Mulk

Probably about the same as if Bama hadn't have made it in this year. Or, Georgia this year. It goes with passionate fan bases. I really like Bama but you have to admit that this is probably not one of their best teams and it showed with on field results. Also, this was not the strongest of SEC fields. Voting needs to be eliminated. How? I don't know but the NFL model seems to work. If they continue to have a selection committee, I also think the SEC would benefit more by not having a championship game.

Sometimes people like to use the previous week's standings to support their point. Using your logic, Bama was ranked 8th going in? I like Bama but jumping over 6 teams (GA I understand) because they won this game is a bit much. The SEC plays good football but they were 4-6 against the ACC this season. Someone else posted that they had a losing record against power 5 conferences this season. You are probably right about Vegas but it is for gambling without a lot of transparency. Do you think that Vegas should replace the committee?

Now, that he might go to Georgia he is at least a 4 star if not 5 star......

One man's junk is another man's treasure. Tennessee seems happy to have him.

Wasn't it footballoutsiders that had them 12th ranked overall?

I think both Saban and Dabo have stated several times that recruiting is important, but rankings are not so important. Dabo has been adamant that his staff's evaluation of their incoming talent is going to be much more accurate than some publication trying to sell subscriptions. Clemson has never received a top 5 rating but their talent and on field results has been impressive for the last 4 or 5 years. Places like Georgia, LSU and even Tennessee has had some top 5 ranked classes and because of on field results, those coaches are not even there anymore. If Saban or Dabo want a recruit, I am sure that they are a very very good high school player. Another way to put it - it really doesn't matter what 247 thinks.

A post season ban is not that big a deal - a lot of teams/players don't want to be there anyway.

SEC defenses? Offensive minded teams torched even some of the so called best defenses this season. And, didn't Georgia have better talent than 100% of their (or anyone else's) schedule?

In a top to bottom matchup with the ACC, you wouldn't have any shot.

I could say unsubstantiated stuff similar to yours, but I'll stick to the 30-25 real head to head numbers that I mentioned. Those numbers reflect this season's numbers. Thirty losses are a lot of losses over a 5 year period to a weak conference. Is it not?

I think the ACC was down this year but the ACC is 30-25 versus the SEC in all games played during the playoff era. Of course, that is actual on field results as opposed to things like rhetoric. Bama has a great team and the SEC has some good teams just like other conferences do. But, it hasn't been very hard for Bama to dominate the SEC. Has it?

Bama is resting their players after the 1st quarter in most of their "rugged" SEC games. Well rested by the end of the season, but untested.

There is no dispute who the dominant team is in the SEC. Who the hell is challenging Bama in the SEC? Nobody. Bama doesn't even have to win its division, much less conference to make the playoffs. What easier path can there be?

Part of Georgia lore. Spurrier was losing before the Georgia game and AFTER the Georgia game. Neither Georgia or their QB ran Spurrier off.

I believe that both teams have dominated their respective conferences almost equally - 55-4 over the last 4 years???? And, it's been proven that Bama doesn't even have to win their division, much less conference, to get in the playoffs. Maybe they have earned that, but what easier path can there be? Saban is the best coach ever and as long as he is at Bama, they will be a force. But, this Clemson and easy path thing is all rhetoric, especially when you consider on field results instead of recruiting "rankings"