Betting all the marbles OSU is in

[HawkNole09]

OSU just beat an undefeated Wisconsin in a B1G Championship Game. They also played in the toughest division in college football this year.

Bama didn’t play in a conference championship, which in my eyes counts as another loss, which it could easily have been. No quality wins.

Plus if the CFP really wants to make the playoffs an all South thing all it needs to do is put Clemson, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma in the playoff, and it’ll mean less and less to the North.

 

[JerNHawk]

OSU just beat an undefeated Wisconsin in a B1G Championship Game. They also played in the toughest division in college football this year.

Bama didn’t play in a conference championship, which in my eyes counts as another loss, which it could easily have been. No quality wins.

Plus if the CFP really wants to make the playoffs an all South thing all it needs to do is put Clemson, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma in the playoff, and it’ll mean less and less to the North.

Quality wins or not, who do you think would win between Alabama and Ohio State? Who do you think would give Clemson a better game? Last time I saw Ohio St play them they lost 31-0. Do you think this year's Iowa team could ever dream of hanging with a team like Alabama, let alone beat them by 31 pts? I don't think so. If you want to see a playoff blowout, throw Ohio State in there again.

 

[Birdmanil]

Last year a 2 loss Big ten champion didn't get in because a one loss non champion looked to be the better team to the eye, and the same 2 loss team also won the head to head matchup.

So why do we think a 2 loss big ten champ this year is going to get in over a 1 loss non champ whom looks better to the eye.

 

[Qued18]

Comparative losses in Oklahoma and Auburn

Ohio St loss to Iowa and Alabama not playing today ...both bad

Auburn loss today is what I think keeps Alabama out and Ohio St in
I think if Auburn would have won Alabama would have gotten in

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

"Do you THINK" is a common phrase today. But while we're "thinking," let's go back to the week before Ohio State visited Iowa City. What were the self-proclaimed wizards of college football "thinking" then?

They were thinking Ohio State would destroy Iowa. No one gave Iowa a chance. And then they played the game.

So "Do you THINK" Iowa could beat Alabama by 31 points in a night game at Kinnick in early November? Hell yes. Why not? They did it to OSU when nobody thought they could.

And there's the problem: too much "thinking" and not enough objective fact in this whole CFP thing. Many of us have said from the beginning that any playoff should have EIGHT teams, five conference champs and three at-large. Take as much subjectivity out of it as possible. Win your conference and you're in. Simple and fair as that.

Instead, we're given this BS. Screw it. I watch sports to get away from politics and all that garbage, but the CFP is just more of the same. And that's a shame.

 

[DavenportHawk8]

Committee made a statement today and last year as well. Lose the last week of the season and miss your conf champ. You will get in because of your name/history.

Have expand it to 8 and get all Power 5 conf champs in and 2 at-large and UCF.

 

[Eisman57]

Screw the Buckeyes, I couldn't be happier those smug jerks are out.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

iowa lost all your marbles for you.

 

[hwk23]

This is the worst committee ever. Alabama hasn't beat anybody in the top 15, didn't win their conference, only played 8 conference games and played a very easy non-conference schedule. Alabama's best win is LSU, a team that lost to Troy.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

This is the worst committee ever. Alabama hasn't beat anybody in the top 15, didn't win their conference, only played 8 conference games and played a very easy non-conference schedule. Alabama's best win is LSU, a team that lost to Troy.

it has been rigged from the very start

 

[BubsFinn]

Marbles are overrated anyway. Alabama was #1 all season. No chance the committee was going to keep them out.