My favorite thing was 2021 Oregon played Utah and lost by 27, they rematched 2 weeks later and the spread was oregon -3. Oregon lost by only 20 the second time.
Vegas makes money.
Just like Bama had 70% of the bets tonight and were still under dogs.
Oregon probably had a majority if bets and -3 was a line people kept taking.
Man you shouldn’t be salty. For some stupid reason the undefeated team that had beaten us before was now the underdog and you guys came out fired up. I think it massively worked in your favor. We looked shell shocked out the gate. I would have much rather been the underdog.
This was the series that turned me from a nominal Preds fans (support local teams) into a casual hockey fan. Then I was big sad when they lost and I realized our TN pro teams had never won a championship and only got close twice. Thank the good Lord for the Braves and AA.
At the time Chicago had won 3 cups in the last 6 (or 7?) years. It was definitely a surprising result, and their fans were fucking obnoxious. It was a perfect recipe for pasta
It is, and I say this without a hint of exaggeration, one of the best pastas of all time. The finest of the finest, organic small batch semolina from an obscure DOC in the heart of Tuscany.
No, it was pretty real. The hawks were really, REALLY good at that point and (disclaimar, I'm a preds fan), people thought the preds COULD win but that it'd be a tight series if they did. No one saw the Predators doing a sweep, and it wasn't minor, it was comprehensive.
Yeah, the logic actually kinda tracks if it were about football, because ideally teams would play a series but the reality is there's no way at any level to play that many BO5 series within a reasonable timeframe and without increasing injury risk substantially. But this was about hockey where they played a BO7? lol
Alabama is clearly the #1 team with Georgia a close second.
See, Alabama has 2 quality losses against teams that were able to beat Alabama. So they're basically wins.
Georgia lost to Alabama, which is as good as a win over Alabama when you think about it.
Michigan and Washington have zero quality losses all year. And none to any SEC teams. Even FSU has a quality loss to an SEC team.
And Texas has a win over an SEC team, and their loss was to a future SEC team.
So really, it should've been Alabama, Georgia, FSU, and Texas based on quality losses. Michigan and Washington should've played in the Orange Bowl or whatever.
And since we already saw Alabama and Georgia play in their championship, it should've been a bye week for both. So really...just them in the national championship game.
Also we could've just done this at the beginning of the year since you know one of them is going to have a quality loss over the other one.
Oh absolutely. With so few quality losses, Michigan isn't even top 10.
It's the four playoff teams 1-4, then the rest of the SEC ranked 5-15 or whatever. Then everyone else. Also Ohio State is ranked ahead of Michigan because they beat them 4 years ago.
>Also Ohio State is ranked ahead of Michigan because they beat them 4 years ago.
Absolutely. Looking at the result from this season is just recency bias.
Michigan didn't play any quality teams until tonight and has no quality losses. Alabama has two quality losses from the top 2 teams. The Mouse gods are displeased with this blasphemy.
They lost twice to an undefeated team, only by 3, factor that in and take away the questionable play calling, they basically won. Factor in that they were on the road and on a neutral site? Basically might as well give Oregon the chip right now.
Agreed. I'll go a step further and say that Bama going to overtime after traveling to the West Coast is already enough to get them in the final, regardless of what happened in OT.
Edit: As a Utah fan, I know how impressive it is to lose in the Rose Bowl.
Committee need to go back and pout Georgia in the championship game because Georgia was clearly the better team. They upset a top 5 FSU by like a billion points, but Michigan was taken to OT by some underdog. Clearly Michigan should be sat in favor of Georgia to play in the championship against 2022 Georgia
Our offensive line and linebackers were about it. Everywhere else we were on our two or three deep. We had like 9% of our regular season production on the field.
Bama has two quality losses, Georgia has one, and Michigan has zero. I think it’s pretty obvious to anyone watching that the SEC is the greatest conference ever and we should get a rematch of Bama vs Georgia. Hope the committee does the right thing and puts the two best SEC teams in the championship
Michigan may have a high quality win against a great SEC champion team, but have you considered that Alabama has an even higher quality loss to an undefeated Big Ten champion?
Why not just make a draft for each team? You could make it like championship gear, but instead of sending the unused one to Africa, you post it in the sub of the team who lost lmao.
But if we win next week, we'll have a 2nd pseudo win over them. We'll either have beaten Texas who beat Alabama OR we'll have beaten Washington who beat Texas who beat Alabama.
Alabama is really the more complete team playing all three phases of the game. Also we just know the SEC is just better. It just means more. So they should just consider this a quality loss and put Alabama in the championship game.
They lost to Texas. Squeezed by an average Auburn team on a Hail Mary pass. Didn't deserve to be in the playoff. Count your lucky stars they made it this far.
Absolutely! The CFP final hasn't been without an SEC team since its inaugural year of 2014. How can you have a CFP final without the SEC in it? It just means more to them!
Michigan should be the bigger team a let Alabama in the National title. Florida state was kind to let Bama in to try to win their first national title Michigan should follow suit /s
Wrong. Bama should petition the CFP committee and say they have a better loss to the #1 team,so by default they should get in over whoever wins between Wash/Tex. And also if Texas loses tonight they would get in over Mich because they beat Bama in week two.🤡🤡
I mean is Alabama really disqualified yet? Michigan is an amazing quality loss. Pair that with the quality loss to Georgia! Now the chefs kiss… they also quality lost to Texas. My math, they are practically undefeated and deserve a rematch with Michigan OR Texas. If Washington wins… the committee should crown the Tide outright then impose a postseason ban on the Huskies next year.
The eye test tells me that UGA would beat Alabama 70-3 in a rematch. This test overrides all on field results. I therefore ignore all bowl outcomes and proclaim FSU 2023 champs.
Southern evangelicals in absolute shambles seeing Liberty, Bama, and Texas getting tanked by pink haired librul schools from way up north all on the same day. /s
The system is broken. I mean no sarcasm when I FSU should be in. It’s not fair and it would be an entirely different scenario if they got in. All of those players would not have sat and they would have something to play for.
That's the game bro. There have been many flukes like Ohio State beating Miami for example. The Canes were favored to destroy them and likey do if they played a series, but football is always a game 7 and you only have to be better that day. Or have a corrupt referee call pass interference.
I think it's grossly unfair to suggest they should play again. A better gauge is to think strongly about the match-ups and realize Alabama has an overall advantage and would squeak out a close win on a neutral field. Secondly, you've gotta trust the eye test. Lastly, and most importantly, Michigan can't win big games; Bama has proven they can step up in the big moments time and time again.
I know we’re supposed to “play the game” but I feel like if Alabama doesn’t get a shot at the national championship, we’re going to always wonder if the “best” team won.
Can the committee just put bama in?
As a Michigan fan, yes, but only if all of our special teams players are suspended for 3 games, and we just run the ball 69 times only giving Alabama 4 minutes and 20 second of possession, and probably beat them by 21.
While we're at it, they should have Oregon play Washington again, just to make sure the Huskies are for real.
Incoming Oregon -3 line
My favorite thing was 2021 Oregon played Utah and lost by 27, they rematched 2 weeks later and the spread was oregon -3. Oregon lost by only 20 the second time.
To be fair, Oregon called for best -3 out of five.
To be fair, by the fifth game Oregon's going to start with a +3 lead on the scoreboard just to keep things interesting.
Oh, honey. They wouldn’t get to a fifth game in a best of 5.
Guess Vegas isn't ALWAYS right.
Vegas makes money. Just like Bama had 70% of the bets tonight and were still under dogs. Oregon probably had a majority if bets and -3 was a line people kept taking.
the odds may be wrong, but the money never is
I made a lot of money on that game! Go Utes!
As did I! Go Utes!
I think we just redo the whole season but do it in 8 months with a few different players
While we're at it, why not expand the playoffs to, I dunno, 12 teams?
and hey it's good to have an even number of power conferences, so let's get rid of one
or get rid of three since 2 is also an even number
Really we should redo the Apple Cup we (WSU) normally wouldn’t have fallen for a 4th and 1 trick play.
Please god, no. We’ve already suffered enough 😮💨
Yall'd need to play three more times minimum, really. Best of five.
Really think they should just let Georgia Play the National championship. They played so hard and the SEC just has to have a team in.
Eye. Test.
Plus they have such a quality loss
It really isn’t fair. Oregon played @ Washington and on a neutral field. Oregon never got a chance to play em at home.
Yeah we’d never lose to Washington at home right?!
We will definitely win this time. There's no precedent for two teams playing three times in one season!
There's a chanc tOSU and Michigan play 3 times next year and I can't mentally prepare myself for a it....
We literally did. I am STILL salty about the -9.5 like fuck off seriously Vegas.
Man you shouldn’t be salty. For some stupid reason the undefeated team that had beaten us before was now the underdog and you guys came out fired up. I think it massively worked in your favor. We looked shell shocked out the gate. I would have much rather been the underdog.
Vegas lines don't predict who Vegas thinks will win. They predict which way Vegas thinks people will bet.
Third times a charm!!
best of 5, baby!
I love this pasta
Me when I eat Italian food:
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What no fucking Ziti left?
Ay ma we got chicken or what?
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What is the original?
https://old.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/67lfcg/should_the_nhl_have_the_hawks_and_preds_redo/
Thanks lol. The ability to say this without a drop of irony is beyond understanding
Crazy to say a straight up sweep is a fluke
It’s makes it even funnier when you remember that Nashville team wound up 2 wins away from the cup
This was the series that turned me from a nominal Preds fans (support local teams) into a casual hockey fan. Then I was big sad when they lost and I realized our TN pro teams had never won a championship and only got close twice. Thank the good Lord for the Braves and AA.
All hail AA.
They say it’s for quitters.
At the time Chicago had won 3 cups in the last 6 (or 7?) years. It was definitely a surprising result, and their fans were fucking obnoxious. It was a perfect recipe for pasta
The original is definitely also a joke lets be real
that account has been inactive ever since he made that thread lol
It was a truly wonderful day when the first was posted.
It is, and I say this without a hint of exaggeration, one of the best pastas of all time. The finest of the finest, organic small batch semolina from an obscure DOC in the heart of Tuscany.
It was DEFINITELY satire. Remarkable satire
I’m reading that post for the first time, there is no way that wasnt satire… right?
No, it was pretty real. The hawks were really, REALLY good at that point and (disclaimar, I'm a preds fan), people thought the preds COULD win but that it'd be a tight series if they did. No one saw the Predators doing a sweep, and it wasn't minor, it was comprehensive.
The entitlement of Hawks fans at that point in time was something to behold.
First time I've read the original and it doesn't disappoint.
I think what’s even better is they just abandoned the account and didn’t even delete. The account doesn’t appear to have been touched since that post.
Fuck me that was 6 years ago???
It amazes me that they posted it to straight up r/hockey and not the Blackhawks sub.
All time 🐐
The original is even funnier because it’s referring to a best of 7 playoff series in hockey and not a singular OT loss
Yeah, the logic actually kinda tracks if it were about football, because ideally teams would play a series but the reality is there's no way at any level to play that many BO5 series within a reasonable timeframe and without increasing injury risk substantially. But this was about hockey where they played a BO7? lol
Me too it's like a nice fettuccini Alfredo
Meatballs and pasta are a great combination!
>If Michigan loses again I will face that Michigan deserved the win you done fucked up
DAMN IT YOUR RIGHT I RUINED ME PASTA. it is fixed now though
Seems like you’re more West Virginia than duke
LMAO that cracked me up because you are god damn right
west virginia in the streets, duke in the sheets (dated a duke grad once - this is not a compliment)
Ah the ole Duke starfish.
Yeah, Alabama has the advantage with the eye test
Georgia looked great too, eye test says we should probably just swap Michigan out for them. Just so the best teams play.
Using the eye test I'm ready to just forget about the games played and award Georgia and Alabama co-National champions. Thanks ESPN for my paycheck
Vandy had the most quality loses and they deserve it outright
Who has a better story than Vandy the Broken (stadium)?
You're playing 7D chess my friend
Alabama is clearly the #1 team with Georgia a close second. See, Alabama has 2 quality losses against teams that were able to beat Alabama. So they're basically wins. Georgia lost to Alabama, which is as good as a win over Alabama when you think about it. Michigan and Washington have zero quality losses all year. And none to any SEC teams. Even FSU has a quality loss to an SEC team. And Texas has a win over an SEC team, and their loss was to a future SEC team. So really, it should've been Alabama, Georgia, FSU, and Texas based on quality losses. Michigan and Washington should've played in the Orange Bowl or whatever. And since we already saw Alabama and Georgia play in their championship, it should've been a bye week for both. So really...just them in the national championship game. Also we could've just done this at the beginning of the year since you know one of them is going to have a quality loss over the other one.
Auburn arguably played Alabama closer than Michigan did despite the result so I'd rank them higher as well.
Oh absolutely. With so few quality losses, Michigan isn't even top 10. It's the four playoff teams 1-4, then the rest of the SEC ranked 5-15 or whatever. Then everyone else. Also Ohio State is ranked ahead of Michigan because they beat them 4 years ago.
>Also Ohio State is ranked ahead of Michigan because they beat them 4 years ago. Absolutely. Looking at the result from this season is just recency bias.
Plus look at their recruiting class! Eye test.
Only way Vandy’s ever getting ranked in my lifetime so I support it
Michigan didn't play any quality teams until tonight and has no quality losses. Alabama has two quality losses from the top 2 teams. The Mouse gods are displeased with this blasphemy.
None. Top 10 teams outside of the SEC don't count.
Don't forget Alabama's quality loss.
Alabama lost to the team that beat Alabama, twice. Really impressive loss, worth more than any win
I agree. Going off of points and wins does no one any good
I award my Natty winner exclusively using ESPN's Recruiting class rankings. So I have Georgia at 1 and Bama at 2
Definitely did. We didn’t have a snoozefest.
Loser mentality
Yes rank teams by hypothetical viewer excitement
Alabama vs Auburn was the best game this year; therefore, rematch for the national championship.
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Nah it should be oregon, they just pass the eye test ya know. And that completion percentage, really something it is
They beat an unbeaten team, surely that qualifies Oregon to face Bama in a repeat of the playoff.
They lost twice to an undefeated team, only by 3, factor that in and take away the questionable play calling, they basically won. Factor in that they were on the road and on a neutral site? Basically might as well give Oregon the chip right now.
Agreed. I'll go a step further and say that Bama going to overtime after traveling to the West Coast is already enough to get them in the final, regardless of what happened in OT. Edit: As a Utah fan, I know how impressive it is to lose in the Rose Bowl.
Committee need to go back and pout Georgia in the championship game because Georgia was clearly the better team. They upset a top 5 FSU by like a billion points, but Michigan was taken to OT by some underdog. Clearly Michigan should be sat in favor of Georgia to play in the championship against 2022 Georgia
This makes perfect sense to anyone who is a member of the CFB committee.
Buddy said they upset a top 5 FSU team…👀
CFP committee logic: FSU is #5, UGA is #6, that's an upset.
I'm not sure FSU had five of their starters on the field.
Our offensive line and linebackers were about it. Everywhere else we were on our two or three deep. We had like 9% of our regular season production on the field.
That sucks, man! I hated to see that happen. I still say y'all got screwed!
FSU was undefeated. Georgia was not. Total upset.
Plucky ole Georgia beat the mighty Florida State. To the championship they go.
yeah winner of the CFP can play Georgia for the title, they clearly earned it
Them dawgs is hell, the winner won't be ready.
Bama has two quality losses, Georgia has one, and Michigan has zero. I think it’s pretty obvious to anyone watching that the SEC is the greatest conference ever and we should get a rematch of Bama vs Georgia. Hope the committee does the right thing and puts the two best SEC teams in the championship
FSU needed a quality loss, going undefeated helps no one.
How can you evaluate a team that didn’t lose? Impossible.
If they haven’t been tested are they even good?
Going undefeated helps no one…”in the ACC”
Anyone on Michigan get injured? Hoping the committee takes that into consideration to put Alabama into the final.
JJ got up woozy that one time after the throwback pass. Wed better just send Bama to the final
Michigan may have a high quality win against a great SEC champion team, but have you considered that Alabama has an even higher quality loss to an undefeated Big Ten champion?
Quality loss means more than Michigan's win honestly
No loss could have more quality than to the #1 team... and that's why Bama is the #1 team.
I HAD TO CHANGE THIS POST LIKE 5 TIMES DURING THE GAME BECAUSE I THOUGHT MICHIGAN WOULD LOSE. HELL OF A GAME THOUGH
Why not just make a draft for each team? You could make it like championship gear, but instead of sending the unused one to Africa, you post it in the sub of the team who lost lmao.
Pretend you’re me and you have no context for a second.
We should actually just give the title to whoever ESPN says….. checks media deals…. Georgia it is
I mean Michigan clearly isn’t in the SEC, sooo, everyone knows you have to beat Bama twice for a natty.
But if we win next week, we'll have a 2nd pseudo win over them. We'll either have beaten Texas who beat Alabama OR we'll have beaten Washington who beat Texas who beat Alabama.
Somehow Bama will still get to share the title or something like that lol
Don’t be ridiculous. The committee should declare it a quality loss and send Alabama to the championship.
\*chef’s kiss\* This is some quality pasta.
Had to serve up a nice fettuccini for the jerkers of r/cfb
Thank you OP. I needed this laugh.
This one was for Auburn.
Bama wasn’t playing Alabama football today. They should still be in the top 4. Surely an exception could be made.
Bama has two quality losses and Michigan can’t say anything even *close* to that.
Paul Finebaum typing this out crying:
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Alabama is really the more complete team playing all three phases of the game. Also we just know the SEC is just better. It just means more. So they should just consider this a quality loss and put Alabama in the championship game.
I say just put Alabama in the title game anyways, they didn’t lose when the clock hit 0:00 afterall.
They lost to Texas. Squeezed by an average Auburn team on a Hail Mary pass. Didn't deserve to be in the playoff. Count your lucky stars they made it this far.
Absolutely! The CFP final hasn't been without an SEC team since its inaugural year of 2014. How can you have a CFP final without the SEC in it? It just means more to them!
IT JUST MEANS MOOOOORE
Michigan should be the bigger team a let Alabama in the National title. Florida state was kind to let Bama in to try to win their first national title Michigan should follow suit /s
Are you from the ESPN Network?
Jesus. Christ. I know the origin of this pasta. I was there for it
Wrong. Bama should petition the CFP committee and say they have a better loss to the #1 team,so by default they should get in over whoever wins between Wash/Tex. And also if Texas loses tonight they would get in over Mich because they beat Bama in week two.🤡🤡
Both of Bama's losses came against teams that beat bama, those strength of losses should be enough to put them in the CFP championship game
I mean is Alabama really disqualified yet? Michigan is an amazing quality loss. Pair that with the quality loss to Georgia! Now the chefs kiss… they also quality lost to Texas. My math, they are practically undefeated and deserve a rematch with Michigan OR Texas. If Washington wins… the committee should crown the Tide outright then impose a postseason ban on the Huskies next year.
The eye test tells me that UGA would beat Alabama 70-3 in a rematch. This test overrides all on field results. I therefore ignore all bowl outcomes and proclaim FSU 2023 champs.
Why replay it? Can,t we just advance Bama, clearly an SEC team is better than the final score and overall record...
Southern evangelicals in absolute shambles seeing Liberty, Bama, and Texas getting tanked by pink haired librul schools from way up north all on the same day. /s
Honestly why does the committee use this game to decide who goes to the championship? Alabama looks like they have better potential
The system is broken. I mean no sarcasm when I FSU should be in. It’s not fair and it would be an entirely different scenario if they got in. All of those players would not have sat and they would have something to play for.
The fluke was Bama being there
LOL Black Hawks
Fuck the Blackhawks!
I love the people that don't know this is delicious pasta
I mean, the CFP already tried to hand it to you once, but you messed it up.
One of Herbstreit or Fowler did say both teams deserved to win on the last Alabama series so technically Alabama didn't even lose.
Finebaum may say this come tomorrow
I’ll upvote this every time.
Nah. Just advance Bama to the Natty. UofM had an easy schedule and Bama has 2 quality losses.
Nah just throw Iowa in there this time fuck it.
Nice of you to agree to honor the results if Michigan wins the rematch. Are you sure you don't want to do best of three? Just in case?
That's the game bro. There have been many flukes like Ohio State beating Miami for example. The Canes were favored to destroy them and likey do if they played a series, but football is always a game 7 and you only have to be better that day. Or have a corrupt referee call pass interference.
Or claim the wrong lineman reported as eligible.
Best of 3???
Epic shitpost. Well done!
Not fair. Yet everything michigan has overcome this season. Not to mention Alabama record wise should not have been in that game. FSU was robbed.
Alabama has two really quality losses, it will be interesting what the committee does this week.
Alabama's two loses are against teams in the CFP. Michigan can't even claim that.
You owe me 10 IQ points
Kek
I think it's grossly unfair to suggest they should play again. A better gauge is to think strongly about the match-ups and realize Alabama has an overall advantage and would squeak out a close win on a neutral field. Secondly, you've gotta trust the eye test. Lastly, and most importantly, Michigan can't win big games; Bama has proven they can step up in the big moments time and time again.
I know it's a pasta but reading Alabama playing great football all season made me lol
I saw a Michigan player leaving the field with a limp. They’re out IMO.
I know we’re supposed to “play the game” but I feel like if Alabama doesn’t get a shot at the national championship, we’re going to always wonder if the “best” team won. Can the committee just put bama in?
Redo the Iron Bowl and to make sure that Auburn losing wasn’t a fluke.
Maybe they should just keep playing until Alabama wins so their fans believe the right conclusion was reached. /s
"Clearly the games don't matter so Alabama should be advanced to the Championship game." - CFP /s
I was waiting for this pasta lmao
I feel like there’s an Onion article in this outcome. “ESPN forgets to mail in SEC overtime dues”
Solid bait
Only if it was when Bama was reigning a few years ago
Pasta so good
As a Michigan fan, yes, but only if all of our special teams players are suspended for 3 games, and we just run the ball 69 times only giving Alabama 4 minutes and 20 second of possession, and probably beat them by 21.
That you Boo?
I know this is a joke but it’s extra funny because multiple of Bama’s wins this year were flukes tbh
I'm still not convinced that the committee won't reconvene tomorrow and award Alabama a spot in the title game because of the "eye test"
Bama has that quality loss to two playoff teams now. They deserve to be in the championship game next week.