Danny Kanell explains why Alabama should be eliminated from CFP if Tide lose to Georgia
Danny Kannell is no stranger to poking the bear across the SEC, but this time, he offers an opinion not seen almost anywhere else.
The college football analyst questioned why there’s a conversation brewing about Alabama losing to Georgia and still making the College Football Playoff. Kannell didn’t spell out which four teams should make the CFP, but he obviously believes only one SEC team should make it. But he earlier ranked his top four as Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Georgia.
“Why is the conversation being had “If Bama loses, they should still be in,” Kanell tweeted. “I think they are the best team in country and will beat Georgia BUT if they lose maybe we should consider that WE WERE WRONG ABOUT BAMA.
Pure and simple, Georgia wins they’re in. Bama is out. Period.”
This debate also opens the conversation that goes like this: Are the four CFP participants the best four teams in the country, or can there be a conference title runnerup included in that group? Taking it a step further, one wonders how to factor in the other teams in the conference title games, such as Northwestern, Pitt and Texas, and how they stack up with the contenders for the fourth spot.
It’s difficult to see how the consensus could be wrong about Alabama’s dominance if the Crimson Tide lose to a one-loss Georgia team on a neutral field.
Why is the conversation being had "If Bama loses, they should still be in". I think they are the best team in country and will beat Georgia BUT if they lose maybe we should consider that WE WERE WRONG ABOUT BAMA.
Pure and simple, Georgia wins they're in. Bama is out. Period.
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) November 27, 2018
Considering the BODY OF WORK to GET to the SEC Championship vs say the ACC or B1G, why would those two “champions” have a leg up on a one Loss Alabama or even a TWO loss GA?? Ohio St was VERY lucky to get past a crappy Maryland team and got the SNOT beat out of them by PURDUE. Clemson had sever close calls and only a few lucky bounces and suspect calls prevented them from losing to both A&M (26-23 vs AL over A&M 45-23 and some bone head plays by Syracuse! Even our lowly Gamecocks hung with the Tigers and were two goal line fourth down plays from scoring 49 and ONE fourth down from stopping CU from getting to 56! If the FOUR BEST are the goal then OSU is out no matter what and if Clemson can’t beat PITT (losers 24-3 vs Miami) by at least 49 points then they should move down a notch. ND is in. That leaves OK/Texas winner – no way Texas is in with a win and DEFINITELY OK is out with a loss – might be even with a close win! Kannell is an idiot – proven time after time so why does he keep his high paying job (I guess it is – shouldn’t be if intelligence is a factor) with illogical reasoning like his? I’m sure he voted for The hilLIARry!
The same body of work that Bama navigated to get to the SECCG was also navigated by the opposing teams, so why should Bama be shown a benefit of the doubt not afforded to others…if team B loses to Bama that doesn’t make the other 2 playoff members superior to team B, it just means they haven’t played superior talent like team B has, or if others are eliminated for losing in the final weeks of the season they(Bama) should be eliminated also with a loss. I’m not taking shots at Bama, i’m talking about the fairness( or unfairness ) of the process, shouldn’t be one set of rules for certain teams and a different rule for everyone else…
If Alabama were to lose in a blowout, I could see that they would be left out assuming Oklahoma wins. However a close loss would be the best loss of the season. How could they be left out then?
Agreed. A Bama loss to UGA would be a better loss than OSU’s loss to Purdue or OU’s loss to Texas. Especially if they keep it close.
Remember UGAS miserable loss to the 3rd best team in the SEC West? I do.
Remember LSUs losses to Florida, texas am and bama? I do
How does who he voted for have anything to do with his illogical football statement? Everyone has their own reasons and beliefs when it comes to the candidate of their choice. It doesn’t make someone an idoit because they voted for the opposite candidate. They simply believe the candidate they choose is the best candidate to represent them. We’re all Americans. We all want what’s best for the country. But we all have different beliefs on how to do it. That doesn’t make someone with a different viewpoint stupid or your enemy. We blast Congress for being partisan and never getting anything done but Congress is simply a reflection of America. Nothing will ever get accomplished if we’re constantly insulting and belittling one another instead of coming together to compromise. A house divided will not stand. Stop lending to the divide.
^^^ wish more people thought this way.
A most commendable take, sir.
Did I miss something? What does politics have to do with this discussion?
Seriously…
“BLSINSC” said “I’m sure he voted for The HiLIARy!”, which, while a guess that I don’t think is wrong, is something not relevant to the discussion at all. “Cody” reprimanded him for bashing someone (although they deserved it) based on their assumed political ideology.
I don’t like this guy, but I don’t like many people. Alabama is one of the better teams in the country right now, and even with one loss, depending on the margin of victory in said loss, it’d be hard not to suggest that they are as equal, if not better, than a one-loss Texas or Oklahoma or Ohio State. The CFP’s job is to get the four best teams in the nation, and I haven’t seen much to suggest this Alabama team, even with a single loss, is not one of the four best teams this year. Because of people like Kanell, and UCF fans, I desire nothing more than for Alabama to go undefeated. If you don’t lose any, then no one can take that from you. And don’t even mention UCF; they played TWO FCS schools last season, didn’t even play all of their regular season games (didn’t make up the Georgia Tech game) and played one of the worst schedules in the country. If Alabama played a Strength of Schedule in the bottom thirty, two FCS schools, people would be up in arms. They already are about the ONE FCS team Alabama played this year….UCF plays TWO, yet people think they should be champs?
Bonus question: how will this Tweet go down if UCF loses to Memphis in the American Championship Game? That’s a very real possibility.
Even if we win this Saturday, Alabama should still be in. You can’t deny the body of work that bama has accomplished this year.
Truth. I hate bama as much as the next Vol but credit where credit is due.
Wow. Kannell is doubling, tripling, and even quadrupling down on this idiotic opinion.
Not a lot of guys would have the nerve to so casually toss their credibility as a sports analyst out the window. Kudos for that, Dan.
But I’m sorry. Now you sound as silly as the drunken dope with the UCF jersey at the end of the bar.
He is the drunken dope with the UCF jersey at the end of the bar.
He believes they’re the best team in the country but if they happen to lose to Georgia, who will be ranked #4, they’re not at least one of the best four teams? If Bama were to lose to Georgia, how would that loss be worse than OU’s loss to Texas or OSU’s loss to Purdue? It shouldn’t be when a team loses but how and to whom a team loses. If Bama lost to TN and then went on to win the SECCG, thats forgivable and they’d be in? But going undefeated and falling just short to another top ranked team isn’t forgivable? What kind of logic is that? The only team this century that has beaten every opponent by at least 22 points might not get in because of a loss to a top 4 team? That’s absurd.
Welcome to the mind of Danny Kanell. I think SDS posts his stuff just to give us a good laugh.
It’s really the logic that has been there all along. I think if Bama loses to UGA they will get in and should get in. But the logic has always been you get punished for losing your conference championship game. Saban said in 2012 after UGA lost to Bama in the SEC Championship that the two best teams in the nation played that night and it was sad that UGA would get a lesser bowl while Florida would go to the Sugar bowl. Because UGA lost, Florida went on to the Sugar bowl and got humiliated by Louisville while UGA went to the Capital 1 bowl. Its never been fair that you can win your division and be punished if you don’t win that championship game. But now with the playoffs, you can have a second chance if you dominate your schedule, which is fair. As a UGA fan I hate knowing that whatever goes down Saturday, we will end up getting screwed. If we lose were out unless all hell breaks loose, if we win we are champs of the SEC and then we get the grand prize of more than likely playing a very upset Bama team again.
If UGA wins, they will not play Bama in the first round. It would be:
1. Clemson
2. ND
3. Bama/UGA
4. UGA/Bama
Yeah, I think they’d rather avoid a week-to-week rematch instead of letting us hop Notre Dame.
That’d be a solid Playoff field, though.
I know we wouldn’t play them first,that’s why I said more than likely, assuming we win the first round of the playoffs.
Let’s not keep giving this troll attention. Danny is making a small fortune off of bashing Bama. Haven’t trusted a word from his mouth since his ill-fated ESPN “late-nite” stint where he showed up barefoot wearing a Bama jersey when Bama won championship. He’s a f**king trolling idiot.
He makes a fortune? I dunno….he wears turtle necks.
Just goes to show, you can’t buy class.
Each and every point made br GADAWG was accurate. I hate when people say you have to win your conference to get in. For those that want an 8 team playoff with automatic bids for CCs this would be possible. 3 loss PAC-12, 2 loss BIG-12, 4 loss BIG-10, 5 loss ACC. I understand this is possible but not probable. I’m just illustrating that a CC is not as important than wins and SOS.
That’s why I am in favor of getting rid of them all together regardless if it 8 or 4. If it is 8 you take you top 8 and play the first round this weekend and the semifinals as normal. If it is 4 then you take the 4 best team going into this week and that is your semifinals.
I think Alabama wins this week and stays at number one. I also think if UCF wins this week they should move them to number 4 and get destroyed by Alabama in the playoffs so we can all be done with it already.
All you had to do is WATCH Bama. They scored over 50 in almost every game and have one of the top 5 defenses in the nation. Then go watch OU and OSU. Hmmm.
Hey look it’s Proctor from the Police Academy movies. What do you know— he’s stupid.
We were not wrong about Danny Kanell. He is the one that should be out.
This POS probably doesn’t have Alabama in the playoffs even if they beat Georgia by 30. I don’t know why anyone pays him for college football insight. Plenty of ex-quarterbacks with just as much insight to the game that are capable of at least minimal objectivity.