#11 in both polls

zuckercanyon said:
I'm tired of hearing about the Boise States getting screwed out of major bowls playoffs etc. Wish they hadn't lost their top dog but if they beat Memphis put em' in against Bama and lets see how great they are.
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Fair. But don’t forget how poorly ND looked against Bama in the 2012 final. Like an FCS team...
 
I'd like to see Bama - tOSU in the first round of the playoffs IF tOSU beats the crap out of Northwestern and get the 4 slot in the final rankings. But the problem with the committee is you never know what those folks are going to do. Bama could beat Georgia in their CCG, and the committee still puts Georgia in the NCG. Not likely, but it won't be a surprise either. Hell, they put Bama in last year and tOSU in a couple of years before that when neither won their CCG, Bama wasn't even in the CCG.

The playoff selection is all kinds of jacked up. IIRC, conference winners only were to be eligible. But that went down the shitter quickly.
 
I'm guessing that Texas will be ranked about 12 or 11 when the playoff rankings come out. If Texas beats Oklahoma for the Conf finals, I'd expect us to be ranked around 7 or 8. It would also mean that Texas gets the Sugar Bowl and more than likely Georgia. If Texas beats Georgia, I think they finish top 5, maybe top 3.
 
bystander said:
Ohio State will make the playoff assuming they win the Big 10 championship game. I'd bet the house on it. They are too powerful off the field and their destruction of Michigan will give the committee the excuse that they are not the team that lost to Purdue.
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I tend to agree, given that it happened before when TCU got screwed. Problem for the power brokers is the Big 10 title game score. If they beat NU 62-7, they are a lock. But what happens if they beat NU 23-21?

The BCS and the CFP are simply a shined up version of what we lived with for 60+ years. Your pedigree, your following, your tv sets, etc determine your place in the pecking order. Nothing has changed.

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zuckercanyon said:
I'm tired of hearing about the Boise States getting screwed out of major bowls playoffs etc. Wish they hadn't lost their top dog but if they beat Memphis put em' in against Bama and lets see how great they are.
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The quickest way to end the arguments about the Boise States or the UCF's of the football world is to accept their undefeated seasons and put them in the big-name bowls. If they fall flat, then the naysayers can say they proved their point of exclusions...however, the reality is that the big boys are scared of playing the mid-majors precisely because so many of them have performed well in the major bowls in the rare occasions they got there.
 
mb227 said:
The quickest way to end the arguments about the Boise States or the UCF's of the football world is to accept their undefeated seasons and put them in the big-name bowls. If they fall flat, then the naysayers can say they proved their point of exclusions...however, the reality is that the big boys are scared of playing the mid-majors precisely because so many of them have performed well in the major bowls in the rare occasions they got there.
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My memory is that Boise did just fine against Arizona, OU and TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. With an 11-6 bowl record this century.

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VYFan said:
Is there a scenario where we play UCF? I'd rather have that game than a lot of others.
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sadly, it appears that the people in charge of such things are now using the devastating injury to the UCF QB as their basis to downgrade them in the rankings, despite the previous claims that injury was NOT a basis to keep someone out of contention.

Of course, the other sad element is that the injury and change is one that very likely sees the end of the winning streak and, with a loss, they will plummet far more than did meatchicken after they gave up 62 to Ohio State...
 
The criteria, as pointed out above, is not overall record and/or winning the conference championship, but more of (not in any specific order) ticket sales, attendance (sellouts) at home games, on the road following, TV ratings. It rewards in some cases teams that don't belong.

Bama didn't play in the sec's CCG last year and were put in. tOSU was in the year Clemson won the NC. Wasn't that one of the original criteria, winning your CCG? I didn't watch any of the playoff games with Bama in it, didn't watch the one tOSU played in either. But, there you have it...a good idea that's been totally jacked up. Better system is to do away with the polls and the selection committee and put in the conference winners. But then we get the 4 slots available for 5, Power 5 Conference teams and or Notre Dame.
 
Let's not be fooled that this playoff list is about being fair and the best teams. It's about the sexiest matchups that would draw the largest TV ratings. That's why reasons and requirements ts change year to year based off the situation.
 
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