Hell may really have frozen over.
Breaking: SMU is in @CFBPlayoff and Alabama is out, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 8, 2024
THE BRACKET IS SET ✍️
— ESPN (@espn) December 8, 2024
Who are you taking to win the #CFBPlayoff? pic.twitter.com/9BDWwesEVL
Alabama was excluded from the College Football Playoffs.
Alabama can still get in if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing
— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) December 8, 2024
It’s clear Alabama is both a better team and a more deserving team than SMU. It’s also clear they had their chance and absolutely ate dirt against Oklahoma & Vandy. Both can be true. I hate the 12 team playoff.
— the content is good (original version) (@BourbonGhost) December 8, 2024
I can’t repeat enough, Alabama did not lose a nonconference game or schedule anyone hard in nonconference this year. In fact, if they *did* schedule someone hard and won, they might have gotten in. https://t.co/vROhZfLnvQ
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 8, 2024
The exclusion is all the talk of the Twitterverse.
If you think Alabama deserves a spot… they lost to 6-6 Vanderbilt and got blown out by 6-6 Oklahoma.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2024
Get a grip. At some point you have to rank teams based on the results on the field and not how good Nick Saban was.
The Assad regime collapses in Syria AND Alabama is left out of the playoffs. What a weekend for freedom-lovers everywhere!
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) December 8, 2024
People who don't love Alabama football love to hate Alabama football and the memes were extraordinary.
“Alabama will miss the College Football Playoff”
— Nick Perkins (@NickyPerkss) December 8, 2024
The entire country: pic.twitter.com/mZnw0XYbsP
ALABAMA OUT. pic.twitter.com/hMA48vS6UY
— Barstool Rocky Top (@BarstoolTenn) December 8, 2024
Tennessee fans were really praying on their downfall.
Alabama: "Can you put us in the CFP."
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) December 8, 2024
The committee: pic.twitter.com/vqPQZGtRZL
Alabama football Alabama football
— Prison Mitch (@MidnightMitch) December 8, 2024
at the beginning at the end of the
of the season: season: https://t.co/r4uNAwAHGO pic.twitter.com/gRptrNSuIZ
It was a rough season.
I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am that Bama is staying home. My heart is full this morning. https://t.co/trvYueXGGi
— Juan Leonel Garciga (@SuperJuancho91) December 8, 2024
Alabama walks into a bar...to watch the College Football Playoffs.
— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) December 8, 2024
No matter who won or lost today, Alabama is still living rent free in folks heads. Saban is gone but yet here we still are. pic.twitter.com/EjhYDtYKt0
— Amanda (@Manda4UA) December 8, 2024
Like Alabama or not, there is no arguing they stay the focus of college football fans.
Alabama didn't miss out because of it's nonconference schedule! It missed out because of Vanderbilt! https://t.co/QO4NaSuTVC
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) December 8, 2024
This is SHAMELESS
— Nathan Carroll (@Nathan_26_) December 8, 2024
NO mention of the fact that Alabama has 3 losses (compared to SMU’s 2) and that 2 of those losses are to 6-6 teams.
If an anti-trust suit ever comes for the SEC, ESPN should 100% be on it. pic.twitter.com/1oXvtmhu8g
Next year will likely be a whole different story, but the Alabama haters are certainly reveling in their bad fortune this year.