Alabama fans were outraged CFP committee didn’t give Tide special treatment over Ohio State

Alabama was left out of the College Football Playoff, and Tide fans couldn’t believe the committee’s decision. 

For just the second time in its short history, the College Football Playoff will not feature the Alabama Crimson Tide.

After losing twice this season, albeit on final plays of very close games, Nick Saban’s squad ended up on the outside looking in after the committee met on Sunday morning. The decision to leave Bama out snaps a two-year streak the Tide had going and is only the second time in eight years that the program won’t be fighting for a National Championship late in the season.

That phrase late in the season is one that has been kicked around a lot in the last 24 hours, as the case for Bama to make the playoff against the backdrop of such a thing looking increasingly unlikely, was made.

To be completely fair, there was a case to be made for Alabama. The problem, at least nationally among general fans who have Bama Fatigue — was that folks seemed to bend over backward to make it for the Tide in a big way on Championship Saturday.

During the SEC Championship Game, a game that Alabama was not playing in, CBS went out of its way to make the case for Alabama’s unlikely route to the playoff:

FOX, who does not broadcast the SEC, brought Nick Saban onto its halftime show for the Big Ten Championship Game to make the case for his team to make the playoff.

Whether or not the onslaught of pro-Bama propaganda actually worked always seemed like a long shot, much like the Tide’s odds of sneaking its way into the playoff.

Bama fans took to Twitter after the selection committee made its decision, and were outraged that the Tide were left out.

https://twitter.com/MichaelRomo07/status/1599454903180533762

https://twitter.com/YandhiSon/status/1599454848461639680

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The CFP committee explained that the wins over Texas and Mississippi State did not match up when compared to wins by Ohio State over Notre Dame and Penn State. Furthermore, the narrative that Nick Saban was pushing late in the 11th hour was countered by CFP Chairman Boo Corrigan who noted that Ohio State’s loss to Michigan was a one-score game until the closing moments of the fourth quarter — something it weighted in favor of the Buckeyes in the decision to leave Alabama out.

Losses to LSU and Tennesee were ultimately held against the Tide, despite the late plea by Saban and the propaganda machine that those close losses shouldn’t count as bad ones when compared to Ohio State’s 20-plus point loss to Michigan at home.