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Sibelius Fan

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7. The top teams need to meet the expectations of the people who do the rankings.

Sat Nov 13, 2021, 08:10 PM

Nov 2021

Alabama was favored by 50 points. If they won by 24, they would have “underperformed” in the eyes of the ranking body.

BTW - there have been enough come-from-behind, beat-ridiculous-odds victories in sports the past few decades that there’s no room to “be nice” and not score points that are easy to score. Victory is everything. That last thing any team needs is to be ahead by 30, decide to “be nice” and end up losing. Auburn was up 28 to 3 over Mississippi today and lost 43-34.

The real problem is scheduling powerhouse teams to play far inferior teams. Soft schedules shouldn’t exist for the top teams. It’s called SOS, Strength of Schedule.

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I so hate it when powerhouse teams run up the score against seriously inferior teams: AL 59: NM 3 [View all] hlthe2b Nov 2021 OP

for alabama, auburn is coming rampartc Nov 2021 #1

Alabama did a lot of substitutions jmowreader Nov 2021 #2

Okay, good. I stand corrected. hlthe2b Nov 2021 #3

This! bamagal62 Nov 2021 #6

The problem is Alabama scheduling a tune up team at home this late in the season AZProgressive Nov 2021 #12

Alabama played four quarterbacks in the second half. House of Roberts Nov 2021 #4

And, we actually needed bamagal62 Nov 2021 #10

Yeah grew up with Ohio state season tickets unblock Nov 2021 #5

During the late 1960s and early 70s, prior to the shot clock LastDemocratInSC Nov 2021 #13

They're obviously not playing like that now. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #15

Tressell wasn't a fan of running up the score AZProgressive Nov 2021 #16

The top teams need to meet the expectations of the people who do the rankings. Sibelius Fan Nov 2021 #7

However, many times these bamagal62 Nov 2021 #11

I remember reading about a similar mismatch, don't remember what sport... basketball? keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #8

I've heard of that happening in high school games. College? I'd be impressed. hlthe2b Nov 2021 #9

My freshman year in high school we lost 72-6. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #14

They had to beat the spread. El Supremo Nov 2021 #17