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We are not out yet!! (Okay, now we are....)

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Steve19 said:
Ohio State's only realistic chance in my opinion, as Florid is just awful.

UNC beats Clemson in a close game. Both sides look very average in a mistake-filled game.

USC upsets Stanford.

MSU destroys Iowa.
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I posted this earlier. Since Florida is so bad, I think Saban will blow them out. The Big 12 will not be left out under any circumstances, as we see in their rise in the polls today. So, the only way for 2 Big 10 teams to get in is for MSU to expose Iowa and UNC to beat Clemson but not look good doing it. A Stanford loss ices the cake. Probability is less than 5% in my opinion.
 
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We are not out yet!!

I hate to say it; but yes we are, we were out of it as soon as the final clock struck :00 in the Michigan State/Penn State game.

With 5 power conferences and only 4 CFP slots; the selection committee is not going to pass over a conference champion in favor of a team that didn't even make their own championship game (nor should they).
 
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Sad but true... UNC or Stanford IMO were ranked in the spots they were this week to position themselves to be put in in the chance they win next.

I think we are going to have to be a lesson for why there's going to be a need for 8 teams. Why should a team be punished for losing the wrong game in the wrong week? We are clearly a top 4 type of team but I can't argue there's other teams who are at least as deserving such as UNC, Oklahoma, Alabama and of course the winner of the B1G.

Stanford though? With two loses? One to big ten school? One of which isn't one of the top 5 schools in the big 10? NO.
 
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Part of the problem is the system. Whether it was the BCS or the playoffs, late season losses always hurt you more than early season losses. They shouldn't though. How losing to a good MSU team hurts our chances more than losing to an average VA Tech last year, I don't know. You can say, "but we won the conference championship last year." However, that'd be saying only conference champions should get in and I don't think the playoff committee has necessarily said that. Hinted to it? Sure.

But if that's what they want, then just write the playoff selection as: "Only conference champions from a conference championship game can get in. Unless we feel another SEC team should get in. Then we'll do that."
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Worst feeling is that with Warinner calling the plays and the team finally hungry and focused, I god damned know that we could run this thing if we could only get in. I'll put the team that showed up in Ann ARbor yesterday in a Pepsi challenge against any team in the top 10.
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Maybe. Manhandling a depleted UM front might be quite different than doing the same to other teams (e.g., Sparty) and the Buckeyes still haven't exhibited much of a passing game.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Explain to me how Stanford jumps us when they win on a FG as times expires and we destroy Michigan...
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Because ND was a contender before losing Michigan already had 2 losses and is now down somewhere with the ole piss of the world

And I did say 6 and 7 are interchangeable. But if they win their conference and a spot opens in the top 4 they will get it over tOSU
 
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Systems_id said:
I honestly don't see how Stanford gets in over Ohio State with two losses in the regular season, conference championship or no. If one of their losses was a close one in the Pac-12 Championship I could see it. You're basically sending the message that losses don't even matter anymore.
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Condi and Ty on the committee. Conference champion. No real need for Alvarez and Osborne to fight for Ohio State with Iowa/Sparty already in (in fact a vested interest in not having OSU roll into the closing of recruiting season a two-time NC) and finally the committee's own rules that push the burden of proof onto anyone arguing for Ohio State over Stanford. The only thing in Ohio State's favor is that Stanford won't sell the tickets or turn on the televisions.
 
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mattynokes said:
Part of the problem is the system. Whether it was the BCS or the playoffs, late season losses always hurt you more than early season losses. They shouldn't though. How losing to a good MSU team hurts our chances more than losing to an average VA Tech last year, I don't know. You can say, "but we won the conference championship last year." However, that'd be saying only conference champions should get in and I don't think the playoff committee has necessarily said that. Hinted to it? Sure.

But if that's what they want, then just write the playoff selection as: "Only conference champions from a conference championship game can get in. Unless we feel another SEC team should get in. Then we'll do that."
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Here's how. Va Tech is a non conference game; losing to them (basically) doesn't effect your chances of being conference champion. Losing to Michigan State which is a conference game (in your same division) gives them the tiebreaker and eliminates you from being in the conference championship game and competing for a conference championship.
 
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