Is the end near? Will the BTN stop being carried by cable?

[OSU_D/]

Declaring mythical scenarios as pessimistic certainties is fun.

Well that settles it.

I'll trust math over snarkyness any day. But thanks for acknowledging that there aren't any certainties; that includes national championship game inclusion with undefeated seasons too.

9 times out of 10, OSU gets in. It just isn't a certainty

 

[jwinslow]

What if we are talking about a 12-1 team last season? Would we have automatically finished ahead of Florida and Oregon given the schedule we played?

What if we are talking about a 12-1 team last season? Would we have automatically finished ahead of Ohio State and Oregon given the schedule we played?

What if we are talking about a 12-1 team last season? Would we have automatically finished ahead of Ohio State and Florida given the schedule we played?

FIFY.

No, teams that lose don't get to skate into the postseason. Those losses have consequences, whether you are in god's gift to conferences or the land of the unworthy.


If OSU can't win their weak schedule in 2012 or 2013, I see disappointing consequences but hardly unfair ones.

 

[jwinslow]

you ever think they didn't rank him higher because they WERE bowl ineligible?

I'm guessing not

Exactly. No one expected OSU to win that many games, but once they did, it was still a secondary story because they were irrelevant to the postseason. It doesn't sell to hype the title merits of a team that can't sell commercials in the bowl season.

Flash forward to this year. Urban Meyer has only beaten up on midwest teams and a weak cal squad, none of which outsiders would regard as noteworthy. This schedule is probably even weaker than last year's, yet OSU is near or at the top of the preseason polls.


It's certainly possible that folks would have tweaked their voting to penalize weak resumed OSU and inflate Alabama's status, but it would go against precedent where pundits disrespected an undefeated powerhouse but still voted for them.