Paul Finebaum, Heather Dinich agree Alabama is closer to missing the College Football Playoff than winning it
Alabama made more appearances and won more national titles than anyone during the decade of the four-team field in the College Football Playoff. However, in a new era for them and the playoff, some don’t know where they’ll fit in in the future.
ESPN’s Heather Dinich and Paul Finebaum assessed whether the Tide are closer to winning the national championship or missing the bracket altogether this morning on ‘Get Up’. Dinch began with her take that ‘Bama, as unusual as it sounds based on recent history, is more likely to not be in the playoff than be the last team standing because of what could happen in their first year under a new head coach in Kalen DeBoer.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this but missing the playoff,” said Dinich. “How about this sneaky Hembo stat for you – every coach since Bear Bryant has lost four games, at least four games in his first year at the helm. There are a lot of trap games on the schedule for Alabama.”
Finebaum went on to concur with her because of how the schedule looks for Alabama. He thinks some fans could face some new reality quickly this fall in Tuscaloosa.
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“Yeah, I do agree,” said Finebaum. “I know the Alabama fans don’t think anything is ever going to go wrong. They were spoiled by Bryant and then later Saban. Things can go wrong, especially with road games at Oklahoma, at LSU, at Tennessee. Even the game at Wisconsin early on plus a home game against Georgia. It’s a brutal schedule.”
Again, Alabama was the mainstay of the previous format with eight berths in ten fields. That’s two more appearances that led to four more games in total than any other team over the span. That included six chances in the title game with three championships under Nick Saban.
Still, this is a whole new playoff and is now a fairly new Alabama under DeBoer.
The Crimson Tide expect championships with just a presence in the playoff not being good enough. However, with what could take place this season, Dinich and Finebaum thinks there’s a real chance that they end up with neither in DeBoer’s debut.
“They’ve got a talented team but this isn’t a national title winner,” said Dinich. “This is a playoff team – not a national title contender.”
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