Yep. while it was disappointing not having OSU in the last 2 seasons, leaving them out was certainly justified (as was putting them in in 2016...and 2014).
Despite knowing the final results, I do not believe that 2014, Ohio State should not have been allowed in the playoffs over BAYLOR with the uncertainty at the QB situation with Haskins going down so late in the season and only seeing Cardale for one game.
agree, that's an issue but how often would a 4-loss team have gotten in the last decade? Only time I recall for sure was the year OSU and PSU could not play in their CCG.
Having trouble understanding that with all the negatives.....are you saying OSU should have made it or should not have made it?
If Utah loses to Colorado, you have 4 loss USC in the CCG. Last year you had Pitt in the ACC CCG and Northwestern in the B1G CCG. We have been very close to that multiple times in recent seasons. When is the last time we had a two loss conference champion outside the top 8?
I thought they deserved it.....very tough schedule and only one close loss. PSU lost twice. Once by blowout the other time to a middling Pittsburgh team.
No Ohio State should not have been in the playoffs. The Big12 One True Champion should have been in the playoffs as a 4 seed.
Great....but being close is not winning a CCG. My question was how often has it happened? I can recall once in a decade.
If you say so. Never mind OSU had an extra win (a huge one) and showed they could play with cardale......which non-champ in the B12 were you picking?
Think I mentioned in another thread I was once all for an 8 teamer as a must. Still prefer 8, but I could understand keeping it at 4 as 8 would be a gauntlet to get through.
Ok, so close doesn’t count in CCG but close does count in playoffs? Everyone wants to switch to 8 games because we may have 5 undefeated teams and what do we do then, which has never happened in the modern era of football. Watering down the playoffs to allow teams that have played bad schedules and lost to bad teams isn’t exactly going to help college football. The reason the NFL is worse than NCAA football is because most games right now in the NFL are meaningless. There is no drama. By making non-conference college games, exhibition games, like you want to, it will hurt college football. Are you going to put your starting quarterback in for the whole game in a game that has no bearing on making the playoffs? Probably not. Let him play a couple of drives against a team the sit him to rest up for the conference schedule.
Baylor was the conference champ.
You want to reward a team who scheduled SMU, Buffalo and Northwestern State as their OOC games?
What does that matter, nonconference schedules don’t matter, right? It’s all about winning your conference. Why schedule tough OOC games when they are meaningless games? Schedule FCS, UTEP and Oregon State and your all set because they don’t count.
at least you switched from straw man to completely irrational.
Because clearly that year they did matter. And they could in the future when it came to selecting teams 6-8.
Yes, and in your world, playing 3 FCS teams has no punishment and playing Alabama, Clemson, and Oklahoma has no reward. So you want to make it so nonconference are pointless but it should help out Ohio State that year because it’s Ohio State and your Scarlet and Gray glasses are on. Why should non-conference games matter that season but it shouldn’t matter going forward?
But why take a chance? Ask FSU if they would rather sit their quarterback against Bama a couple years ago or let him get hurt and be out all season?
