College football Twitter debates whether Cincinnati belonged in playoff

For the previous 4 months, Cincinnati has put collectively a dream season that led the Bearcats to grow to be the primary Group of 5 staff to make it to the College Football Playoff. Dealing with top-ranked Alabama on Friday, it didn’t take lengthy for that dream to show right into a nightmare.

The Crimson Tide dominated all recreation lengthy, beating Cincinnati 27–6 and controlling the road of scrimmage from the opening drive. Alabama rushed for 301 yards on 47 carries, and out-gained the Bearcats 482–218. The Tide’s protection was significantly efficient towards quarterback Desmond Ridder, limiting him to 17-for-32 passing for 144 yards and batting down quite a few balls on the line of scrimmage.

Earlier than the mud even settled on the sport, people across the sport started to get forward of any dialog about this outcome getting used to assist an argument that Group of 5 groups don’t belong in the Playoff. Cincinnati’s defeat is simply the newest in a protracted line of equally lopsided scores on the sport’s largest stage—and lots of of these blowouts have occurred with Alabama on the successful facet of issues.