PLAYOFF: Alabama, Oregon, FSU, Ohio State

[castlebravo1]

Just announced.

 

[dillohorn]

Briles meets karma.

 

[UT1983]

Really think the lack of a Big 12 Championship game hurt both TCU and Baylor.  Didn't help that our confernece didn't really "pick" a champion either.  Not a good day for the Big 12 Conference.

 

[GBT]

Being TCU and being Baylor hurt TCU and Baylor. The committee would have found something to move tOSU ahead even if we did have a championship game. Even though they claim it wasn't an issue, BRAND was a big deal.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

The CFB Playoff should probably look more like this

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[Juan]

SEC favored in 10 of 12 Bowl Games.
The two underdogs?
Both against the Big 12.
 
WVU (-4.5) vs A&M
TCU (-3) vs Ole Miss

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

I want to know how much money was spent creating and supporting a committee that ended up picking the winners of the 4 (Power 5) CCG's?  

We needed a comittee for that?

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Being TCU and being Baylor hurt TCU and Baylor. The committee would have found something to move tOSU ahead even if we did have a championship game. Even though they claim it wasn't an issue, BRAND was a big deal.

This is it in a nutshell. Not having a conference championship game had nothing to do with it. Absolutely nothing! TCU and Baylor just were not going to bring fans to the game or affect TV ratings like Ohio State is. And for good measure you can throw in the fact that there is a better geographical representation with pretty much the whole nation being represented.

Come on, do you really think that given the choice between either of two little private schools or Ohio State, that the committee would really take one of the two private schools? If you do, then you just don't get it.

Bottom line, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY! Don't let anyone tell you any different.

 

[streettopeschel]

I want to know how much money was spent creating and supporting a committee that ended up picking the winners of the 4 (Power 5) CCG's?  

We needed a comittee for that?

 no. with all the CCGs going to form the decision was fairly anticlimatic. bama, oregon and fsu were mortal locks with wins and a glamour team like osu hangs 59 on wisky so they're impossible to ignore.
had there been a couple of upsets, things would have gotten a little more dramatic.

 

[dillohorn]

Who in hell went along with the idea of the Big 12 having only 1 vote while SEC had 3, PAC12 had 3, and Big 10 had 2? :blink:

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[MikeV73]

Next year's vote: Incarnate Word #4, Baylor #5.

 

[popdaddy]

Teams like Baylor, TCU, Boise, Cincinnati, ect were never meant to be part of a college playoff, BCS or today.  The toads and/or bu almost got lucky but reality prevailed.   

Playoffs are for big dogs, if Texas or ou were in the mix the toads and bu were, things would have been different but, thanks to Mack, we have to wait a year or two to be a big dog again.

 

[Juan]

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[Juan]

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[Sejjr]

Teams like Baylor, TCU, Boise, Cincinnati, ect were never meant to be part of a college playoff, BCS or today.  The toads and/or bu almost got lucky but reality prevailed.   

Playoffs are for big dogs, if Texas or ou were in the mix the toads and bu were, things would have been different but, thanks to Mack, we have to wait a year or two to be a big dog again.

This is correct. The same powers that controlled the BCS cartel also control the "Playoff." Nothing has changed but the fact that we get a true winner out of a pool of 4 teams.

 

[java]

Who?  Oh, FSU, Alabama, Oregon, and Ohio State.  Yawn.

 

[Juan]

With only 4 slots for 5 PCs, someone is also going to be left out - this was a design flaw going in (a 6-team bracket could fix that with a bye for the top 2).

When the SEC gets two teams in at some future point, which seems inevitable, then 2 or 3 someones will be left out.

And, who knows, some day they might even get 3 teams in.

Let's see who starts squawking then.