Bama Perspective

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In case you didn't follow the Tide today:

>🏈Bama jumped from No. 5 to No. 3 in the second CFP rankings. If it ended today, that's a first-round bye (my further CFP thoughts in replies)

>🏈Committee chair Hunter Yurachek: Bama is "No. 1 in record strength, No. 1 in schedule strength," with four quality wins, counting Mississippi State "when they had Kamario Taylor." "Alabama, we believe, deserves to be the No. 3 in the country" (per @Charlie_Potter, vid in replies)

>🏈Tennessee climbed from No. 13 to No. 8, still five spots behind the team it beat 26-10. Yurachek: Bama "was in that first pool of teams, and Tennessee was not"
- Vols Twitter is having a night

>🏈If it ended today, Bama would get the winner of No. 11 Kentucky at No. 6 Texas. Tennessee would host Indiana (per @_NickKelly)

>🏈Top 4: Georgia, Utah, Bama, UCLA. Notre Dame jumped six spots to No. 5, Miami fell six to No. 7, and Indiana dropped five to No. 9 on a bye

>🏈Bama's résumé by tonight's rankings: wins over No. 11 Kentucky, No. 17 South Carolina and No. 21 LSU; losses to No. 1 Georgia and No. 8 Tennessee. No top-10 wins

>📺Bama-LSU drew 8.9 million viewers on ABC, peaking at 10.2 million, the most-watched game of Week 10 (per @ESPNPR). Kentucky-Tennessee drew 3.1 million

>🏈Keelon Russell was in uniform at Tuesday's practice, per UA's practice photos (pics in replies)

>🏈A viral chart has Keelon Russell first among FBS QBs in EPA per play from a clean pocket (through Week 10, min. 200 dropbacks), even with a below-average clean-pocket rate

>🏈Dijon Lee on fan criticism: "I really don't care about how people say I played. I just want this team to win a national championship" (per @mikerodak)

>🏈Lee on Ha Ha Clinton-Dix: "Ha Ha has been like my big brother" (per @TheoFernandez__)

>💰The Vandy line keeps sliding, from -19.5 Sunday to -15.5 at BetMGM and FanDuel. I made it -17. The Russell uncertainty is part of it, and -19.5 was too many points with the total down from 54.5 to 50.5
- Saturday, 12:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network

>📝Bama expects at least three flip targets on official visits for Chattanooga on Nov. 21: Memphis OL commit Bryson Sanderson, Minnesota CB commit Jyden German and Texas State LB commit Isaiah Reed (per @OliviaKSayer)

>⚽Soccer beat LSU 2-1 in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Ashley Roni's 87th-minute penalty kick (vid in replies). It's head coach Wes Hart's first semifinal trip since 2022, and South Carolina is next on Thursday

>🏈Bama pros: Kadyn Proctor and Germie Bernard made @dpbrugler's midseason NFL All-Rookie second team, with LT Overton and Josh Cuevas honorable mentions

>🏀Bama pro: Mark Sears debuted for the Rip City Remix with 20 points and 10 assists, his third G League double-double (vid in replies)

>🏈@ClintRLamb vs. his replies on sitting Russell against Vandy: start him if you'd start him against Georgia, and sit him if you wouldn't

Where does Bama finish in the final rankings?

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Jared Curtis: 5 fumbles (3 lost), 8 INTs in eight games (did not start all eight).

How many turnovers will he generate against Bama's takeaway-happy defense?

[Brett Greenberg @BrettGreenberg_]

Vanderbilt quarterback Jared Curtis was asked about the Alabama defense this week.

While noting it was a “really good” unit, the freshman added “we got some stuff drawn up” for Saturday.

“Lot of respect for them. It’s going to be fun to play them.”

🔗 https://t.co/j0k4kqt8A4

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@CodyBaker6 @notredamefbal @MMilkMan_TV @AriWasserman If they both finish 10-2, Tennessee will rank ahead of Bama and deservedly so

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@rlackey23 @AriWasserman And there is a giant gap in strength of schedule, strength of record and a gap in quality wins.

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In case you didn't follow the Tide today:

>🏈Bama jumped from No. 5 to No. 3 in the second CFP rankings. If it ended today, that's a first-round bye (my further CFP thoughts in replies)

>🏈Committee chair Hunter Yurachek: Bama is "No. 1 in record strength, No. 1 in schedule strength," with four quality wins, counting Mississippi State "when they had Kamario Taylor." "Alabama, we believe, deserves to be the No. 3 in the country" (per @Charlie_Potter, vid in replies)

>🏈Tennessee climbed from No. 13 to No. 8, still five spots behind the team it beat 26-10. Yurachek: Bama "was in that first pool of teams, and Tennessee was not"
- Vols Twitter is having a night

>🏈If it ended today, Bama would get the winner of No. 11 Kentucky at No. 6 Texas. Tennessee would host Indiana (per @_NickKelly)

>🏈Top 4: Georgia, Utah, Bama, UCLA. Notre Dame jumped six spots to No. 5, Miami fell six to No. 7, and Indiana dropped five to No. 9 on a bye

>🏈Bama's résumé by tonight's rankings: wins over No. 11 Kentucky, No. 17 South Carolina and No. 21 LSU; losses to No. 1 Georgia and No. 8 Tennessee. No top-10 wins

>📺Bama-LSU drew 8.9 million viewers on ABC, peaking at 10.2 million, the most-watched game of Week 10 (per @ESPNPR). Kentucky-Tennessee drew 3.1 million

>🏈Keelon Russell was in uniform at Tuesday's practice, per UA's practice photos (pics in replies)

>🏈A viral chart has Keelon Russell first among FBS QBs in EPA per play from a clean pocket (through Week 10, min. 200 dropbacks), even with a below-average clean-pocket rate

>🏈Dijon Lee on fan criticism: "I really don't care about how people say I played. I just want this team to win a national championship" (per @mikerodak)

>🏈Lee on Ha Ha Clinton-Dix: "Ha Ha has been like my big brother" (per @TheoFernandez__)

>💰The Vandy line keeps sliding, from -19.5 Sunday to -15.5 at BetMGM and FanDuel. I made it -17. The Russell uncertainty is part of it, and -19.5 was too many points with the total down from 54.5 to 50.5
- Saturday, 12:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network

>📝Bama expects at least three flip targets on official visits for Chattanooga on Nov. 21: Memphis OL commit Bryson Sanderson, Minnesota CB commit Jyden German and Texas State LB commit Isaiah Reed (per @OliviaKSayer)

>⚽Soccer beat LSU 2-1 in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Ashley Roni's 87th-minute penalty kick (vid in replies). It's head coach Wes Hart's first semifinal trip since 2022, and South Carolina is next on Thursday

>🏈Bama pros: Kadyn Proctor and Germie Bernard made @dpbrugler's midseason NFL All-Rookie second team, with LT Overton and Josh Cuevas honorable mentions

>🏀Bama pro: Mark Sears debuted for the Rip City Remix with 20 points and 10 assists, his third G League double-double (vid in replies)

>🏈@ClintRLamb vs. his replies on sitting Russell against Vandy: start him if you'd start him against Georgia, and sit him if you wouldn't

Where does Bama finish in the final rankings?

Let me know what I missed 👇

If you love the Tide but don't have time to scroll all day, I post one of these every night. Follow @bamaperspective

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@OwenDBarnes Vandy looking criminally underrated by some preseason, unfortunately

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@OwenDBarnes And if anything, the BYU program is better now than it was with Pope

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@notredamefbal @MMilkMan_TV @AriWasserman H2H logically and logistically cannot top everything. There's a reason it's supposed to matter if the teams are extremely close in the rankings. And otherwise not. You are way too hung up on win-loss record.

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@TheoFernandez__ I think they overindexed on win-loss record in the past and underindexed on strength of schedule. I think they've done a really nice job so far this year. Schedules are so different even among P4 teams as of now.

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@OwenDBarnes I think I was giving him more credit for what he did at BYU than he deserved. In hindsight I think the average P4 head coach would make the Tournament at BYU almost every (or every) year.

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@powell4141 It could, honestly. Utah is only a 2.5-point favorite at Arizona. Upset watch.

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@notredamefbal @MMilkMan_TV @AriWasserman Oh, so you want to cherry-pick when you add context and at other times, ignore all context outside of what works for your argument! I see! Just apply whatever logic you want to make it work ... kinda like people accuse the committee of doing

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@OwenDBarnes I kinda felt the same way. But more because of the program. I thought he was a good (not elite) coach. In hindsight, BYU is and was a very well-resourced program in this era.

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Liberty and New Mexico have one loss. One loss is less than two. So by your logic, they should be ahead of Tennessee, no?

Or maybeeeeee fixating only on one stat ... wins and losses, or h2h ... is cherry-picking and lacks full context.

Like, you know, one team owning a much stronger resume than the other.

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@Top1ShiftyBrnr Don't forget Texas beat Tennessee in Knoxville as well. Conveniently, Vols fans don't have any argument as to how they shoukd be ahead of Texas. Just want to ignore that as they jump Texas AND Bama.

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Bama won a CFP game on the road last season. Idk what last season has to do with this season, though. Other than to show you are just emotional when it comes to Alabama.

Bottom line, the committee historically overindexed on win-loss record. Finally putting proper weight on quality wins, strength of schedule and context.

Want Tennessee in front? Win out. At 10-2 with wins against Texas A&M and LSU, resume finally equal enough to jump Bama.

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@Collin1 Don't forget no Fluff Bothwell either.

Although to be fair, Super Kamario with turf toe is better than what they have now (and still managed to beat Missouri -- spent part of that game with the injury).