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bw1985 t1_iyyn14r wrote

Reply to comment by AnyUsernameWillDo10 in Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio St. picked for CFP by Nuonorp

If Alabama was that good they wouldn’t have lost twice. I’m not so sure they would beat any of the teams in the playoff. Hell they could barely beat a backup QB Texas team by 1 point.

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AnyUsernameWillDo10 t1_iyyt96q wrote

Let’s not confuse the losses with “not being good.” Their 2 losses were on the road by a combined 4 points—both on the final plays of the game. They’re a good football team that was beat by good football teams playing in the toughest conference.

Again, those losses prevented their chance at the playoff (as it should), but to leave it at losses=bad is misguided.

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bw1985 t1_iyyu0bk wrote

They’re a good team, definitely. I said they’re not that good where a reasonable person would have no doubt that they’d beat all the playoff teams other than Georgia. Those are two very different things. They lost to LSU and Tennessee, of course they could lose to any of the playoff teams. They clearly didn’t establish themselves as a dominant team. Like I said, barely beat a shorthanded Texas team. This years Bama team isn’t the same as years’ past.

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