• Help Support TNDeer:

Playoff Chaos

PalsPal said:
😚

Kiffin doesn't want to play in it because he knows what will happen.


Texas is the only SEC program with one loss this season, while five others — Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and Kiffin's Rebels — have two each. Imagine if Texas A&M defeats Texas next weekend and every other program wins out, and you've got the makings of Kiffin's proposed crisis: Play in Atlanta at your own risk
Click to expand...

Kiffin's quote from the article:

I've talked to other coaches, so I'll just kind of give you the feeling from some other coaches that, you know, they don't want to be in it," Kiffin said Monday during his weekly news conference. "You know, the reward to get a bye [in the CFP] versus the risk to get knocked out completely, I mean, that's a really big risk just to get a bye.
Click to expand...

There's zero benefit to playing in the SEC championship game. Bragging about a conference championship vs losing your spot in the CFP.
 
If you're a 2-loss team playing in the SEC championship game and lose I don't think you should be leapfrogged by another SEC school or really anybody else for the playoffs. . Shouldn't be penalized for playing in a game that others in your own league didn't make it to. Hate to admit it but I agree with Kiffin on this.
 
TNReb said:
There's zero benefit to playing in the SEC championship game. Bragging about a conference championship vs losing your spot in the CFP.
Click to expand...

Exactly. The problem with the argument that the loser shouldn't be penalized loses steam when you factor that the teams playing in it could come down to drawing straws.

How awesome would that be? The ADs of the teams gathered around drawing. That would be TV gold.

And, I'm sure everyone would be fine if A&M is the losing team in the championship game and them going while knocking your team out.
 

Latest posts

Back
Top