Am I a bad person for enjoying this so much?

[SoonerorLater]

Actually, that's not at all what they said on selection day. That's what the pundits were saying, but Jeff Long said over and over and over again that the reason Ohio State was selected over Baylor was because of the extra game/conference championship game that Ohio State played. Now, this is directly counter to what he and the CFPC said prior to this season. It's counter to the information that the CFPC put out. They said, in the pre-season, that a conference would NOT be penalized for not having a conference championship game. And, yet, there was Long telling everyone immediately after the selection that our lack of a championship game and a clear winner was the reason for putting Ohio State ahead. That's absolute bull****, and that sack of **** Bawlsby is largely to blame.

This whole process is a trainwreck. What we now have is a system more capricious and arbitrary than the BCS ever was. I agree that in a fair system Baylor should have went in before Ohio St. IMO the non-conf has some validity but it's more of a red herring. Baylor has a better win than any win by Ohio St. (by the committee's own rankings) and Ohio St has a worse loss than Baylor. Even despite the weak non-conf Baylor has a higher SOS. This is just the committee making things come out like they see fit then looking for any justification to validate the decision they wanted to make. This is why this system needs to be trashed ASAP.

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-...hedule-by-team

[KantoSooner]

Folks, it's a business. Outside of the state of Texas, the number of people who've heard of 'Baylor', not to mention that subset who want to watch them play football, is some single digit percentage of those who Ohio State can deliver to a bowl game. There's your 'tie breaker'.

[badger]

In other words, Baylor should have hired their PR firm long before it was clear the playoff committee didn't like them

[olevetonahill]

How in hell did a Thread making fun fun of JFF get jacked to be about baylor?

[KantoSooner]

How in hell did a Thread making fun fun of JFF get jacked to be about baylor?

Johnny Effing and Baylor have much in common.

[olevetonahill]

Johnny Effing and Baylor have much in common.

heh.

[SoonerorLater]

heh.

I like to think of this as a flexible and ever evolving message board.

[KantoSooner]

I like to think of this as a flexible and ever evolving message board.

Symbolized by the immortal wonder that was, is and ever shall be....."Delete Me".

[Salt City Sooner]

Playing a ranked (for the majority of the season) team from a power five conference and an SMU that was probably better when when they were scheduled is better than playing sub-par "bowl" teams. Tcu actually played a team from Ohio State's conference and beat them in a much more impressive manner than Ohio State did. They also didn't lose to a 6-6 "bowl" team

I've already conceded that Minnesota is a better individual game than anything on tOSU's OOC. I'm talking about the overall set though, & if anybody would be willing to bet that either SMU or Samford would beat Navy or Va. Tech (I'm leaving Cincy out of this because they were a 9 win team, which for mathematical purposes would be the closest thing to Minnesota in this, although obviously that's edge to UM for doing it in a P5 conference) as mediocre as Tech was, let's just say that I'd be on that wager in a heartbeat. As for the "better when they were scheduled" thing, you can say the same thing about the Va. Tech/tOSU set.

Oh, & Sic'em, tOSU losing to Va. Tech does nothing but strengthen my point that tOSU's OOC's > TCU's OOC's. We already know that Minnesota couldn't, because they met (on the Gophers' home field, while TCU got Minnesota in Ft. Worth) & the Buckeyes came out on top. Anybody willing to say that either SMU or Samford could pull off what Va. Tech did? Yeah, me neither.

[badger]

How in hell did a Thread making fun fun of JFF get jacked to be about baylor?

My fault. I noted that Sunday was a fun day for watching bad quarterbacks, not just limited to Johnny, but also RG3 and 11. Then SicEm jumped in to defend his beloved Highs Man Trough Fee Winnah and several pages later it hasn't stopped.

[SoonerorLater]

Yes, Johnny Manziel's first start did not go well.

There now we are back on track.

[olevetonahill]

[BoulderSooner79]

Yes, Johnny Manziel's first start did not go well.

There now we are back on track.

Americans have the collective attention span of a gnat, so we'll see how long this last.

BTW, who thinks JH did a bang up job this year?

[badger]

Bang up as in good, or bang up as in I'm-gonna-bang-up-the-middle-on-fourth-and-1 WITHTHEGAMEONTHELINE!!!! and-not-get-a-yard?

[SoonerForLife92]

I've already conceded that Minnesota is a better individual game than anything on tOSU's OOC. I'm talking about the overall set though, & if anybody would be willing to bet that either SMU or Samford would beat Navy or Va. Tech (I'm leaving Cincy out of this because they were a 9 win team, which for mathematical purposes would be the closest thing to Minnesota in this, although obviously that's edge to UM for doing it in a P5 conference) as mediocre as Tech was, let's just say that I'd be on that wager in a heartbeat. As for the "better when they were scheduled" thing, you can say the same thing about the Va. Tech/tOSU set.

Oh, & Sic'em, tOSU losing to Va. Tech does nothing but strengthen my point that tOSU's OOC's > TCU's OOC's. We already know that Minnesota couldn't, because they met (on the Gophers' home field, while TCU got Minnesota in Ft. Worth) & the Buckeyes came out on top. Anybody willing to say that either SMU or Samford could pull off what Va. Tech did? Yeah, me neither.

I missed the part where you explained how tOsu losing to a 6-6 team is a better loss than tcu losing to the number 5 (arguably) team in the nation. A team that was slighty ranked above/then below them for a good chunk of the season.... before the last rankings of course when the committee lost all credibility just because they wanted to avoid the big 12's co-champion nonsense.

[SoonerForLife92]

Well back on topic I absolutely loved watching johnny fail. His first scramble he almost got the first but a linebacker came in and just laid on him so he wouldn't get the first. Welcome to real big boy football johnny dip****

[Salt City Sooner]

I missed the part where you explained how tOsu losing to a 6-6 team is a better loss than tcu losing to the number 5 (arguably) team in the nation. A team that was slighty ranked above/then below them for a good chunk of the season.... before the last rankings of course when the committee lost all credibility just because they wanted to avoid the big 12's co-champion nonsense.

That would be because that's a point that I would never try to make, nor even insinuate. If you'll go back & look at what I bolded in your post that I quoted in my first post, the only thing that I was pointing out was that tOSU's overall OOC slate > TCU's. That's it, nothing more, nothing less.

[SoonerForLife92]

That would be because that's a point that I would never try to make, nor even insinuate. If you'll go back & look at what I bolded in your post that I quoted in my first post, the only thing that I was pointing out was that tOSU's overall OOC slate > TCU's. That's it, nothing more, nothing less.

My mistake. I still disagree though... In my opinion that minnesota game is far more impressive than ohio state's opponents. Also strength of schedule doesn't matter when they lost to the only team really worth mentioning. Your argument would make a lot more sense to me if ohio state beat Vtech and lost to say michigan state. (I know this isn't what you're arguing but) also they have a common opponent that tcu handled much much better... This committee is a fraud already.