Jordan Rodgers calls out ‘crazy’ decision to rank Alabama over Tennessee
By Ethan Stone
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A little under a month ago, the Tennessee Volunteers waxed the Alabama Crimson Tide in front of a home crowd inside Neyland Stadium.
Now, the Vols and Crimson Tide both sit at 7-2, the Vols having lost to Texas and South Carolina while Alabama has lost to Georgia and, of course, Tennessee. Despite Tennessee’s head-to-head win, however, the CFP Committee placed Alabama at No. 3 and Tennessee at No. 8 in their latest rankings, which were released on Tuesday night.
In case you haven’t noticed already, a lot of people are deeply unsatisfied with that decision.
Among those confused by the ranking is Jordan Rodgers, who critiqued CFP chair Hunter Yurachek for the rankings on Wednesday morning’s Get Up. Here’s what he had to say:
“I think my biggest issue with what we saw was, once again, Tennessee being not just behind Alabama but to the point of not being able to be compared for the head-to-head for the same pod,” Rodgers said. ” What’s crazy about that is, Tennessee — by the Committee’s own rankings — beat your 11th ranked team 34-6 by 4 touchdowns and beat Alabama, who you have them ahead of, by 2 scores as well. So, they got 2 wins in the top 11 that are by more than 2 touchdowns.”
Rodgers continued…
“This is now the 2nd week in a row that he’s referenced Mississippi State, who they beat when MSU was 4-0, but they conveniently keep going back to that game, but inconveniently keep forgetting that Kamario Taylor was banged up and playing through a toe injury that he ended up missing the rest of the season.”
Hear Rodgers’ full comments below:
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Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
