that happening this year and I would definitely consider that a very successful season, considering where UT has been for the past decade.
 
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