Alabama has outscored their last 5 SEC opponent's 246 to 36

Submitted by rs207200 on December 12th, 2020 at 2:52 PM

And today's game is still going on, so it might get worse. Their closest game is a 14-point win this year. 

At this point, college football has been ruined by the playoffs. You might as well just put Alabama and Clemson in a home and home and skip the regular season. And I guess you can maybe add Ohio State to that list. All other teams aren't even close to their level. 

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rs207200

December 12th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^

Disagree completely. Ogeron didn't magically become an amazing coach after being pedestrian everywhere else.

He got lucky by having an amazing OC/Passing Game coordinator coupled with one of the best QBs in college football history. In addition, he had one of the most talented teams of all time (what was it, 12 draft picks in the first 3 rounds??)

Things of course won't be as bad as they were this year moving forward, but they are a 6-2 SEC school moving forward. 

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Qmatic

December 12th, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^

Agree. That was a once in a generation stars aligning team. The fact that they beat last years Bama team in Tuscaloosa and Clemson is beyond impressive. 

I believe that last years Bama team (when Tua was healthy which he was vs LSU) was the most talented of Saban’s tenure there. Tua, Harris, Jeudy, Ruggs, Smith, Waddle and 5 NFL linemen. 

Joe Burrow in my opinion had the best Heisman season perhaps ever.

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B-Nut-GoBlue

December 12th, 2020 at 6:28 PM ^

Yea...he's a fine coach.  He doesn't have shit for players right now and it shows.  Now, much of that is his fault.  I don't think he's much of a recruiter?  Maybe I'm wrong.  Either way...these are the guys he's recruited or maybe it's passed him by as it shows he's needed to get in the living room of some much better players.

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San Diego Mick

December 12th, 2020 at 2:57 PM ^

They're gonna win it all, they just look better than everyone else, I hope Ohio St. Has to face them, it will be fun seeing that shellacking. 

Also,  Mac Jones looks like an NFL QB and he should finish top 2 for the Heisman. 

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UMxWolverines

December 12th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^

College football was better with just a two team national championship and the BCS games. You played for a conference title and whatever happened after that was just icing on the cake. Now the same teams can afford a loss every year and still get into the playoff where a lot of the time in the BCS a loss especially at the wrong time knocked you out of title contention. 

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scfanblue

December 12th, 2020 at 3:29 PM ^

Alabama is beginning to peak right now on both sides of the ball. The coaching is a well oiled machine on top of that. They will be difficult to beat. Clemson is on their final year of their stretch and will be beat in the opening game. OSU has not been tested yet but do not count ND out. Kelly did a great job rebounding this year. 

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Perkis-Size Me

December 12th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^

College football is just getting tougher to watch year in and year out. Or at least harder to be invested in. It’s already pre-determined who is going to be in the playoffs before the season even starts. Clemson, Alabama and OSU fill three slots nearly every year, and then the fourth alternates between 2-3 other teams who are all clear steps below the other three on a year in, year out basis. 

Clemson, OSU and Alabama are just so much further ahead of everyone else that it’s comical. No one has even a remote chance of catching up. The rest of the FBS is all fighting for the leftover table scraps that these three don’t want.

And look, it is what it is. I’m not going to cry foul and say it’s not fair. If other teams want that level of success then they have to find ways on their own to raise their game. But they’re all facing massive uphill climbs, likely insurmountable ones until Saban and Swinney move on. And in OSU’s case, I don’t see them slowing down regardless of who coaches there. So yeah...sucks to be us, I guess. 

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The Geek

December 12th, 2020 at 3:51 PM ^

I agree, the playoffs are alway Bama, “Clemsin,” OSU and some other SEC team. I would prefer Clemson, Notre Dame, Alabama and Florida. OSU can watch from home. They should reward the SEC and ACC for playing full seasons. It won’t happen but it would be sweet. 

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uncle leo

December 12th, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^

"College football has been ruined by the playoffs."

How does Alabama's dominance have anything to do with the playoff?

With the old BCS, it would have been some combination of Alabama and Clemson over the last 5+ years. This at least gives SOMEONE else a chance to take them out.

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sleeper

December 12th, 2020 at 4:36 PM ^

Because the top recruits see the same 3-4 teams in the playoff every year and as one would expect, these top recruits go to these 3-4 schools and create a have vs have not scenario. That is why the only way out of this is to expand the to field to 8 and create more opportunities for teams to break the ceiling.

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AMazinBlue

December 12th, 2020 at 4:36 PM ^

As long as the playoff is only 4 teams, the rich will get richer.  The gap is widening quickly between the 3 haves and all the have-nots.  Notre Dame is crashing the party this year, but if Trevor Lawrence has played in the first meeting, ND would not be in the top 4.

Without playoff expansion soon, college football will become unwatchable as the outcomes will predetermined.

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Kevin13

December 12th, 2020 at 4:46 PM ^

I’ve been saying for a while there is no intrigue in college football. Clemson and Alabama play for the NC with OSU knocking on the door and georgia just outside. Who cares anymore no other team has any chance to win it all. Those teams are in a different stratosphere and no one else is close. It’s actually boring anymore and I’ve reached a point where I hardly pay attention or care anymore 

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Perkis-Size Me

December 12th, 2020 at 5:52 PM ^

That’s not even remotely true. Paying cash does not make you a better coach all of a sudden. 

If cash is the sole reason for our woes, then why did Wisconsin put up 50 on this team, 28 in the first quarter, but hasn’t put up even half that amount in its last three games combined? Against Iowa, Northwestern and Indiana. Hardly a murderers row 

The team is terrible this year, but not because Michigan doesn’t pay its players. It’s because it is extremely poorly coached on both sides of the ball. It’s because, quite frankly, they’ve quit on this season. I don’t know how else to explain how a team that has this much talent is this bad.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Alabama, Clemson, and OSU pay their players. But those schools also have elite head coaches, coordinators and position coaches who know how to put their players in position to make plays. How to fully maximize the skill set of all their players at any time when they are on the field.

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AMazinBlue

December 12th, 2020 at 7:34 PM ^

Alabama has been in every playoff I believe and they will continue to be because the teams in the playoffs get the top recruits and after a couple of years if doing it, it becomes a self-fulfilling process.  That's whats wrong with college football.  No one else can get in.

And if Michigan keeps Harbaugh this program is done.  The added rumors of more players possibly transferring will implode the program quickly.  

With signing day on Wednesday, this class  will fall apart and no coach will want to come here or Assistants.  This is the worse possible situation.   Warde is too weak to fire a coach that deserves to be fired.

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