In college football every game counts!
Well, every game counts except that that Bama/LSU game that LSU won on Bama's field that decided the SEC West and SEC championship.
It mattered so much that Bama got awarded a title after LSU won Bama's division, beat Bama on the road, and won Bama's conference.
LSU finished like 13-1 while Bama finished 12-1 and Bama got awarded a title....
LSU basically got penalized by having to play Georgia while Bama rested up. So basically that SEC championship win didn't really help LSU either. It would have only hurt them had they lost. In essence, LSU was penalized for winning while Bama was awarded for losing.
It's a pretty stupid system in that LSU put them self in a position to play for a conference title by going undefeated and beating Bama while Bama was just sitting at home resting knowing they would probably be in despite losing the biggest game of the year. All that said, people still say every game is important and matters. It doesn't.
It also doesn't matter when you lose. LSU lost their final regular season game to Arkansas a few years ago, had two losses, and got to play for the championship in their own state again....
What a joke. My team has benefited from this crap too and I still think it's the most horrible system in sports.
Bama has had really good teams in recent years but they lost their biggest game of the year at home to LSU. LSU shouldn't have had to beat Bama again while Bama had 6 weeks off to prepare and LSU had to get ready to play a SEC championship game.
I could go on and on...