Might be wrong, they might beat Tennessee, but curious to see if they bounce back after that Thumping South Carolina gave 'em. I don't know if they will. Guess we'll see what they do with Lswho first...

What Bronco said

Dave Portnoy put $100k on Bama to win it all; 11-1 odds

That’s a nice payday.

They said today on f-bomb -if Bama gets to sec championship and loses - they still may go

I would not think Any 3 loss team would go and i think over half the sec teams with 3 losses would never go - but bama
May still be in it even w a loss

The committee said early on that they will not penalize a team for losing the conference championship game. Since it is an extra game that other teams don’t necessarily play in.

I feel like if we have learned anything about Alabama since the beginning of the Saban era, it's that if there is anyway possible, the "committee" will put them in. At the end of the day money talks, Bama brings in the money. Fans travel and spend. A 10 loss Bama team would bring in way more money than an undefeated Boise st.

It's more about TV than ticket sales and Bama will bring more eyes. But; they need to play well.

Which year did the committee put a non deserving team, whether Bama or anyone else, in the playoffs?

People are already upset and arguing about the rankings with a few more weeks to play. I think they will do their best to get it right. They are going to make a killing no matter who makes it and who doesn’t.

Yep, the money is locked in for TV and the games will sell out no matter who plays.
A playoff game on a home field in the first year of playoff's will be tough ticket in the early rounds,

Could start with the years that Bama didn't win their division or play for conference championship. The teams were super talented and I know won the NCAA but just always felt no one else would have been given that opportunity.

Holcomb, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that the team that won the National Championship by beating 2 teams in a 4 team playoff wasn’t one of the 4 best teams?

Surely he isn't also referring to the 2012 Championship game 😏 Man that was a good un 😌

I think He is referring to the season when LSU beat Bama 9-6 regular season game. Bama had to have Oklahoma State lose to Iowa State which happened. Bama did not win the SEC West or SEC Championship game. Bama backfired into BCS Championship game with a rematch/ revenge game against LSU in New Orleans Superdome. Bama won game 21-0 against LSU to win BCS Championship.

Yep everything that needed to happen did, but some reason i'm thinking there was one other team that need to lose also 🤔

If he is talking about that year, the results of the decision to put Bama in defeats his claim that the committee puts Bama in simply because their fans travel well.

There wasn’t any excuse for losing that game in Tuscaloosa. Saban played crazy conservative and had those kids tighter than a banjo string. He outcoached himself in that one.

Remember that play in the 3rd quarter of the first game where McCarron completed that long ball down to the 1 yard line and after the DB and the receiver (with possession) were both on the ground and the DB ripped the ball away from him? They awarded that turd an INT and completely turned that game around. Still chaps my behind to this day.

There's a legitimate argument that Alabama has probable had the best overall team top to bottom since 2009. Lane Kiffin is quoted as saying that it was awesome coaching there because they knew that every time that they stepped on the field at least every player they had on the Bama team with maybe the exception of 1 was better than every player on the opposing team. So, I absolutely believe they had a top 4 team every year, but shouldn't winning your division or conference count for something? I dont remember what year it was but 1 year Penn St beat Ohio St head-to-head, won their division, played for and won their conference and Ohio st. jumped them in to the play-offs. We all know better teams than TCU were left out that year.

All, I'm saying is that some teams seem to get a benefit that others don't. Kiffin is catching heck right now because he said he don't want to play in SEC championship game. He knows 3 losses puts his team out. It has been talked about in this thread how Bama could still make it with a SEC championship game loss.

No team whoever it is should be penalized for having to play an extra game in their Conference Championship while the other teams that did not get to play in Conference Championship sit at home and don’t have to risk losing a game. Hopefully common sense will be used in this situation.