(01-05-2018 10:39 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-05-2018 10:17 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  I am rooting for AL for the first time ever. I want the 2nd place team in Sec West, 3 place team in SEC to be National champs, while UCF the Undefeated AAC champ, and AAC east champ, And peach bowl champ, who beat the Sec West champ, that beat the national champ for 1st place in SEC west. is not the legitimate champion..

Only in college football elitist circles does that make sense. or in the mind of mr potato head..

First, in many sports, teams that don't win their division win the championship, happens all the time. In the NFL, i saw a 10-6 team, a wild card, beat a 16-0 team to win the Super Bowl.

Second, transitivity is silly. LSU beat Syracuse this year, Syracuse beat Clemson, so i guess LSU deserved a playoff spot more than Clemson? Dumb thinking.

Nobody in their right mind would say that UCF beating a 3-loss Auburn team that didn't win their conference is a big deal. It's not.

Heck, how many conference champs did UCF beat this year? If Alabama wins the title, they will have beaten the ACC champ and the SEC champ.

UCF? Anybody?

All relevant points. But you also cannot ignore the institutionalized advantages that an Alabama has over a UCF.

Due to the system Alabama has a recruiting advantage over UCF because it has playoff access and UCF does not.

Due to the system Alabama generally has additional home games against ranked foes built-in that UCF does not enjoy.

There are others.

So yes, Alabama is a much better team than UCF is, there is no denying it. But the system is set up to make it easy for Alabama to be a much better team than UCF...in fact almost certain to be a much better team than UCF...every year...no matter what UCF does.

So you have to take that into account when you judge their relative accomplishments.

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