I am sure the above four teams will be in in some sort of order, but as a contrarian, I think Georgia should be dropped.
Do I think Georgia is one of the best four teams? Yes. But, there have been those advocating an eight game playoff. From that perspective, Georgia lost in the first round. If there had been an eight game playoff and Georgia was given a second chance, everyone would be scandalized. So why not look at last nights game as a play into the playoff game?
(Note: I don't believe and never have believed that playoffs necessarily determine who has the best team. If you did a probability calculation and thought that one team was so dominant that it would be every other team four out of five times, their chances of winning an eight game playoff is about 50%. Upsets happen. Playoffs are not a necessary determiner of who has the best team.)
PS - Did I mention that I am a contrarian?
Then why not drop another team two weeks ago, or last week?
Let's drop Michigan two weeks ago. After all, "THE OSU" was going to take it all, right?.....
Let's look at ALL of the
#2 ranked teams during the season, obviously the fast-rising heir apparents for the NCAA championship trophy...
after all "GA isn't worthy", we all know it, and it's only a matter of time that GA folds.......if you're not sure, ask Herbie.....aka Kirk Herbstreit.
So who's on the rise each week, reaching #2 , and next to clobber Georgia, ranked # 1 all year?
Who's gonna take it all? Who will supplant GA?
Obviously it's Oklahoma .........uhhh wait! it's Cincinnati.......uhhh, no, Iowa .......uhhhh, no it's "who else"...."THE" OSU,
.....so, uhhhh, what the heck is going on??? All were ranked #2 at some point. Where are they?
Now I'm confused.........
So, exactly WHEN should we drop teams BEFORE the playoffs? Early on....But NO....Wait until the last week? Brilliant.
Drop UGA now? that's a funny one.
GA deserves to be in it more than ANY other team because they stayed atop the list as #1 for the whole season......
and every ESPN panelist and NCAA coach said so....
And for those saying now that they had an easy schedule, NO....... they beat several SEC teams that could have at any moment beat them----
it happens.
Any SEC team can rise up any given week, and history proves it.....Look at Auburn vs Alabama, and Kentucky beat Florida and LSU,
and regardless of opinion, playing in the SEC is brutal week after week. GA beat Auburn, GA beat Florida---huge rivalry games like AL vs Auburn
in the triple overtime last week. It can be close or an upset, but SEC teams are battle tough and have the athletes.
Those who hate the SEC, get over it.
AND, Michigan lost to Michigan State, another reason to drop them 2 weeks ago if your premise holds.
WHY would you give Michigan ITS second chance now. Losing to Michigan State is far worse than losing to Alabama.
We'll see how it all shakes out. I believe Michigan deserves to be in the top 4, but GA even more so.
Let Cincinnati take on Alabama...then you'll see if Cincinnati deserves the plaudits it's gotten this year AND in years prior....
It's "here we go again", I say.
But if Cincinnati does well, even wins it all, I'll be a believer. It's only because "spiritually I'm from Missouri"---the SHOW ME state!
I'm not inherently against Cincinnati, but their plight does get old to hear annually. GA beat them by one point last year in a bowl game,
but guaranteed, GA was not there in spirit, and the game meant little to the players. They tend to do that.
But still, a slim victory.
How does that stack up to Cincinnati beats Tulsa by only 8 and Navy by only 7.
Guess we should have dropped Cincinnati from the list a few weeks ago for poor showings against "far inferior programs"??
Were those similar to GA's losing to Alabama, THE perennial powerhouse football program in modern NCAA history?
Top 3 in playoffs should be AL, MI, and GA....and a toss up for #4. Because I firmly believe Baylor or Oklahoma State could beat Cincinnati.
YET political correctness reigns. Yes, let there be an 8-team playoff. ...I'm OK with it .......
And btw, "playoffs"
are the only way to determine a champion.
Look at Major League Baseball, where one run in the bottom of the ninth in game 7 on a bloop single can doom the opposing team. Fair???
Hockey? Where a slip on the ice, or a cheap shot, can lead to a goal and a Stanley Cup....... yes, in a playoff.
PGA Golf, where a missed one-foot putt can give away a major tournament win, worth about 2 million, or try $15,000,000 in the FedEx Cup "playoff".
Tennis & Wimbledon? Where one loose swing can lose it all, even after having played hard and hung around "dead even" for 4-5 hours.
..........(Djokovic beat Federer in the final set of Wimbledon 13-12 in a
tie-break in 2019.
..........One true champion and one true loser in that one??? Fair??? Fine hair you're splitting there. But it's SPORTS.)
World Cup Soccer, where a championship match can be decided by penalty kicks...in my opinion the most imbecilic method of deciding a winner.
Final word....Don't lose a playoff game, because the final winner gets the trophy.
I think it should be and WILL BE Alabama this year....they have been #1 for me all season, IMHO, regardless of polls.
And those who know Alabama and the talent in the SEC probably felt the same. I heard it over and over.
They are pure class and had some strange games, but they are where they should be. Better and deeper in talent than any other team,
with the greatest college football COACH of all time..
Take the #2 & 3 teams and form an all-star team----Alabama could beat them!
BTW, I've also been a huge Michigan fan since my teen years. Very happy to see them in their position---they do have a shot at it.
That was one of the best games vs "THE osu" I've ever seen.
Gratifying beyond measure.
But......As much as I am a die-hard GA fan, I concede that AL will ultimately reign again this year..... Roger that!
