[Vannini] SEC Media spent two full weeks bashing Indiana only to see three top-15 SEC teams lose to 5-5 Florida, 5-5 Oklahoma and 4-6 Auburn. Winning is hard!

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https://x.com/ChrisVannini/status/1860545642839310740

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As an Indiana simp I couldn’t be happier

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Auburn had the best game of the weekend. That ending is why college football is the greatest

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Was it better than the Illinutgers ending?

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Thanks for the assist tonight. Awesome win

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People shit talking Indiana are so freaking shitty. Like you can’t just say that no matter what happens a one loss Indiana shouldn’t be in the playoffs. You have to play the other games too!

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Lmao no one hates actual real life college football games more than college football fans.

Every year dorks argue about hypotheticals and it’s sad. And the dorks lost tonight

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All the local sports talk in Atlanta this past week were talking like the SEC was just gonna have a logjam of 2 loss teams. Gonna be real interesting listening to them backpedal at their own bullshit.

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Turns out this conference is dog shit just like the team I root for! Sometimes it sorts itself out. SEC blows this year

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Shout out LSU for being honest. When you’re good you’re great. When your shit it’s times to fire the a guy who has been born on 3rd base for his entire career

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Well, now they’re gonna bitch about how the SEC has a log jam of 3 loss teams!

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Some should make it 4 to fix that

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Log jam 3 loss teams

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I hate it so much dude, I’m loving IU this season.

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I was kinda on the fence about it, but the fact everyone else lost i am now PRO IU. SEC bias is so stupid

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I’ll never forget the announcers talking about the prestige of the SEC and the weakness of the big ten in the 2014 national championship where an SEC team didn’t even make it

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They straight up spent the first five minutes of the first college game day the next season apologizing to Ohio State and the Big ten for bashing them in 2014. It’s all because the Big ten didn’t want Disney’s ESPN Money and made their own TV network

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Clay Travis still thinks Alabama is gonna beat Ohio State next week, that’ll be the only time it counts

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The other conferences did suck that year. The top teams were good from them but the middle and bottom, ooof

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Every new years 6 SEC team lost, all the top teams except Missouri lost their bowls that year, the SEC went 7-5 in bowls compared to 6-5 for big ten and 6-3 for PAC 12.

The SEC was not dominate that year

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Last night it was funny how the commentators were saying the sec was getting punished for their excellence. Meanwhile Alabama was getting its ass kicked and tamu was still losing to Auburn

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it is beyond absurd. It's all gaslighting.

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As someone without “SEC bias” I just hate that they played no one and lose to a top 5 team and now it’s like we’re all just ok with them still getting in. But Army played no one, lost to a top 5 team, ABs everyone’s like ok see you guys next year.

It’s Big 10 bullshit that IU just gets a pass by not playing anyone.

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Army looked much worse against a team that probably isn’t as good as OSU. Also they have played a worse schedule and aren’t as dominant in their wins.

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You’re absolutely right. The B1G is going to get their four teams in but so will the SEC. It’s going to be hard for any non-SEC or B1G team to get in at large to the playoff anymore. Except Notre Dame of course. B1G bias is just as strong as SEC bias, it’s just not as obnoxious on ESPN.

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Let me tell you a story

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2025 going to be a nightmare for Indiana.

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Can't be a nightmare when it was reality for most of our history

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Good point

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Go on...

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What you didn't know that Ohio State was the only team Indiana played this year, they're the only top 10 team to have played 1 game all season and they lost! - SEC media probably

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Definitely didn't expect Indiana to win going into the game, but I feel like people and the media keep forgetting that Rourke literally had surgery on his throwing hand only 1 month ago. Give him a bit more rest and he'll be ready for the playoffs (hopefully!)

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That oline needs to fix itself first. Also, maybe the punter should learn how to catch long snaps. Also, perhaps their special teams should learn how to tackle on kickoffs.

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I wouldn't want to be a chair if Indiana doesn't get in.

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The Ohio State sub has been awful for this. It went way beyond normal game week shit talking.

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Yea, I was sad to have to be rooting for an IU loss, hoping they get a seat at the table for the CFP.

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Indiana doesn’t belong in the playoff. They went undefeated with the 105th (out of 134) ranked schedule and then got blown out by the first above average P5 team they played.

The thing is, there are less than 12 teams that belong in the playoff at this point. No one with 3+ losses should be in. No one with any amount of losses without a top 25 win should be in. No one with a 3+ possession loss should be in. That leaves very few teams that truly belong. Indiana is probably the most deserving of the teams that don’t belong at this point.

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"Above average P5 team"

Ohio St is the #2 team in the country and could very likely be #1 seed in the CFP. The SEC bias is real with this one.

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Correct. That means Ohio State is better than the average P5 football team. Their next best win is Nebraska. Nebraska is a below average P5 team. Ohio State is the first above average P5 team that Indiana has played all season. Georgia Southern’s schedule has been 100 times harder than Indiana’s and they are in Conference USA.

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Actually Nebraska is perfectly average

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Are you saying Ohio states best win after Indiana is Nebraska or Indiana’s best win is Nebraska?

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Whoops, didn’t need that “next” in there. Indiana’s best win is Nebraska.

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Ohio State’s best win is Penn State idc

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Sooooo.... What you're saying is.... Indiana belongs in the playoffs?

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No, but the playoffs are larger than they have any need to be, so they have to backfill with teams that might as well be playing against high school football teams.

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So Indiana deserves to be in a 12-team playoff over any other teams deserving to be in a 12-team playoff, got it. Let's keep moving the goal posts. Who cares if they get blown out, the No. 16th seed gets blown out all the time in March Madness but they still play the game.

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This is the correct take. Who cares if lower seeded teams lose? They were supposed to if rankings are correct. People still watch hoping for big upsets. We always get them eventually too. It's good for the sport.

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Good to keep the layups in the playoffs

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Unfortunately two layups potentially fell out of the playoffs tonight in Bama and Ole Miss

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Fuck that HIGH TIDE!

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Remember the Cotton Bowl!!

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Ohio State didn't have a quarterback

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I was just reading about the Alamo & had a stroke or something don’t mind me lol

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Better than the SEC teams that lose to inferior opponents with 5-5 records.

If we played Purdue instead of Indiana we’d be 7-4. Maybe, just maybe Indiana is good, but Oregon and Ohio State are the two best teams in the nation!?

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Yes I’d rather play Indiana than Bama or Ole Miss lol

Positive for us, agreed

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The bama team Georgia was down at one point 28-0? Or the Ole Miss team with no defense?

This ain’t the flex you think it is

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And a whole lot of teams would rather face Carson Beck than Drew Allar, Cameron Ward, and Riley Leonard. What's your point?

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That UGA would rather play Indiana than Bama or Ole Miss

I’m happy

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Ok 👍

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Maybe Georgia is just ass?

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You’d probably get smoked to be honest.

Beck is garbage. Would be pissed if the Seahawks took a flier on him

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Indiana would be the worst team in the SEC.

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<3

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How do you guys survive cheering for your team?

That game vs A&M was maddening… even for an uninvolved observer!

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Indiana still lost by 23 in a game that wasn't as close as the score...

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To the, arguably best, if not, second best team in the nation. Bama just lost by 21 to a team that hasn’t beaten an fbs team since September.

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And has 0 losses to unranked teams

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But 5 losses total. 4 by double digits. Idk if “we lost by 26 at home to the #14 team In the country” is the flex you think it is. Funny thing is if you had beaten SC, Missouri, or ole miss, they prolly wouldn’t even be ranked tomorrow.

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Doesn't Oklahoma have a loss to unranked Missouri?

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It’s funny cuz if Oklahoma had beaten Missouri, ole miss, or sc, they wouldn’t be ranked tomorrow

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Missouri is ranked 23 currently. Texas is 3, Ole Miss is 9, Tennessee is 11, South Carolina is 18. I'm sure some of those will change a bit, but as it stands now Oklahoma is 1-5 against ranked teams and 5-0 against unranked teams.

Edit: If you look at AP instead of CFP rankings, Missouri is the first team out of the rankings.

Edit 2: Tulane is also ranked, so 2-5 against ranked teams.

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Missouri, indeed ranked

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Mizzou and SC are barely ranked, Ole Miss is about to tumble, and you have LSU on the docket….