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Spartacus1987 said:
Dam just brilliant playcalling on defense by Bama to win that game blitzing like all hell. Knowles would have rushed 3 or 4 and allowed South Carolina to easily get into FG range
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Brillant defense play calling against a team that scored a whopping 23 pts vs Old Dominion. Are you related to these SEC homer announcers.
 
This has been an incredible Saturday of close games, including close calls for Bama and Oregon to go along with overtime in numerous games (Penn St-USC, Purdue-Illinois, Florida-Tennessee, Ole Miss-LSU).
 
I know most of us were in favor of the 12-team playoff — with @14Red a notable dissenter who claimed it would hurt the regular season. Today showed exactly why the 12-team format is so much better.

Ole Miss vs. LSU — which would have been a fun but virtually meaningless game in the 4-team playoff era — became a crucial contest tonight, with Ole Miss ultimately suffering a very damaging loss. Alabama and Tennessee would have been left for dead after losing to Vandy and Arkansas, but instead had their playoff hopes on the line down the stretch against South Carolina and Florida today. And now those two meet in a huge game next week. Teams with an early loss like Clemson and Notre Dame continue to play meaningful games as they try to march toward a full resume worthy of playoff inclusion.
 
AEW Champion said:
I know most of us were in favor of the 12-team playoff — with @14Red a notable dissenter who claimed it would hurt the regular season. Today showed exactly why the 12-team format is so much better.

Ole Miss vs. LSU — which would have been a fun but virtually meaningless game in the 4-team playoff era — became a crucial contest tonight, with Ole Miss ultimately suffering a very damaging loss. Alabama and Tennessee would have been left for dead after losing to Vandy and Arkansas, but instead had their playoff hopes on the line down the stretch against South Carolina and Florida today. And now those two meet in a huge game next week. Teams with an early loss like Clemson and Notre Dame continue to play meaningful games as they try to march toward a full resume worthy of playoff inclusion.
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Opposite, these games mean less because teams with 2-3 losses get in, sure the teams with 1-2 losses now are playing for their playoff lives, but why isn't it better to reward teams who go undefeated? It's just watered down. As good as the Ohio State/ Oregon game was last night, was it critical? Nah. They'll likely play again for the big ten final, then they actually could play again in the playoffs. The 4 team was better.
 
14Red said:
Opposite, these games mean less because teams with 2-3 losses get in, sure the teams with 1-2 losses now are playing for their playoff lives, but why isn't it better to reward teams who go undefeated? It's just watered down. As good as the Ohio State/ Oregon game was last night, was it critical? Nah. They'll likely play again for the big ten final, then they actually could play again in the playoffs. The 4 team was better.
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Your argument fails because 4 teams have never gone undefeated to make the playoff. The issue was always how the committee decided which teams to put in with 1 loss. This eliminates that problem. Sure there may be issues with the 10th and 11th seeded teams that get in, but those teams are going to have a hard time winning the title
 
14Red said:
Opposite, these games mean less because teams with 2-3 losses get in, sure the teams with 1-2 losses now are playing for their playoff lives, but why isn't it better to reward teams who go undefeated? It's just watered down. As good as the Ohio State/ Oregon game was last night, was it critical? Nah. They'll likely play again for the big ten final, then they actually could play again in the playoffs. The 4 team was better.
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To build on @Cedar_Point’s point, of the 40 teams who have made the playoff between 2014 and 2023, just 16 were undefeated. That means 60% of the teams have had 1 loss and made the 4 team playoff. Another hilariously silly take by 14Red.
 
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