If ISU loses to KSU, all it will take is an ASU loss in the CCG for this to happen. Boise isn't losing, I guess maybe Tulane drops one.
There is not a playoff worthy team in the big 12
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1) Don’t lump B1G into SEC. That’s a a joke.
2) B12 top four would fare well in B1G.
3) if your point is that Iowa would win the B12, that’s a joke, too.
4) OSU and Oregon would each have three losses vs an SEC schedule
Bullshit.
The rules are pretty plain and simple. This years playoffs were pretty much wide open for 8 teams or so.
This is correct. The top five rated conference champions get the automatic bid.
That is accurate, if it were to play out like that, although highly unlikely.
The Big 12 getting a bye will go away this year if Boise wins out. Boise will take a bye and the ACC winner will take the other. Hopefully Tulane can take the last spot.
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I think BYU is the only Big 12 champ that would get the #4 seed over 12-1 Boise State, based on win over SMU, the only high-quality win in the entire conference. Boise State has only 1 loss by 3 points to Oregon and has the country’s premier player; very few people could name one player on BYU, ASU or ISU; the committee people know this.
Yeah the idea that a committee is going to perfectly pick the "best" teams instead of letting conference champions move on to the playoffs is - well, it's a retarded idea. Every other sport and football league in the world can figure that shit out, but we always have these - well, retarded people - arguing that you can't do it for (formerly) D1 football.
Why?
Like so many other conferences, the current makeup of the Big12 is such a change from what most of us are familiar with. They are the leftover conference. I would almost feel bad for them, but the the Clone fans show up here and make fools out of themselves, so I'll get over it
Why?
Should people in the big ten feel proud they make a lot of money ( the schools that have zero shot at playoff )?
Big XII will have a wide open path to playoff every year. I would rather have that vs a nicely funded women’s crew team.
This is what I find so funny. There’s tons of under the radar players that won’t end up at SEC powers or Ohio ST or Oregon. So what good is all this revenue that’s going to the schools like Minny or Wisconsin or even Iowa? Is it helping us or them recruit better? Because it doesn’t look like it. NIL is king. Who gives a shit about all this so called money? What is Iowa doing with it? I keep hearing from some of you that all these schools might as well just give up. Guess what? Nobody is scared of 3/4 of the Big Ten and their TV contracts.
If by “fare well” you mean compete for 5th-12th place, that’s fair.
I’m not much for discussing fantasy worlds, but although Iowa wouldn’t be an overwhelming favorite in the Big 12, it doesn’t make sense that their winning it would be a joke; there are zero high-quality teams in that conference and as I type this there are 9 teams still alive that could win it, none having clearly superior teams compared to Iowa.
Again, making stuff up is fun, but these arguments are both based on preexisting bias. I doubt any team could get through a typical SEC schedule unscathed, but your “three losses” statement is a bigger joke than anything you’re accusing others of.
Teams get in based on their wins and losses...not the personalities on their team. "We have a star player" is not an argument to get a playoff bye or bid. Bowl selection sure...but not a legitimate playoff.
BYU and Colorado both had pretty good paths but they choked. All I know is if ISU sneaks in I'm gonna vomit.
You and KF both. His boxers would get a lot tighter knowing that ISU had won a bcs major bowl (Fiesta) since him and earned a CFP berth before him and has skill players QB (Purdy) and RB (Montgomery) having highly productive and visible careers in the NFL while KF not so much.
Ugh, Stanford and Cal weren’t invited and they are currently earning zero TV dollars as members of the ACC.
Yeah, right. If the CFP committee has proven anything, it’s that brand recognition and star power influence them greatly.
Wide open path? The Big 12 is one upset away from being left out of the playoffs all together.
At most (in most years) one Big 12 team will make the playoffs as it stands now. 6% of their conf will be playoff bound. Compared that to the B1G where four teams will likely go more often than not, or 22% of the teams. I’d take my chances in the B1G.
