So who's in the playoffs?

[jethreauxdawg]

I don't know how the committee can leave out Penn state, but ESPN is pushing hard for OSU. I think it should be Bama, Clemson, Washington, and Penn State.

 

[fishwater99]

I agree. OSU should not get in.
They were not in conference championship.

 

[tatedog]

Road wins at Wisconsin and Oklahoma along with the win over Michigan is enough to justify Ohio State being in. I don't get why the committee had to paint themselves into this "conference championship" corner when all conference championships are far from equal and divisions are so unbalanced.

eta: I still think Michigan has a better shot than Penn State of getting in , though both are huge long shots. And if they want to go the "conference championship" route, make this super fair and easy... just take the 4 conference champions with the best SoS and be done.

 

[codeDawg]

Road wins at Wisconsin and Oklahoma along with the win over Michigan is enough to justify Ohio State being in. I don't get why the committee had to paint themselves into this "conference championship" corner when all conference championships are far from equal and divisions are so unbalanced.

eta: I still think Michigan has a better shot than Penn State of getting in , though both are huge long shots. And if they want to go the "conference championship" route, make this super fair and easy... just take the 4 conference champions with the best SoS and be done.

Except that there are more than 4 conferences. Now conference expansion and consolidation to create 4, 16 team conferences that play for conference championships that feed a playoff sounds great, but that's like moving a mountain. The conferences will have to naturally align and 4 agree to break out of the NCAA for that to happen.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Off- the-wall thought

First of all I couldn`t name one person on the selection committee, but could there be people on there like myself that think PSU got off way too light for the Paterno tragedy and will subconsciously (or consciously ) vote against them in a vigilante manner ? Please save me the argument about jurisdiction or who`s job it was to punish them....I got all that. The way many of their fans and supporters conducted themselves after the story came out was disgusting and myself and I`ve got to believe a lot of other people will never view that school the same.

 

[missouridawg]

I don't know how the committee can leave out Penn state, but ESPN is pushing hard for OSU. I think it should be Bama, Clemson, Washington, and Penn State.

Everyone keeps arguing PSU and OSU. I'm of the opinion that the argument should be PSU vs Michigan... and Michigan blasted them by 39.

 

[msstate7]

Everyone keeps arguing PSU and OSU. I'm of the opinion that the argument should be PSU vs Michigan... and Michigan blasted them by 39.

Penn state/Michigan/Washington should be the argument. Ohio state is in and they should be

 

[johnson86-1]

I don't know how the committee can leave out Penn state, but ESPN is pushing hard for OSU. I think it should be Bama, Clemson, Washington, and Penn State.

If their goal is the four best teams or at least four teams with the best performance on the season, it's OSU over penn st. OSU had three good wins and it's only loss wasn't a bad one, losing a close game to a 10 win, too ten, team.

Penn st has at least one bad loss to Pitt, and losing by 39 to Michigan is a bad loss, even if it was to a good team.

But the committee has ensured there will be a **** storm with its past statements about conference championships.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I'm glad ESPN is not incharge

but we'll know in about 20 min.


But I did not realize they were going to make this into Four Hour show.

Screw that.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

I want to see bama, osu, wash, mich.......but im expecting bama, osu, clemson, penn st

Yes....i fully expect Washington to get left out

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

The narrative always changes to justify choosing Ohio State

ESPN would be talking about the importance of winning a Conference Championship if the Penn State & Ohio State situations were reversed. Honestly though we need this type of situation with a blue blood program being left out because it will lead to an expansion of the playoff from 4 teams to 6 or 8 within the next couple of years.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Any projection that didn't include Clemson should totally discredit the projector. The were the defending national runner up, had the bulls eye on them all year, and still came away 12-1 with an ACC Championship. They were as much of a lock as Alabama.