Who's your pick for the Football National championship?

[JAB]

I still think that Alabama's miracle, last second win over a very bad Auburn team should have been considered more heavily.

The committee basically disregards every major rivalry game, unless Bama would have actually lost. I don't necessarily agree with it, but the philosophy is that "anything can happen in games like that."

[JAB]

The SEC shouldn’t have even been in the playoffs. But the media made it happen.

You're right. Why would anyone want to watch the four best teams in the country? It's much more fun to watch less skilled teams who have a marginally better record.

[Turbine]

You're right. Why would anyone want to watch the four best teams in the country? It's much more fun to watch less skilled teams who have a marginally better record.

It helps if you try to separate history from the season that just transpired.

It helps if you don't make excuses for rivalry games like they only help the underdog.

It helps to see things more clearly if you glance away from SEClusive isolation.

[ragin50]

You're right. Why would anyone want to watch the four best teams in the country? It's much more fun to watch less skilled teams who have a marginally better record.

No one can convince me that Georgia isn't one of the 4 best teams in the country. Compare their only 3 point loss to a very good (as you say) Alabama team to Bama's 10 point loss to Texas in Tuscaloosa.

[Turbine]

Your comment presumes that there's no basis for people valuing the SEC. If Washington had to play at least three of Ole Miss, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, and Tennessee, there is approximately a 0% chance that they go undefeated this season.

Maybe they only lose one game. Maybe they lose two. But their season would suddenly look very different.

If Tennnessee had played Washington instead of Ball State or Tennessee Martin.

If Alabama had played Washington instead of Chatanooga.

If OleMiss had played Washington instead of Mercer.

If LSU or Missouri had played Washington instead of Grambling.

If Tennessee had played Washington instead of Austin Peay ....

Washington would have played a lot of games on the same day, ( ) and of course this could never happen but we would have a much clearer picture of how good the SEC (and W) were this past season.

[JAB]

It helps if you try to separate history from the season that just transpired.

It helps if you don't make excuses for rivalry games like they only help the underdog.

It helps to see things more clearly if you glance away from SEClusive isolation.

Ok I won’t excuse rivalry games. On that note, Washington beat Washington State by a total of 3 points.

[Turbine]

Ok I won’t excuse rivalry games. On that note, Washington beat Washington State by a total of 3 points.

There's that as well.

[ZoomZoom]

Washington’s (and the PAC12) biggest problems are they’re 1) pretty much out of sight, out of mind and 2) they usually have one game set up by ESPN and the media surfs that outcome for the year.

SEC is just the measuring stick ESPN and the CFP committee uses.

[zephyr]

No one can convince me that Georgia isn't one of the 4 best teams in the country. Compare their only 3 point loss to a very good (as you say) Alabama team to Bama's 10 point loss to Texas in Tuscaloosa.

I agree.

[R1Letterman]

Lol. But that then makes bama out of playoff while simultaneously lowering uga's claim of close game against a playoff team

[CajunVic]

At some point you have to be good on the right day. Having a 12 team playoff will serve to equalize many of the shortfalls. Georgia, Florida St., Ohio St. and others with only one loss will then participate.

[BabbForHeisman]

I agree.

I think the only rationale for leaving Georgia out would be to say that the sec champ game was effectively a play in game for the CFP