Examining SEC’s Impact: Alabama's Chances with Three Losses

SportsGrid

Watch Examining SEC’s Impact: Alabama's Chances with Three Losses - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00Let me start with the SEC, I suppose, because you gave me the whole breakdown last week

00:08about all the two-loss teams and everything.

00:10Well, now I've got three-loss teams, Bill, in Alabama and Ole Miss.

00:14Have we completely dismissed the three-loss teams, or do we have scenarios where, specifically

00:20Alabama, they could sneak in the back door?

00:24Yeah, I think they're the interesting one, because they always go to the front of the

00:28line no matter how many losses they have.

00:31They were the first one-loss team, the first two-loss team, and now here they are, the

00:36first three-loss team.

00:38And it was a bad weekend, though.

00:40It was really bad for them, how they looked.

00:43It wasn't just the loss to Oklahoma, it was not being able to complete a pass, looking

00:47overwhelmed on the offensive side.

00:49I don't know that they're deserving even if somebody does lose.

00:52Like, here's one of the complicated discussions we're going to have.

00:56What if – are you taking a three-loss Alabama over the two-loss loser of the ACC championship

01:04game?

01:05To me, like, SMU deserves an at-large bid more than Alabama at that point.

01:11We were just having this discussion, like, ten minutes ago here, me and Joe were having

01:15the same talk.

01:16Like, SMU and Miami obviously have to – well, Miami definitely has to, because if they lose,

01:22Clemson's going to walk through the door.

01:24But if SMU takes care of business against Cal, and they stay with one loss going into

01:29that game, and Miami and SMU play a great game, fun, competitive, both teams look deserving,

01:37I think they should both be in, Bill.

01:41And I know that people want SEC, and it's the big brands, and it's the big numbers and

01:47all of those things, but I don't know if you can squeeze Indiana and the loser of that

01:53game, but maybe we can.

01:55Why not?

01:56We got 12 now, Bill.

01:57Can we squeeze both in?

01:58Well, I think we will squeeze Indiana in, despite what happened in Columbus, which you

02:03and I talked about, where Indiana's not in Ohio State's zip code.

02:08We saw that on the field.

02:10But to compare them against Ohio State, right now, Ohio State looks like one of the two

02:13best teams in the country.

02:14I'll get to the other one here in a minute.

02:16But Indiana still deserves to be in.

02:21By the end of the day, they were looking a lot better once Ole Miss lost at Florida,

02:26Texas A&M took their loss, and now the SEC, the masters of spin, there's a chance they

02:32may have to spin an SEC championship game with a three-loss Texas A&M if they beat Texas,

02:38and a three-loss Georgia if Georgia Tech somehow beats them.

02:41Can you imagine the things we would hear in the week leading up to that game in Atlanta

02:45if that happens?

02:46I don't think it will, but it's fun to think about.

Category

Transcript

Recommended