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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 130604664" data-attributes="member: 1812660"><p>That is why these debates and using committees is bogus.&nbsp; Even the NFL which has 16 games across 32 teams and 4 wild card spots still gets at least one team in the playoffs from a bad division that doesn't deserve it as much as another team.&nbsp; Hell, half the time the Super Bowl is not the best 2 teams as those 2 teams are in the same conference or division even.&nbsp; Sure Georgia may be a better team than OU and is definitely a better team than ND, but they lost a regular season game and didn't win their conference.&nbsp; Consider today a wild card game that Georgia lost since they were playing a playoff team.&nbsp; Its pretty easy in this case.&nbsp; The tougher cases are like the Big 10 last year in which the clearly 2 best teams are in the same division and thus one doesn't even have to play in the championship game and is still in the mix.&nbsp; That's why these big conferences are a problem, because at least in the Big XII you can say that even if you are a top 4 team, you had a chance to beat the team that did win the conference by playing head to head (likely twice) and against the exact same competition.&nbsp; Sure a worse team may make it, but you had your shot and were just unlucky that a better team was in your conference that year.&nbsp; Look at the NCAA tournament this year.&nbsp; Put WVU in Loyola-Chicago's bracket and the Mountaineers are likely in the Final Four last year.&nbsp; Unfortunately they drew the best team in the tournament in the round of 16.&nbsp; Loyola-Chicago gets a Final Four banner despite not being as good of a team as WVU.&nbsp; All that rambling to say that when the resume's are remotely close, the team that actually won their conference should get the nod.&nbsp; Sure if Northwestern knocks off tOSU or had ISU managed to keep to just 2 losses and won the Big XII, then there is debate.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 130604664, member: 1812660"] That is why these debates and using committees is bogus. Even the NFL which has 16 games across 32 teams and 4 wild card spots still gets at least one team in the playoffs from a bad division that doesn't deserve it as much as another team. Hell, half the time the Super Bowl is not the best 2 teams as those 2 teams are in the same conference or division even. Sure Georgia may be a better team than OU and is definitely a better team than ND, but they lost a regular season game and didn't win their conference. Consider today a wild card game that Georgia lost since they were playing a playoff team. Its pretty easy in this case. The tougher cases are like the Big 10 last year in which the clearly 2 best teams are in the same division and thus one doesn't even have to play in the championship game and is still in the mix. That's why these big conferences are a problem, because at least in the Big XII you can say that even if you are a top 4 team, you had a chance to beat the team that did win the conference by playing head to head (likely twice) and against the exact same competition. Sure a worse team may make it, but you had your shot and were just unlucky that a better team was in your conference that year. Look at the NCAA tournament this year. Put WVU in Loyola-Chicago's bracket and the Mountaineers are likely in the Final Four last year. Unfortunately they drew the best team in the tournament in the round of 16. Loyola-Chicago gets a Final Four banner despite not being as good of a team as WVU. All that rambling to say that when the resume's are remotely close, the team that actually won their conference should get the nod. Sure if Northwestern knocks off tOSU or had ISU managed to keep to just 2 losses and won the Big XII, then there is debate. [/QUOTE]

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