This past weekend was historic in the world of college football. For the first time ever, it was the start of the new 12-team College Football Playoff format. Instead of seeing playoff games being played at neutral site stadiums, we got to see actual playoff games played on college campuses.
As exciting as Saturday was, some of the games didn’t live up to expectations. We saw several blowouts and it made a few people upset to the point where they felt like they needed to voice their opinion on social media. Well, I’m sure glad that some of them did because what happened in Columbus, Ohio completely backfired on them.
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During the SMU vs. Penn State game, several members of the national media, including one head coach, voiced their displeasures with the college football playoff committee.
Keep in mind that when these tweets were coming out, Penn State was putting a beatdown on SMU. But later in the evening, things seemed a lot quieter on social media when Ohio State was opening up a can of whoop ass on Tennessee.
Now of course, Paul Finebaum is not going to be happy until there are 12 SEC teams in the playoff, so I am not surprised that he didn’t say another word. At this point, he is probably on his knees praying that Texas and Georgia don’t lose.
As for Lane Kiffin and all the other SEC media fan boys out there, they got served a big fat piece of humble pie on Saturday night as the entire country got to see Ohio State curb stomp a team from the almighty SEC.
Tennessee Blows Up SEC Narrative
My question is where did all of them go? During the SMU vs. Penn State game, all of these people were tweeting left and right about the committee getting the 12 teams wrong and telling everyone that teams like Alabama and Ole Miss should have gotten in. But during the Ohio State vs. Tennessee game, it seemed like all the little trolls vanished into thin air.
Nobody dared to ask the question of whether Tennessee belonged in the playoff or not. Even if Ohio State had beaten them by 50, nobody would have said that. Why? Because it didn’t fit the narrative they were pushing. Think about it. ESPN is bed with the College Football Playoff and ESPN is also in bed with the SEC, owning all the TV rights for the league. And while the College Football Playoff and the SEC are laying next to each other in the same bed, ESPN just so happens to be in between them.
The Alabama/Ole Miss Debate
As for the whole argument of Alabama or Ole Miss being in the playoff, did either one of them deserve to be in? The Crimson Tide lost three games this season in a year where they played four bad teams in the non-conference. Western Kentucky (8-6), USF (6-6), Wisconsin (5-7), and Mercer don’t exactly move the needle. It also doesn’t help that they lost to Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and a terrible Oklahoma Sooners team by three touchdowns.
Ole Miss didn’t do themselves any favors either. They played just one team from the Power 4 in the non-conference which was Wake Forest who went 4-8 this year. Meanwhile, they lost games against Kentucky, LSU, and Florida. It’s not like any of those teams were great. LSU had a down year, Florida lost five games, and Kentucky didn’t even make a bowl game.
So, to those who claim that Ole Miss and Alabama would have had a better chance in the playoff compared to some of the other teams who got in, my question would be, “What were the chances of a bad Oklahoma beating Alabama by 20+ points?” Or, “What were the chances of Kentucky team who finished 4-8 beating Ole Miss?”
All these national media talking heads and SEC fan boys love playing hypothetical games. Why? Because the SEC doesn’t lose any of them. In fact, the SEC is undefeated in them. Just ask the people who make the claims.
