So let's say Wisconsin wins the Big 10 Championship

[Robotech]

And what does a win over a bowl eligible teams mean anymore? There will probably be 80 or so bowl eligible teams.

 

[gohusk]

Can you imagine the look on that pasty face Kirk Herbstreit when he finds out Ohio State is out?

That's not how it's going to play out. They'll take OSU, the Big 10 champ, Alabama, and Clemson. UW's going to get shut out so they can say "Hey, conference champs do matter! We just think the Big 10 is a lot better than the Pac 12!" Hopefully Clemson just loses next week to make things easier on them. I mean who the fuck have they played? Louisville? Florida State? They have the softest schedule of anyone and they lost to flippin Pitt.

 

[gohusk]

BCS is so fucking stupid. There's a huge difference between being #8 or #9 vs. #4 or #5. After years of saying "Hey, it's jut not possible to have a championship!" it magically appeared. Then they were saying "Well we just can't figure out how to have a playoff!" it magically appeared when everyone was pissed off about the conference rematch for the championship game. Now we have this shit show. It needs to be 8 teams, everybody has known this for years, and hopefully they finally address it.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Why not, Nebraska lost the game, so what difference does it make how much they lost the game by?

You serious Clark?

 

[The Oldtimer]

And what does a win over a bowl eligible teams mean anymore? There will probably be 80 or so bowl eligible teams.

Good point. A team just has to be 6-6 during the season to be bowl eligible.

 

[The Oldtimer]

You serious Clark?

Serious as hell!! A loss is a loss.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Serious as hell!!

Well, I respect your opinion, but I tend to disagree.

I think a 60 point loss to anyone automatically shows you can't compete with the big dogs, and thus you're likely not a playoff contender.

A loss in overtime, however, would prove otherwise.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Well, I respect your opinion, but I tend to disagree.

I think a 60 point loss to anyone automatically shows you can't compete with the big dogs, and thus you're likely not a playoff contender.

A loss in overtime, however, would prove otherwise.

But we weren't talking about "playoff contenders". Have any of the playoff contenders got blown out this year?

 

[The Oldtimer]

That's not how it's going to play out. They'll take OSU, the Big 10 champ, Alabama, and Clemson. UW's going to get shut out so they can say "Hey, conference champs do matter! We just think the Big 10 is a lot better than the Pac 12!" Hopefully Clemson just loses next week to make things easier on them. I mean who the fuck have they played? Louisville? Florida State? They have the softest schedule of anyone and they lost to flippin Pitt.

I don't think the committee will shut out the Huskies if they win the PAC 12 CCG.

 

[gohusk]

I don't think the committee will shut out the Huskies if they win the PAC 12 CCG.

I see it coming. If Colorado would have lost and then they won a rematch with USC then I think they would have gotten the nod but I just see things playing out like this. Whatever. There's 5-6 teams that deserve to be in there and somebody needs to take it up the ass.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

But we weren't talking about "playoff contenders". Have any of the playoff contenders got blown out this year?

I thought we were talking about if losses by certain amounts of points mattered in general.

Which in that case would include playoff contenders.

 

[Great Dayne]

I don't think the committee will shut out the Huskies if they win the PAC 12 CCG.

Tyrone Willingham will make sure they don't, unless he has sour grapes.

 

[The Oldtimer]

I thought we were talking about if losses by certain amounts of points mattered in general.

Which in that case would include playoff contenders.

And I thought you were talking about Nebraska getting blown out. Of course if a team gets blown out they weren't be a playoff contender.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Tyrone Willingham will make sure they don't, unless he has sour grapes.

This is the best Husky team in the last 25 years.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

And I thought you were talking about Nebraska getting blown out. Of course if a team gets blown out they weren't be a playoff contender.

I am so confused. I thought earlier you said all losses are graded the same no matter how bad the loss is....

 

[The Oldtimer]

I see it coming. If Colorado would have lost and then they won a rematch with USC then I think they would have gotten the nod but I just see things playing out like this. Whatever. There's 5-6 teams that deserve to be in there and somebody needs to take it up the ass.

Isn't that what a conference Championship game is for?

 

[The Oldtimer]

I am so confused. I thought earlier you said all losses are graded the same no matter how bad the loss is....

If I said that, then I'm sorry because that is not what I meant. What I meant to say is if my team loses then I take it as a loss, no matter what the point spread is. Naturally if a team loses by 50 point, then that team is not a playoff contender.

 

[Vitamike]

Given that both Alabama and Clemson win their CCG's, and the Committee does put Ohio State in the top 4, they could be looking at selecting only one of the two 11 win P5 Conference Champions with a CCG win.

If Colorado (11-2) wins the PAC & Penn State (11-2) or Wisconsin (11-2) wins the Big 10, this is what the seeding would most likely look like....

1. SEC Champ 13-0
2. ACC Champ 12-1
3. PAC Champ 11-2 or Big10 Champ 11-2
4. Big10 East Division Runner-Up 11-1

So if Ohio State does get the nod in this scenario, which Conference Champ gets the snub?

The PAC or The B1G?

 

[Great Dayne]

Given that both Alabama and Clemson win their CCG's, and the Committee does put Ohio State in the top 4, they could be looking at selecting only one of the two 11 win P5 Conference Champions with a CCG win.

If Colorado (11-2) wins the PAC & Penn State (11-2) or Wisconsin (11-2) wins the Big 10, this is what the seeding would most likely look like....

1. SEC Champ 13-0
2. ACC Champ 12-1
3. PAC Champ 11-2 or Big10 Champ 11-2
4. Big10 East Division Runner-Up 11-1

So if Ohio State does get the nod in this scenario, which Conference Champ gets the snub?

The PAC or The B1G?

A 2 loss PAC has 0% chance of making it and even a one loss Huskies might not even make it with their 128th ranked out of conference SOS.

 

[Gopherfan84]

Good point. A team just has to be 6-6 during the season to be bowl eligible.

Last season you only had to be 5-7, which is proof there are far too many bowl games.


Friends don't let friends be conference honks. And there's a lot of conference honking going on in this thread.