Collin Chason

[College Football Nerds @CFBNerds]

My feed is full of dumb media takes on how Tennessee should be in front of Alabama after Saturday.

Here’s why it’s just clickbait fan service:

#7 Texas has a H2H over Tennessee.

#21 SC (who Bama blew out) has a H2H over Tennessee in a triangle of wins.

So you can’t just isolate Bama-Tennessee. There are several H2H wins at play because teams have multiple losses. Tennessee can’t jump Bama without jumping Texas, who beat them.

Bama blowing out LSU on the road is a big deal - they’re a top-5 power rating team. Kentucky is not a top-15 power rating team, ranking aside. View resume off the quality of who you play, not their ranking. See my reply for proof this isn’t a new line of thinking from me / why it matters.

Mississippi State is being considered a top-15 team for Bama by the CFPC. They’ve since lost about a third of their starters, including a Heisman contender QB, and are a shell of their former selves. But probably not fair to discredit Bama’s win in view of that.

Alabama (FPI 3) is considerably higher rated than Tennessee (FPI 11) in terms of overall team quality.* They aren’t in comparable quality tiers.

Alabama lost to Tennessee on the road, with 5 starters out injured, the week after a brutal Georgia game. As “quality losses” go, Bama’s to Georgia and Tennessee are probably the country’s most forgivable.

Alabama has played 8 top-50 quality teams, tied with Oregon for the most among ranked teams. Tennessee has played 6. Bama has the #1 SOS in FEI.

Bama’s 4 FEI top-30 wins (LSU, SC, UK, and TAMU) is the most nationally. And that doesn’t include MS State.

*I usually prefer to use media-neutral FEI, but it isn’t updated as of this writing. FEI mentions are based on last week’s power rankings.

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@1045espn @MattMoscona The best qb out of that class and it ain’t close hahaha. Buy did this age horribly

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@VolFan_Cam Rent free

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@pipkin_brandon @BamaVisualz Good luck

[College Football Nerds @CFBNerds]

The College Football Playoff Committee doomsday scenario:
- BYU beats Texas Tech
- Duke beats Virginia
- UGA beats Bama

By rule they are required to take the 5 highest ranked conference champs. Since Duke would be unranked, they must take:
- IU/OSU winner (B1G)
- Georgia (SEC)
- BYU (B12)
- James Madison (Sun Belt)
- North Texas/ Tulane (AAC)

That leaves 7 slots. These teams are locked:
- OSU/IU loser
- Oregon
- Ole Miss
- Texas A&M
- Oklahoma

So you can only take two of:
- Texas Tech
- Notre Dame
- Alabama
- Miami

The two G5 champs ranked in the 20s likely bump out Miami (with *no* ACC team making the playoff), and either ND or a top-10 P4 runner-up is left out in TTU or Alabama.

The requirement that the top 5 conference champions, regardless of ranking, make the field continues to do far more harm than good.

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@Cratical Shits not being favored when it’s earned. You are learning that little buckeye

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@Cratical @mattbegreatyt What was bamas SOS AGAIN this year? Just checking for a friend?

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@DavidKe017 @BarstoolAlabama Yeah that man is only like over 85% accurate with his crystal ball predictions but you are right he’s probably wrong

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@gumbo_pod @DrewDavenportFF He’s fine lol. Little suspension and A LOT of money paid out. Just better not do anything else stupid

[Alabama Football @AlabamaFTBL]

Greatness Witnessed ❤️

#RollTide

[Collin Chason @CollinChason8]

@CoreyWray2 @KBeck0019 @finebaum Congrats. But you act like there wasn’t a time recently where bama had more sec and national championships than Georgia did wins in the regular season. About time the competition got better and caught up to us

[Saturday Road @SaturdayRoad]

Video: Nick Saban goes full nuclear on Alabama’s offense https://t.co/840toRcpT8 via @SDS

[Alabama Athletics @UA_Athletics]

Here comes the Tide! #RollTide #CFAPeachBowl 🐘🍑 #CFBPlayoff

[Because I'm a Guy @CauseWereGuys]

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Florence Henderson
Muhammad Ali
Gene Wilder
Prince
Ronda Rousey's UFC career

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[Baseballer @TheBsblr]

This says it all 🙏