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They just have to win their conference. The P5 all have a championship now, so the championship.Regular season or conference championship?
They just have to win their conference. The P5 all have a championship now, so the championship.Regular season or conference championship?
So, as a far out example. The West Division champion has a record of 6 and 6 but still wins the division. The East Division champion goes 12/0, but get beat by one point in the Championship game. All other conferences have winners with 1 or two losses regular season. The B1G team that went 12/0 and had one bad game is automatically out?They just have to win their conference. The P5 all have a championship now, so the championship.
They will have just lost to a 6-6 team the previous day, so maybe they should be out. A loss late in the season means more than one earlier in the season, IMO. It's who that team is right now, heading into the post season.So, as a far out example. The West Division champion has a record of 6 and 6 but still wins the division. The East Division champion goes 12/0, but get beat by one point in the Championship game. All other conferences have winners with 1 or two losses regular season. The B1G team that went 12/0 and had one bad game is automatically out?
I agree, and with just four spots, it will always have "those" cases. I"m hoping we get to the point where the minutiae doesn't matter more years than not.They will have just lost to a 6-6 team the previous day, so maybe they should be out. A loss late in the season means more than one earlier in the season, IMO. It's who that team is right now, heading into the post season.
It would make the decision easier if they considered conference play as a qualifier.
If you don't win your conference you're disqualified from the playoffs. Period.
I hope Clemson destroys Alabama, because I can't cheer against Georgia.But that would mean only 1 SEC team would be allowed to go to the playoffs...
It's who that team is right now, heading into the post season.
I feel the same way as Moiraine and my husband shared the same example as you did grandpasknee. But this happens during the basketball play offs all the time. If college football did the same thing then schools like UCF would get a chance to go to the 'Big Dance'.So, as a far out example. The West Division champion has a record of 6 and 6 but still wins the division. The East Division champion goes 12/0, but get beat by one point in the Championship game. All other conferences have winners with 1 or two losses regular season. The B1G team that went 12/0 and had one bad game is automatically out?
They have wins over #25 Fresno State, #24 Mississippi State and #16 LSU, and lost to a non-playoff team by 12. There's a good argument that two of those three should not be ranked, and are only ranked to prop up Alabama's SoS, imo.
What the committee is doing is de-incentivizing teams to schedule legitimate OOC opponents. If Ohio State would have lost to Iowa but never played Oklahoma, they'd be in the playoff. They have wins over #6 Michigan, #9 Penn State, and #19 Michigan State, and lost to a playoff team by 15. Worse loss, way better wins, including a championship.
idk, i get the different arguments, but the argument should be the most deserving more than an ambiguous 'the best team (we think)'.
What about just making the whole thing transparent?It would make the decision easier if they considered conference play as a qualifier.
If you don't win your conference you're disqualified from the playoffs. Period.
Yes. If you want to be MNC, you have to win our conference. The CCG is the first playoff game.So, as a far out example. The West Division champion has a record of 6 and 6 but still wins the division. The East Division champion goes 12/0, but get beat by one point in the Championship game. All other conferences have winners with 1 or two losses regular season. The B1G team that went 12/0 and had one bad game is automatically out?
I am OK with OSU being out, but I am not OK with Alabama being in. USC or UCF should be in.If Ohio State wanted in, they shouldn't have taken a huge crap in Iowa. Local Cleveland talk show yesterday morning agreed they shouldn't be in either. They said it was better to not have them in then to have them take a big crap against Clemson again. Urban Meyer's team continue to underperform. They were 2 to 3 touchdowns better in talent to Wisky and let them stay in the game and comeback late. JT Barrett graduating will help them.