“But Alabama went on the road, and in a rivalry game looked really good, especially in the first half, getting up 17 to nothing. Ran the ball well. Auburn came back at them. (Alabama) had a great gutsy call on 4th-and-2 late in the third quarter to get a touchdown, and then got the turnover late in that game. And I think that was enough to change the minds of a couple of committee members to push Alabama up ahead of Notre Dame in this week’s rankings.”
Yurachek left open the possibility that ND could jump over Alabama if the Crimson Tide lose to Georgia in the SEC championship.
What part of that makes you say: Wow! That was really impressive. They gave up a lead to a 5-7 team and needed to convert a 4th and 2 to score the winning TD.
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Replies to: "Which part of this is compelling?"
- Which part of this is compelling? - McIrish - 4:48am 12/3/25
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- SEC AD as Committee Chair... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:37pm 12/3/25
- Interpreted as what B.S. can we come up with to justify guaranteeing Bama a spot. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:41pm 12/3/25
- That rationalization makes zero sense - MarkHarman - 12:28pm 12/3/25
- It's neither compelling nor persuasive. The Committee makes FIFA look competent and ethical. - LanceManion - 10:49am 12/3/25
- None of it... - irishboyd - 5:19am 12/3/25
- Indeed. They are now clearly sculpting a desired result rather than using metrics. Let’s hope that - BaronVonZemo - 5:11am 12/3/25
- This is an actual quote? [NT]
- lacan - 4:55am 12/3/25
- Yes - McIrish - 5:04am 12/3/25
- The previous chair talked about breaking down film, data and statistics. This is a joke. [NT] - lacan - 5:46am 12/3/25
- Yes - McIrish - 5:04am 12/3/25
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