Auburn WR Anthony Schwartz frustrated by final Playoff rankings
The Auburn Tigers learned their bowl destination Sunday afternoon, as they are headed to the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
However, prior to that announcement, Auburn’s Anthony Schwartz wasn’t too happy with the final College Football Playoff Rankings. In a weekend it didn’t play, Auburn dropped from No. 11 to No. 12. Schwartz was upset at the selection committee who kept Wisconsin at No. 8 despite losing to Ohio State 34-21 in the Big Ten Championship Game. On the other hand, Auburn gave LSU its toughest game of the season.
“So Wisconsin gets beat by double-digits and makes a NY6 and we lose to LSU by 3 and we’re behind them,” Schwartz tweeted. “What a joke.”
The Badgers will play Oregon in the Rose Bowl Game, while Auburn will play in the Outback Bowl. The Tigers were holding out hope for a New Year’s Six Bowl, but that didn’t pan out.
Auburn (9-2) will face off against Minnesota (10-2) in what figures to be a very interesting matchup. The Tigers dominant defense against the Golden Gophers offense should be highly entertaining.
So Wisconsin gets beat by double digits and makes a NY6 and we lose by 3 to LSU and we’re behind them. What a joke
— Anthony Schwartz (@anthony_flash10) December 8, 2019
He is right.
He has a good point. It is what it is though, and we just need to finish strong. Ride for the brand Schwartz.
wisconsin is overrated for sure.
Auburn is not 9-2. They are 9-3 that’s the main reason they are not in a NY6 Bowl.
Wisconsin has 3 losses. Virginia has 4 losses.
Here’s my beef and bear with me please:
Bama started in the CFP rankings at #3. Lose to LSU at home by 5 with a QB (Tua) NOT at 100%. Tua was obviously limping towards the end. I know he is injury prone. Bama drops to #5 which is fair.
Lost to Auburn at JHS by a field goal (48-45) with a backup QB with two career actual starts that performed well (other than 2 pick sixes) and amassed 515 yards of offense over and elite defense. Fell from #5 to #12. Heck of a fall. Fell another spot today.
Conference championship games yesterday:
– Georgia loses to LSU by 27 and falls one spot.
– Baylor loses to Oklahoma by 7 and stays put.
– Utah loses to Oregon by 3 scores and stays put.
– Virginia loses to Clemson by 45 and drops 1 spot.
Something in the CFP committee stinks, don’t you think?
– Wisconsin loses to Ohio St by 13 and stays put.
I will answer your question with a question: name a team that Alabama beat this year that lost fewer than 5 games. You can’t because they didn’t. The best team that Bama beat this year was either Tennessee (losers to BYU and Georgia State) or Texas A&M. Add that to the two losses to ranked teams – including an Auburn team that finished #5 in the SEC – and Tua’s injury and the mediocre defense and the inconsistent running game and what on earth is Alabama’s case for being any better than Oregon, Utah, Baylor, Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State and Florida in the first place?
Now let’s go back to Auburn. They played Alabama, LSU, UF, UGA and Oregon. Went 2-3 in those games. They also proved themselves of being just as capable of sweeping 5 loss and losing teams as the Tide was (and UGA wasn’t). Since you lost to Auburn, what is your basis for thinking that Alabama would have done any better against a schedule that tough?
Are you blaming the committee for Alabama’s weak schedule, their failure to beat anyone good when they had the two chances, the Tua injury and the suspect defense? Would you blame the committee for doing the same thing to anyone else not named Alabama?
The CFP stinks only because they didn’t gift Bama a more prestigious bowl or somehow just put them in the playoff because … reasons?
This is simply a return to normalcy when it comes to Bama.
It’s not Bama’s fault Tua got hurt, but it’s not anyone else’s fault either. It’s not Bama’s fault most of their defensive stars were AWOL for one reason or another … but it wasn’t anybody else’s fault either. Maybe Bama wins with a healthy Tua (I doubt it). Maybe Bama beats Auburn with a healthy Tua (Maybe, I’m not convinced Tua was superman).
Then again, maybe Auburn is undefeated if Nix makes a few more passes.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Bama is 10-2. Just go win your bowl game (you should be able to).
Sigh. Wisconsin and UVa won their divisions. Auburn finished 3rd in theirs and #5 in the SEC overall. So unless you want SEC teams to play each other in bowl games, there is no way that the #5 team in the SEC is going to get a bowl game over the #2 team from another conference.
I understand fully what you stated above and it makes perfect sense. Our ooc schedule was weak. I get it. It’s tough to win games when your front seven was plagued by injuries both pre season and into the season.
Our front seven turned into 5 true freshman taking up the slack. I’m hoping next season the injury bug will be nicer to us and cut us some slack.
When will Colorado win the PAC12 and get out of cellar dweller?
How about the fact that Wisconsin lost to a 6-6 Illinois team, and then was blown out by Ohio State a few weeks later?
How about the fact Utah didn’t beat anyone better than 7-5 while being in the worst conference in the entirety of CFB?
Or the world beaters that are the Baylor Bears? Their best win is against Oklahoma State, which would be better if Oklahoma State had a win to hang their hat on.
Alabama lost two games by a combined total of 8 points to two legitimate top 10 teams while dealing with significant injuries, but we’re basically considered to be no better than a fringe top-15 team?
There’s no consistency with the rankings between teams, which is what has fans around the SEC feeling irritated.
This comes down to two factors. The bowl tie ins and the position Auburn is in the SEC. Wisconsin gets in the Rose Bowl b/c they were the highest ranked Big 10 team outside of playoffs. One could argue that Wisconsin shouldn’t be ranked 2nd in the Big 10. I think they got the nod because their 3rd loss came in the CG. Penn State or even Minnesota could have gotten that spot seeing as they only have 2 losses. Auburn didn’t get a NY6 bid because they ate the 4th highest ranked SEC team behind LSU, GA, and Florida. The rules are that a conference can not have more than 3 reps in the NY6 bowls. LSU gets the playoff, GA(being ranked 2nd) gets the tie in with the Sugar Bowl, and Florida(being ranked higher than Auburn) gets that 3rd spot. This seems fair since both GA and Florida beat Auburn. If Auburn wins one of those games then they would have gotten that 3rd spot.
Who cares? It doesn’t matter. Wisconsin would still be playing in the Rose Bowl because they came 2nd in the Big Ten and Auburn would still be playing in the Outback Bowl. Auburn definitely has the easier bowl matchup than Wisconsin.
Auburn has already beaten Oregon, just saying.
The fastest man in college football has a point. Last week’s ranking of Wiscy at 8 was a joke and a last ditch attempt to let OSU grab the top spot. OSU didn’t get the expected blowout win.
They had to keep their bowl tie- ins. It’s time to drop the SEC vs BIG 10 in about 5 bowls. Rank the bowl games and let them chose who they want. You really think the Cotton wanted Memphis?
Personally I think Auburn deserved a New years six bowl. Evidently the new years 6 doesn’t go by the same rules as the playoff and isn’t trying to get the top 12 teams outside of the final four.
Guess they are just trying to keep traditions alive.
Auburn is a better team then Wisconsin, however because of the stupid bowl rules they can’t play in perhaps the Rose Bowl because they aren’t from the BIG or Pac12