I’m sensing a pattern here.
Draw your own conclusions about what that entails if Georgia upsets LSU to win the conference.
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Get The Picture · Bloviation for the Dawgnation
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Hey, we beat Bama in something.
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The best thing about the win over Auburn was that not only did we beat Auburn, but we got to disappoint Florida and fuck over Bama.
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Hard to believe Texas AM not ranked.
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Means that you either get two SEC teams in ….or…. the committee gives some past year’s favor instead of neglect to the PAC 12. Probably a long shot on the latter but it’s possible the committee is tired of SEC dominance
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If LSU finishes 12-0 they don’t even need to show up for the sec championship to make the playoffs.
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SEC bias…..don’t want to have to beat LSU twice.
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I’m not sure I agree with that. If we were to beat them 45-0, Clemson & Ohio State go undefeated, and Oklahoma wins out impressively, I think the vote would split a bit.
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Scoreboards go up to 45 ?
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Ha
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Basically Georgia’s loss to SC is meaningless. We’d still be #4 if we’d won, and we would still have to win the SEC to get in. I don’t think there is any way the committee is putting 2 SEC teams in this year, unless Clemson and Ohio St. lose. One loss PAC 12, Big 10 still getting in. And Clemson is as close to a lock as there has ever been.
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If UGA wins out and beats LSU in the SECCG, they are definitely in. I have no idea where you would think they would be left out.
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Are you crazy? if UGA wins out and beats LSU in the SECCG, they are definitely in. no way they leave a one-loss SEC champ out. How can they put LSU in and leave the Dawgs out? in this case, the SEC would get two teams in. This is why the PAC 12 should be pulling for LSU to beat UGA.
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Re-read my post. I never said Georgia would not get in if they beat LSU. What I said was that only the SEC champ is getting in this year, if one loss Georgia beats LSU, Georgia gets in and LSU doesn’t.
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Don’t agree. If LSU wins the SECCG LSU is in and Georgia is out. If Georgia wins the SECCG Georgia is in at 2 or 3 and LSU is in at 4.
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Unless the Dawgs blow them out. If UGA was to beat LSU but 3-4 TD (Highly, highly unlikely) then LSU is out. If UGA beats them by a FG (more likely) then they are probably in
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Most outside of the SEC (fans) are sick of the SEC. If we are lucky enough to narrowly beat LSU….and Clemson, OSU are still undefeated. We will see those 3.
Another 1 loss team not in the SEC will get in imo. No reason in that scenario should Georgia have to beat LSU twice.
It’s a national playoff and should be played that way. Winner should advance, no good reason the runner-up in the SECG should get a second shot.
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That’s kinda what I see as well. Remember, in 2017 it could be justified to include Bama because we had not played them and at that point Auburn, despite beating Bama and UGA in November, was saddled with 3 losses at that point. I doubt they (a) make a uga team possibly play LSU twice under a championship format or (b) slide Bama in over them since they would have an equal number of losses but own the head to head.
But we become nothing more than an IUD (at best) if we don’t beat A&M.
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***Arghhh IED……commence jokes.
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Freudian slip?
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LOL!….beat me to it.
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Lol
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“Most outside of the SEC (fans) are jealous of the SEC.”
FIFY
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No doubt…
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If Georgia wins out I’m not sure the committee lets LSU in over a one loss conference champion. Doesn’t seem to be much point if they already lost to a playoff team on a neutral field. Also, as a Georgia fan I damn sure hope the committee doesn’t let LSU in, and you shouldn’t either. If we manage to beat them once I sure as hell wouldn’t want to play them again.
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LSU has more wins against top teams than any other school in the country. If it’s 12-1, it’s in.
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Disagreed, but I’ve been wrong before. If that’s true then LSU should just rest their starters in Atlanta. Why risk looking like you’re trying? At the end of the day I believe a one loss conference champion will trump a one loss non conference champion regardless of schedule. The committee does claim conference championships matter after all. Plus, if it’s really all about money then the committee should be looking for any reason to get a team from out west into the mix.
In any event, I only hope LSU ends up 12-1 so we get the chance to find out which one of us is right.
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Can’t necessarily agree with you on that one, chief. If Ohio State and Clemson win out and win their conference championship game and Georgia beats LSU in the SECCG and LSU was 12-0 going into that game, LSU likely gets in over 1 loss PAC 12 champion, 1 loss Big 12 champion (whether Baylor or OU), or a second team from the B1G. If LSU goes undefeated in the regular season and then loses in the championship game, their resume is far better than the PAC 12 champion (especially if the PAC 12 champion is Oregon and Bama gives Auburn its fourth loss in the Iron Bowl on the road). Baylor has a slim chance if they are the Big 12 champion, but their out of conference schedule was abysmal and they would be 1-1 against the best team they played. And clearly the committee doesn’t like OU’s Jekyll and Hyde act (and not only from game to game, but from quarter to quarter). Under that scenario, the only chance the PAC 12 and Big 12 have is that Georgia woodsheds LSU and Bama, if winners of the Iron Bowl, looks so convincingly NOT like one of the four best teams without Tua that the committee can’t help but to drop Bama below another team.
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Interestingly they are positioning bama to be out no matter what happens in the championship game. If Saban had anticipated that he would not have thrown the LSU game. Interesting as well, it looks like if per chance (and I truly mean chance) UGA has 1 loss at the end of the season they will likely have to beat twice LSU, and/or both Clemson and Ohio State to win it all. a very unenviable situation. At this point I am just hoping that they can beat A&M. They probably have the most complete offense UGA will have faced. I expect UGA to score its customary 24. That may not be enough.
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South Carolina loss is meaningless assuming we don’t trip up against A&M or Tech. Unfortunately the loss eliminated our margin for error.
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Totally disagree that “Georgia’s loss to SC is meaningless.” If Georgia and LSU had both gone to the SECCG undefeated and Georgia lost that game, LSU would be in as #1 and Georgia would have been in as #4.
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Not as you seeded it. That would create a first round rematch. It would put either LSU at 2nd seed and us at 4th or LSU as top seed and us at 3rd.
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I still say it’s pointless to play an SECCG if there is a chance for both teams to get in. On the flip side I don’t see any reason to let LSU in if Georgia beats them. We will have already seen both teams play on a neutral field at the end of the season, why have them potentially play again? For that same reason I didn’t have a problem with Georgia getting left out last season after the Bama loss (atrocious officiating notwithstanding).
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I agree. I’m good with letting the results of that game stand.
I was ok with it last year too , even though I thought we were better than notre dame.
The games must have consequences.
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Sorry, disagree. I think the championship of the strongest conference in CFB is very important in its own right, every year.
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Nah, wasn’t important when Missouri and Florida we’re winning the East from 2013-2016. It was nothing more than a potential spoiler game for the West champion.
This year if both teams were to get in why would be the point in having played the championship game?
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Its not pointless for us.
LSU doesn’t need to show up though for the SEC Championship. They get in win or lose.
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Doubt it. If the committee has a viable choice (i.e., a one-loss conference champion), they’ll get it over an SEC runner-up whether they deserve to or not. Bama only got the pass in ’17 because the only remaining options had two losses each.
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It means Georgia has to beat LSU twice to win the national championship.
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You really don’t think Clemmons or Buckeyes can beat them?
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Can yes. Will no.
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LSU is likely in if they enter the SECCG without a loss.
Further If LSU’s only loss is to UGA who wins out. UGA and LSU both get in and if Ohio St. drops a game and Bama wins out, the stage will be set for a playoff field of:
Clemson
UGA
LSU
Bama
Yes 3 SEC teams.
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Ohio State looks like they are going to destroy the remainder of their regular season schedule and the B1G CG. I’d say another bama loss is more likely than an OSU loss.
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They have been known to drop a random game to a completely mediocre Big10 team.
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I would love this because it would be the immediate impetus for 8 teams which I think is the best and final solution.
5 P5 conference champs.
3 at large.
Whining at that point is just for entertainment value.
As great as it is for the SEC to have 2 teams in, I’ve always found it kinda bullshit to have two P5 conference champs excluded.
And the fact that every year it is guaranteed to have a P5 conf champ excluded sucks anyway.
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Which is exactly why I don’t want it. The 4 team has devalued the regular season enough.
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I am not arguing with your plan but is it likely? By that I mean it is a mistake to use selection criteria for an official NCAA championship tournament for figuring out what happens with the ESPN Invitational.
ESPN did not create this nonsense in order to create a way to “crown a true champion,” it created this nonsense to have better programming and ratings that it had before. If ESPN left selection of the top 5/8ths of the field to the conferences to be determined the first Saturday in December and all “The Committee “ took collective hats off for was to decide which runners-up to use to fill the brackets then ESPN would lose a lot of programming with the most value. If it expands ESPN will insist that it still uses the selection committee format for all invited.
While I am at the, the scarcity of just four slots adds programming value to the mid season selection shows.
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So I assume a loss to Georgia is a better loss than a loss to South Carolina…What about a loss to the team that lost to South Carolina? That can’t be good….
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LSU would have a loss to Georgia, who lost to South Carolina, who lost to App St., who lost to Ga Southern who lost to…LSU.
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Winner of the SECCG is in, regardless of which team that is. Loser is out, exactly as it should be. I see winner of SECCG, winner of PAC 12 title game, Clemson, and ohio, unless one of those stumbles and a 2 loss team is a conference champ. That won’t work this year, would have in 2017, imo. Big 12 out unless several teams screw the pooch. I have no issue with that at all. Folks should be concerned with winning conference titles, not how to get a 2nd team in for a few extra pieces of silver/gold. Money isn’t in short supply in the SEC or Big 14, the only two possible candidates.
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Maybe Oklahoma or Utah but ducks not in over LSU after auburn loss.
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Before Tua got hurt, the worst scenario (for the SEC? for the committee? for both?) would be if Bama and Georgia won out, leaving all three teams at 12-1 with impressive wins over good teams. I’d venture Georgia and LSU would get in, but Bama would be left out due to less quality wins. But how hard would it be to leave them out? Now, without Tua, I think they may be devalued somewhat, but I’d love to beat LSU and figure it out.
But first, I really want to beat the (stupid) Aggies, and then RUTS on Tech.
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