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Former Alabama coach Nick Saban has spoken concerning the Crimson Tide’s exclusion from the 2024 Faculty Soccer Playoff.
Alabama was the primary group out of the 12-team area with the committee selecting SMU for the ultimate at-large spot. Following the information, Saban expressed his issues on the ESPN Choice Present broadcast and warned that the end result may devalue the advantages of scheduling tough opponents in the course of the common season.
I believe one of many issues I’ve talked about all through this soccer season is that if we do not take power of schedule into consideration, is there any profit to scheduling actually good groups sooner or later? Like right here at Alabama, we’re purported to play Notre Dame Ohio State Wisconsin, Florida State sooner or later exterior the league. These are nice video games for followers to see, and that is what I believe we needs to be doing in school soccer is creating extra stock for excellent video games that persons are enthusiastic about. However do you improve folks wanting to do this the place what is the athletic director going to do? He might go cancel all these video games now figuring out that the SEC is hard sufficient.
He then did observe that he believes “the perfect groups are within the playoff” and that Alabama, among the many different groups who simply missed out on the sphere, had the chance to “management its personal future.”
CFP chairman Warde Manuel acknowledged on the printed that the committee had “fairly a debate” over Alabama and SMU however that SMU’s efficiency within the ACC Championship recreation pushed the Mustangs over the sting.
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CFP chair Warde Manuel stated the committee had “fairly a debate” over Alabama and SMU.
“The best way SMU performed in that (ACC title) recreation, shedding on a final second FG. We felt like on this case SMU had the nod above Alabama, however it’s no disrespect to Alabama’s power of schedule.”
Alabama completed 9-3 and didn’t qualify for the SEC Championship. This system had robust wins over South Carolina, LSU, Missouri and most notably a Georgia group that received the SEC Championship and earned the No. 2 seed within the area.
Alabama misplaced to Tennessee, who earned the No. 9 seed, but additionally misplaced to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. Each of these groups completed the season 6-6.
SMU, alternatively, completed the common season 11-1 and lost the ACC Championship to Clemson on a walk-off area objective. Whereas SMU had the superior document and did attain its convention championship, the Mustangs didn’t defeat a ranked opponent. Each losses got here to ranked opponents however the lack of a real signature win had many questioning if Alabama would steal that remaining spot.
The committee sided with SMU on this case, whereas Alabama will enter a non-playoff Bowl Recreation to conclude the season.
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