r/CFB • u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl • 20h ago

News [Matt Hayes] The SEC willingly flushed its conference championship game that last year had better ratings than all eight first round CFP games of the brief, 12-team era.

https://x.com/MattHayesCFB/status/2111056779366785054
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u/Accomplished-Pin6564 LSU Tigers 10h ago

They even got voted in over an undefeated power conference champion.

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u/CodyRCantrell Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 4h ago

To leapfrog Georgia because of the results of the SECCG when <checks notes> the committee has said repeatedly every year they don't punish conference championship game participants and used that as their reasoning to keep Alabama in the CFP last season.

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u/onrocketfalls Florida Gators • Sickos 9h ago

Talking about FSU? Ignore my flair for a second: the committee was right. They’ve told us from the beginning that they’re trying to put the best teams in, not the teams with the best record. I’m not sure FSU had an argument for being one of those teams after they lost their best and most important player. It sucks, it’s unfair, and it’s totally in line with what they said they’re trying to do.

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u/Wafflehouseofpain Oklahoma Sooners 9h ago

Except they made decisions not in line with that philosophy previously, so it really just looked like “Make up whatever bullshit we need to in order to get Alabama in the playoffs”.

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u/GoatsinthemachinE Florida State Seminoles 8h ago

well havent realy watched football since they did it. atleast i realiz e they dont care about me /my thoughts so i just moved on to other things, my saturday is a bit more relaxing finding other things to do with my time now. been kind of nice

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u/CodyRCantrell Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 4h ago

2025 reinforces this.

Georgia was #1 and lost the SECCG in a very close game and dropped to #6.

Alabama got absolutely dog walked in the 2025 SECCG by Georgia, pick up their third loss, and they not only stay in the CFP but don't move a single position in ranking.

Likewise, in 2025, BYU also got dog walked but at #11 they would've been left out of the CFP regardless since the conference championship auto bids would've filled out with two G6 teams kicking #11 and #12 out of the CFP.

BYU still got dropped to #12 in a symbolic punishment showing everything that that performance would never be acceptable for them as a fringe team unlike Alabama getting the red carpet rolled out for them.

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u/blotsfan Missouri Tigers 7h ago

I’ll never forget how upset the Michigan players looked when they saw they got Bama instead of FSU.

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u/CodyRCantrell Oklahoma • Red River Shootout 4h ago

The committee has also said they will NOT punish teams for participating in conference championship games.

Well Georgia sure as hell got punished when they went from #1 and in to #6 and out because of the SECCG. But oh my we can't drop a three loss Bama out in 2025 when they get dog walked by Georgia in the same game. We can't even move them a single spot down in the rankings.