Game Thread: College Football Selection Show Discussion, 12 PM EST, ESPN

[podsox]

From almost in the playoff to getting smashed by USC in the rose bowl

 

[kramer1]

Kanell is such a little girl

 

[nathans8823]

Is it just me or does Kirby always look high.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Welp....oh well

Y'all had a great season. If someone said Penn St was #5 at the end of the year and would be in a Rose Bowl I wouldn't believe them.

 

[RTRdian]

Wait the Cleveland Browns didn't get the #4 Seed?

I laughed so hard my cat jumped

Bama and OSU final!

 

[DHoey]

True. It just goes to show that you get rewarded for losing only one game in a weaker conference.

The experts just made a great point here. If Penn State had played Portland State and spanked them in week two instead of losing a heartbreaker to Pitt, they would be 12-1 and automatically in the top four.

And if Michigan would have played the Colorado that they thought they scheduled in 2013, their
Non-conference would have been shit

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

God I hate NYE games

It's garbidge

I hate it also, I usually like to pay full attention to these kind of games but on New Years eve they're just background noise

The college football playoff should not be background noise

 

[nathans8823]

Ohio State was just in the Fiesta Bowl last year! (How bout we don't talk about those results)

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

True. It just goes to show that you get rewarded for losing only one game in a weaker conference.

The experts just made a great point here. If Penn State had played Portland State and spanked them in week two instead of losing a heartbreaker to Pitt, they would be 12-1 and automatically in the top four.

So, teams get rewarded for running the table against lesser teams.

I think the bigger issue was Penn State went 2-2 against the top 25

Everyone else in contention has at least 3 top 25 wins, and at most only 1 loss

 

[Airraidtech]

But they invented the chicken sandwich.. I never knew that.

And their new breakfast burritos with hash browns in em!?!? Bro

 

[Robotech]

They obviously matter but can't have 2 losses and other teams with better or similar resumes with fewer losses.

It was enough to jump the team that beat them by 39, but not the team they beat H2H. LOL. It's like the committee made a half-hearted gesture to show that they really do value conference championships. The commitee should have just been consistent and kept Michigan ahead of Penn State.

 

[Wamu]

We need a LIVE look-in at Jim Harbaugh

Don't forget about...

 

[podsox]

It was enough to jump the team that beat them by 39, but not the team they beat H2H. LOL. It's like the committee made a half-hearted gesture to show that they really do value conference championships. The commitee should have just been consistent and kept Michigan ahead of Penn State.

True

 

[nathans8823]

James Franklin!

 

[Shanemansj13]

They basically said to Oklahoma, "Learn how to play defense"

LOL

 

[Robotech]

From almost in the playoff to getting smashed by USC in the rose bowl

To be fair, USC would probably beat all the teams who made it except for Alabama.

 

[cwerph]

Is it just me or does Kirby always look high.

He has an odd look. Can't really think of a word to characterize it.

 

[kramer1]

As if the "committee" really puts more than 5 seconds thought into this. Give me a break. It's about the money. They want an Alabama/OSU final. They'll likely get that.

That genius asking the committee guy about advanced statistics was priceless.

 

[Maverick426h]

I think the bigger issue was Penn State went 2-2 against the top 25

Everyone else in contention has at least 3 top 25 wins, and at most only 1 loss

I think that's a bit misleading too. I mean, Pitt also beat Clemson.

2-1 against the top 8 is another way to look at this in favor of PSU.

It's just a tough pill to swallow when you win the Championship of arguably the best conference and don't get in.

 

[Wamu]

They basically said to Oklahoma, "Learn how to play defense"

LOL

I thought OK should have gotten that 6 spot. They won their conference outright. That team in ann arbor finished 3rd in their own division.