Twitter podcast account of I'm Not Targeting, You're Targeting. Two Bama grads talking mostly about college football, mostly in the SEC, and mostly about BAMA.
I've always said we should judge teams by the quality of who they've played, not where they sit in a poll.
So I built a college basketball-style quintiles sheet for the first CFP top 25, showing record vs opponents based on quality bands in FEI.
Best top-30 records: Kentucky (4-1) is best. Alabama (3-2), Texas (3-1), Ole Miss (3-1) and Oregon (3-1) come next.
Thin top-30 records near the top: Miami is 1-0, Utah 1-0 and Notre Dame 1-1.
Never beaten a top-30 team: Houston (0-2), Arizona (0-2) and Boise State (0-1).
Losing records against the top 30: Tennessee (1-2), LSU (1-2) and Florida (2-3).
While I struggle to understand Bama *that* high, this at least explains it a tad bit, if the CFP committee couldn't get past Bama's H2H win vs Kentucky.
What are your thoughts?
@Aaron_Torres I can only speak for myself but I have missed entire weekends (other than catching action at a bar/restaurant) twice this year. I would never have dreamed of doing that. And I fear this is only the beginning for me. Will watch less and less in future years
Auburn is the first team in the AP poll era to beat No. 1 on the road, then lose its next two games by 20-plus.
The last team to do it after beating No. 1 anywhere: No. 13 Tennessee in 1959, which beat LSU at home.
@secnumbersguy This is why in the 24 team format, schedules arenโt going to get better, they will get worse.
24 teams turns it into the old NCAA basketball format from the 90โs โget 20 winsโ.
Doesnโt matter who you play, just get to 10-2.
No way an SEC or B1G teams gets left out w/ 10-2 rec
Week 7 SEC opening lines
Mississippi State at LSU -10.5
Florida at Texas -9.5
Auburn at Georgia -18.5
Mizzou at Ole Miss -6.5
Alabama -6.5 at Tennessee
Arkansas at Vanderbilt -6.5
Kentucky at Oklahoma -6.5
@ClayTravis@espn Hereโs the thing @ClayTravis
Iโm not happy about the times either. Last 2 weekends our premiere game has been big noon KO which absolutely no one in the sec wants. But LSU better start getting some premium games at 11 and 2:30 if we are going to play this game.