(01-12-2018 03:39 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  Alabama stacks the deck in their favor and the committee gave them a pass. Note: I was on record of favoring Alabama over my home town school Ohio State, because I thought they were better. But had the committee valued conference championships more and punished schools that did not play an OOC P5 road game, they would have been justified.

All I am saying is Alabama is taking advantage of a the SEC's minimal 9 P5 opponent rule and the committee's reluctance to punish them for it. Smart play by Saban, no reason to change it. But it does give them a huge advantage to get in.

My point is also valid on the P12. They basically sent Washington, Stanford, and USC into double traps, and each got snared. Had one of them survived, especially Washington, they might have gotten a bid. That was a self inflicted wound. The SEC by comparison let's schools take a bye or an FCS opponent the week before their rivalry game. Again smart, but not an even playing field with the other conferences.

The committee broke the seal on the no CCG with tOSU last year. And SEC East teams, save UT, do play 9 P5 games with the OOC games versus the ACC.