Week 1 mattered to Notre Dame and Miami.
It didn’t matter to Alabama.
CCG mattered to drop BYU.
It didn’t matter to Alabama.
You don’t hate ESPN and the CFP committee enough.
ESPN was clearly hoping to profit big off a BYU vs. Notre Dame ‘first two out’ matchup. Hard pass. If you think ND owes ESPN a damn thing after they spent the entire weekend campaigning against them, you’re out of your mind and probably not very business savvy.
I’m old enough to remember the argument for Alabama over FSU in 2023 being about FSU limping to the finish line (while winning) and wanting to pick teams that were the “best” now.
But a blowout loss yesterday apparently didn’t matter.
In the last three years...
There's been 16 conference championship game losers that were ranked in the CFP Top 25 entering the game.
15 of the 16 losers dropped in the next poll.
The lone exception...the 2025 Alabama Crimson Tide.
In the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons, only one conference championship game loser did not move down at least one spot in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Alabama this year.
@ChaseDisPaper1@JonasLGray Again, not arguing anything other than Moore looking like a potential star. Gray has been good at times, but he also made a few big mistakes last season and I have no idea why they would line him up against Smith with no safety help. Makes no sense.
@ChaseDisPaper1@JonasLGray But he isn't arguing that Jeremiah Smith isn't a great player. Smith torching NDs secondary on a play where Moore had a completely different assignment is actually what means absolutely nothing when the conversation is about Moore being a future star and shutting down Smith.