FSU football fans have heard it all year from folks who said it didn't matter that nearly all of FSU's best players opted out of the Orange Bowl against Georgia after getting snubbed from the College Football Playoff last year.
It was a chance for FSU to prove they belonged, they said. However, those same SEC fans blame Oklahoma for losing on not having all of its players against Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Ironically, the loss dropped Oklahoma to 6-7 to end the season, but SEC fans and pundits wanted everyone to overlook Alabama getting smoked 24-3 against this same mediocre Oklahoma team late in the season.
"Alabama should've been in the playoff" folks watching Oklahoma lose to Navy pic.twitter.com/yrt9cp1YTu
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 27, 2024
Oklahoma, a "bad loss" for Alabama, casually blowing out Notre Dame's "good win."
— E.B. Beaumont, Wronged Alabama Foot Ball Coach (@CoachBeaumont) December 27, 2024
As I have said before, the entire issue with the discussion around Alabama/playoffs was that Oklahoma and Vanderbilt are better teams than most teams in the ACC/Big 12, and the system doesn't know…
Ok, Kirk Herbstreit Alabama didn't just lose to Oklahoma, they got destroyed. And Navy just beat Oklahoma. Don't we all love transitive properties? You know, hypotheticals and all.
— Big Ten information. College football fan (@Genetics56) December 27, 2024
Maybe it should have been Navy vs SMU debate instead.
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Don’t care how many OU had out or who was hurt. Isn’t that what we heard last year. That team housed Alabama & just lost to a service academy.
— Scott Johnston (@therealscottyj) December 27, 2024
Maybe we should let the actual results of the games count & not recruiting, the past & who Vegas & ESPN thinks might win
Navy just beat an Oklahoma team that routed Bama but yeah they deserved to be in 😂😂
— Nole Bryant (@Nole_Bryant94) December 27, 2024
Navy beat Oklahoma but bama deserved to be in the playoff huh lol
— Low (@Phenomenon974) December 27, 2024
Ahhh so opt outs matter now, huh?
— #PotRoastSZN (@904N0LE) December 27, 2024
It's further proof that it's all a big sham for the SEC's propaganda. Navy was 9-3 going into the bowl game and Oklahoma was 6-6. The point spread was basically a pick'em, but all you heard was the commentators mentioning Oklahoma as an "SEC" team. It's like now that they are in the SEC, they have some mythical powers.
When FSU beat Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl a couple of years ago when they were in the B12, there was no such commentary.
When Alabama plays Michigan in the Realiaquest Bowl next week, we'll continue to hear how Alabama should have gotten into the 12-team playoffs. None of the commentators will mention the Oklahoma loss, or how Oklahoma lost against Navy in its bowl game. If they lose the game, we'll hear all about how many players opted out or how they may not be motivated to win the game. That's the SEC way when they lose bowl games anyway. It's time to stop this biased nonsense and for the media to stop propping the SEC above all others.