And it just lost to Alabama.Īlabama may end up being compared directly to Texas. Georgia isn’t a conference champion - one of the listed criteria the committee considers. The committee proved last year that they do, taking TCU over an Alabama team that would have been favored by at least a touchdown against the Horned Frogs. We live in the real world where we’ve spent the last three months playing real games. This is the same Alabama team that lost to Texas, trailed by double digits at halftime to Tennessee, got dragged into an ugly, rainy slugfest against USF, needed Jimbo Fisher to shrink in big moments to survive Kyle Field, nearly coughed up a big lead against Arkansas and needed a miracle fourth-and-31 to survive a trip to Auburn.Īnd the Crimson Tide closed their season by beating Georgia, a team that probably wins that simulated 12-team Playoff 55 times out of 100.īut we don’t have a 12-team Playoff.
