I'd definitely say Oklahoma will have a legitimate bitch. They will probably have 3-4 ranked wins under their belt compared to 1 for Alabama. Oregon, maybe not so much with only 1 ranked win themselves, and coming against a Utah team that has yet to face a ranked opponent and lost to an unranked team.
My young feathered friend has not been educated on the world beater Cincinnati, the mid-western terror that is Indiana or the power house that is Wisconsin.
As of right now, Oregon's SOS is 30 while Oklahoma's is 41. I fully expect these to be different by Sunday. Oklahoma has 3 ranked teams on their schedule for the next 4 weeks, provided they make it to the CCG. Oregon has 1 if they make the CCG. Also, Oklahoma's "worse loss" is still against a ranked team, so that's a pretty dumb argument. It's not like Auburn is top 5 or something.
It's not about not taking them serious, it's about the complete and total lack of quality OOC wins and the fact that the entire conference outside of 2 teams has royally shit the bed this year. This isn't a comment on all playoffs moving forward, it's just about this season.You probably right, but if you are not going to take the PAC seriously then remove them from the P5 and make it the P4. On a side note ... I hate your team
It's not about not taking them serious, it's about the complete and total lack of quality OOC wins and the fact that the entire conference outside of 2 teams has royally shit the bed this year. This isn't a comment on all playoffs moving forward, it's just about this season.
I hate your team, too!
It's not about not taking them serious, it's about the complete and total lack of quality OOC wins and the fact that the entire conference outside of 2 teams has royally shit the bed this year. This isn't a comment on all playoffs moving forward, it's just about this season.
I hate your team, too!
Fair point, they don't have any ranked wins. That said, the entire conference outside of two teams isn't a pile of mediocre nonsense like the Pac 12.
LOL ok man. There are 3-4 teams in the Big 12 that would be unbeaten with Utah's schedule. They don't have any elite teams necessarily, but overall they're still clearly better than the Pac12.
Eh maybe, maybe not. There are simply better quality teams in the Big 12 though. Oklahoma would have a better case for the playoff than either Utah or Oregon.
The example you use is exactly the type of situation the CFB purists want to prevent. Teams like you describe have never had the opportunity for a natty in the history of college football. Such performances were not recognized as deserving of an opportunity. The purists want to continue that. They do not want a team that fiddle farts around in the regular season, plays just well enough to win a conference and then gets on a roll at the end of the season. Such a team might knock off a team that "earned" a spot by not fiddle farting around during the regular season. By preventing such from having an opportunity, it preserves the regular season and punishes the behavior you described. Such is what makes CFB different in their opinion.
TCU over Purdue
Baylor has two road wins, both by 3 scores, over teams that would be unbeaten with Utah's schedule. Not saying they would beat Auburn, but they'd have the same record as Oregon if they played their schedule. Washington lost by 10 to a bad Stanford team. Baylor would beat Stanford. I'd also be shocked if USC or Washington could go on the road at Okie State or Kansas State and win by 3 scores.
2019 Baylor = playing good teams good and playing bad teams bad.
It's not though, because playing OU means nothing when comparing them to Utah and Oregon. They'd be unbeaten with Utah's schedule. They've already beaten two teams that are better than anyone Utah has faced, and they beat them handily on the road. Utah could not do that, no questions asked.
