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South Carolina coach Shane Beamer has been vocal on why the Gamecocks should be one of the 12 teams in the College Football Playoff.
On Tuesday, hours before ESPN revealed the latest CFP rankings, Beamer appeared on the “Paul Finebaum Show” on SEC Network.
“I know the committee has a really hard job … maybe some people thought when you went to a 12-team playoff that it would take away the controversy of who didn’t get in that when it was a four-team playoff … now when you go to 12, that just adds more,” Beamer said. “There’s a lot of deserving teams don’t get me wrong, I know what kind of conference we play in … to me if the committee sits back and says right now at this moment ‘who are the best 12 teams in college football’ it’s hard to argue that we’re not one of them.”
The No. 12 Gamecocks (9-3) finished 5-3 in SEC play and beat four ranked opponents this season, but lost to two teams also on the bubble in Ole Miss and Alabama. All of the three-loss teams are waiting to see if they make the final CFP which will be revealed on Sunday.
Last week, South Carolina won at Clemson 17-14.
Beamer highlighted the six-game winning streak the Gamecocks finished the regular season on, in addition to their strength of schedule and margin of victory on the road.
“I just look at it as a coach, if I am an opposing team and I see that Gamecock logo pop up on the bracket as the team that I am playing in the first round, I can’t imagine there’s many coaches and teams that would be excited about having to play us right now,” Beamer said.
Finebaum brought up the head-to-head arguments with Ole Miss and Alabama.
“It’s three ranked teams, selfishly I’d love for all three of us to get in the playoffs because I got great respect for those programs,” Beamer said. “I get it they beat us, there’s no question about it nobody is denying that…
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Author : Greenville News
Publish date : 2024-12-03 21:46:00
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