Bill from NYC

Yes, easily.

Promo, how many of those teams do you think deserve a shot at the title? A strong case could be made for none, no?

I think that the above factors in, and is probably the number 2 reason. The primary reason for most great players attending Alabama is the prospect of getting into the NFL. This matters even more than winning a championship. While recruiting, Coach Saban can sit down with a player (and their parents/grand parents) and show them copies of a contract that Alabama graduates have signed to earn millions of guaranteed dollars, this at EVERY position. Players know what they are getting into when they go to Tuscaloosa and almost all of them buy into the sytstem. The same applies to coaches. Nobody goes to Alabama to have fun. Coaches like Jimbo Fisher, Kirby Smart, and our own Brian Daboll leave Alabama and make 7 or 8 million per year. Other coaches like Locksley, Kiffen, Sarkisian, Butch Jones, Bill O'Brien, and even Doug Marrone go to Bama to revive their careers. All of these coaches were struggling for one reason or another and came to Alabama not to reinvent the wheel, but to fit into Saban's system, and it worked. These men all left for better jobs (except for the brand new arrivals). High school kids know that there are only a few places where they can get this kind of coaching, not to mention the great facilities but again; the main reason players go to places like Alabama, OSU, and Clemson is because is the chances for them to become multi millionaires are greater at places like this than they are at schools with inferior programs.

The above is a thought provoking question imo. I think that the answer to it is no, but I do get your point. I have spoken to a particular player who was a second round draft pick. I also spoke to his mother. He hails from Mississippi and his mom is a nursing assistant. If he would have torn his achilles (or another horrible injury), he would be out millions of dollars. Things are changing in Alabama. Many of the players are very bright kids these days. Still, some are not exactly chemistry majors and stand to make much more money playing football than they will after college in other endeavors. NFL players have very short careers and this opens the for for later round draft picks as well as udfas to make the pros. I'm not going to harp on it but I think that a majority of the top college players come from poor families. Most have little to nothing to fall back on and an injury can cost them a sum of money they would probably not see from any other line of work. If they MUST expand the playoffs, my thing is to do away with conference title games and shorten the regular season. They should also place more emphasis on strength of schedule. Again, jmo.

Unless he was also a Crimson Tide fan!

Really? I was thinking that sub-par teams would stand a chance of losing by scores of 60-0. That doesn't sound like fun from where I sit FC. Also, I don't think that the championships should be fun based. Maybe the best teams should play, no? And also, "fun" for who? Not the kid who loses a 20 million or so guaranteed contract for having to play extra, unpaid college games. Sorry, I don't think that inferior teams should be rewarded. I also don't think that the college kids should be taking more risk. Finally, I think that the reason for this proposal is economic exploitation. It will be great for the NCAA but how good will it be for the injured player. Thanks for the dialogue FC and as always, JMO.

Oh, OK. I thought that Alabama played a 10 game all SEC schedule in 2020 and went undefeated. Sorry.

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Good points. I think that 12 teams would make some playoff games all but meaningless. Many players are currently sitting out bowl games. Will an NFL bound player from a GO5 or even Pac 12 team want to risk injury and face OSU, Clemson, or Bama, while having little to no chance of winning? I predict that many players will simply not play. There is a better way for more schools to make the playoffs. They need to recruit better and improve their coaching. Saban does not win by working 8 hour days and I'm sure that the same applies to Day and Dabo. Why punish greatness?

Also too many games for the players. Too much risk. If they expand the playoffs they should do away with conference championship games imo. Those games are unfair to the SEC, but I suppose that this is what expansion is all about. How do you feel about this?

That's an easy one.....Aaron Schobel. The man was an excellent pass rusher and for a while, he was the only capable pass rusher we had. He also played for idiotic coaches who would line him up wide to where he was almost on the sidelines, and even send him out into coverage. AS followed Bruce Smith, so he was under appreciated by many fans, but that man could play. On a team that had other pass rushers that had to be accounted for, Schobel would have been a consistent pro bowl player.

Also, he was a running QB in college. On the Bills he looked like he was running in quicksand. I never could understand that and wrote it off as another Bills hex of sorts.

OK, I don't think it does. Perhaps we can end this conversation here.

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Actually, almost all of those posters were making sense. Saban is easily the best there is and the best that ever was. The term "Process" as you and I know was invented by Saban, but I DO give McDermott credit for co-opting this as his own. At least he is copying from the best. This season will be the most interesting in many years. The offense suffered HUGE losses which would appear to be insurmountable. That said, the defense will be insane. If healthy, our starting LBs really might be the best that have ever been on any college team at the same time, and even their backups are great! The secondary is stacked and coached by Saban. The DL has a rising star (Tim Smith) who might be as good as Barmore. I don't know if the Tide can overcome the offensive losses, but this is the kind of football that Saban truly does love. We will find out soon enough. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Spite? Harv, I hope that he lives to be 200.

OK but I was close.

>>>>>If we would have drafted him in the third round – which that’s probably where he should have gone, maybe third or fourth round – he may have still been in the league today as a backup. But don’t back yourself in a corner or of overdraft because of need.”<<<<< How was Whaley backed into a corner if HE didn't draft him? Sure, blame it on a dead guy. The fact is that he was an inadequate GM, and I'm being kind. Whaley had less discipline than a kid in a candy store. He couldn't trade away draft picks fast enough and hurt the team by doing so. Ultimately, he was just about as bad as Levy, and I'm talking Rich Kotite level horrible. The posters on @Virgil's mock were/are better GMs than Doug Whaley.

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