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[Assanova]

OSU deserves to be in. The big twelve needs to play a conference championship game like everyone else.

 

[KingGondo]

Welcome to the Big XII, BYU & UCF (or Cincinnati)!

Yep.

 

[Balphon]

how does the committee have a team ranked 3 then drop them 3 spots for winning. You shouldn't have had them at 3 then!!

i just hope osu shows up against bama

Probably not, but they ended up doing exactly what they said they'd do all year: heavily weighing the status of conference champion.

 

[mre]

Also is this a win for Briles? They were ranked higher than TCU in the end.

 

[Schmitty]

Sugar bowl to be highest rated CFB game espn has ever broadcast

yeah i wouldn't be surprised if espn did a little lobbying for this to happen lol

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Please show Samntha again. Guy in the middle dropping truth bombs though.

 

[Lonestar]

You should be. Ohio State would beat FSU on a neutral field.

Rose bowl would face Oregon, not FSU

 

[Incognito]

committee thought FSU was gonna lose to GT so they moved TCU to 3.

don't bet against Jameis!

 

[GoldenEye 007]

To be fair, it was not their choice to not have a CCG.

It was. They made a conscious decision not to expand knowing the rules. Then put out a dumb campaign touting One True Champion.

lol

 

[Battlezone]

So glad that Big 12 fence sitting bullshit backfired.

 

[djplaeskool]

The NCAA wouldn't let the Big 12 have one.

Well damn.
I can imagine some conference ways and means changes in the immediate future with the playoff system in place.

Big 12 holding all the Ls right now.

 

[Slo]

Big 12 got fucked.

 

[Schmitty]

Probably not, but they ended up doing exactly what they said they'd do all year: heavily weighing the status of conference champion.

So do you think things would have been different if TCU or Baylor won the big 12 outright?

 

[bucknuticus]

two best head coaches in CFB, arguably the two most passionate fan bases, saban v meyer, idk if New orleans can handle it

 

[Anno]

Good stuff. No matter how this all shakes down in the end I really hope Meyer and his staff get some real credit for playing so well with fate basically stacked against us from the start.

 

[inm8num2]

I think the committee got it right for the top 4. TCU or Baylor would have been worthy picks, though.

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

So shit. Big 12 needs to scramble for more members and add a conference championship. NCAA be damned.

 

[massivekettle]

most bcs bowl wins of any team, but whatevs

But is 2-4 in its last 6 BCS bowls... but whatevs

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Time for the Big 12 to bring in UCF and ____.

 

[Kevtones]

That top 4 is so beastly on paper too.

 

[bachikarn]

most bcs bowl wins of any team, but whatevs

How many of them were against the SEC?

 

[cashman]

Big XII went 3-0 vs Big 10 this year.

 

[Kacar]

Weekly rankings are a media talking point generating sham. This is clear.

I'm happy though.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

NCAA is a joke

 

[BertramCooper]

But is 2-5 in its last 7 BCS bowls... but whatevs

Oh cool let's arbitrarily pick timeframes to purposely make us look bad.

 

[jjasper]

So Long is pretty much telling the Big12 they need a championship right now.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

So do you think things would have been different if TCU or Baylor won the big 12 outright?

I don't. It would have made for a worse resume for the other team if one had two losses.

TCU/Baylor got screwed out of namesake alone.

 

[eBay Huckster]

How many of them were against the SEC?

Would've been 1 if tattoos were never invented

Thanks, Neolithic man!

Spoiler

/s

 

[GoldenEye 007]

NCAA is a joke

NCAA does not select football champs in FBS.

 

[massivekettle]

Oh cool let's arbitrarily pick timeframes to purposely make us look bad.

Okay, then, 1-1 in last 2 BCS bowl games. Why go back to early 2000s then? That's totally irrelevant.

 

[jamesinclair]

Anyone surprised by this doesn't understand that it's simply an entertainment product where money is the only goal

 

[Schmitty]

Who is going to be getting a b12 invite tonight? haha

 

[Lonestar]

two best head coaches in CFB, arguably the two most passionate fan bases, saban v meyer, idk if New orleans can handle it

If it could handle 2011 LSU/Alabama (it didn't, teabagging ya'll) then it can handle OSUn/Alabama.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

NCAA does not select football champs in FBS.

My point still stands

 

[theprodigy]

oh hey congrats Oregon fans, you drew Florida State!

lol

 

[Kacar]

Long consistently mentioning the "13th" game.

 

[BertramCooper]

Okay, then, 1-1 in last 2 BCS bowl games. Why go back to early 2000s then? That's totally irrelevant.

Because we're talking about the entire duration of the Bowl Championship Series?

 

[BigWeather]

As much of a cluster as this is, can you imagine if this were last year. Given that Florida State is #3 would they have really excluded the only undefeated and defending national champion from the championship game? Oregon for sure would've been bumped, right?

 

[Varjis]

As a Okie State Alum, all I have to say is Bowlsby is a dumbfuck, plain and simple. One True Champion is a stupid slogan that he backtracked on.

Good Job, No championship game just cost you a playoff spot, maybe next year you can watch it happen again. Should have taken Louisville and someone else (BYU) when you had the chance.

Personally I think Alabama will wreck Ohio State, but maybe Urban will pull off a miracle.

 

[ryan-ts]

two best head coaches in CFB, arguably the two most passionate fan bases, saban v meyer, idk if New orleans can handle it

Meh, Saban figured out Meyer already. Don't expect much of a game.

 

[RedBoot]

This interview with the committee chairman is amazing.

Q: How did the Big 12's lack of a conference championship game affect their chances?

A: Ohio State.

 

[Draconian]

What a joke. Let's bump a team up to #3 one week for no apparent reason, and then drop them all the way to #6 for no apparent reason too. Was there any discussion during this committee or was it everybody inserting their fingers in their ears and closing their eyes when they voted?

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Anyone surprised by this doesn't understand that it's simply an entertainment product where money is the only goal

Yep. It's too true. Gary Patterson'sgut going to completely spill over his belt after this.

 

[Plinko]

There are absolutely zero legitimate reasons this shouldn't be an 8-team playoff with the five power conference champions and 3 at-large bids.

 

[massivekettle]

Voting in Ohio State sets a dangerous precedent that ugly losses don't matter as much...

Because we're talking about the entire duration of the Bowl Championship Series?

Irrelevant. Team, coaching staff, etc. have changed massively since. The game has also changed massively.

 

[toweringinferno]

Anyone surprised by this doesn't understand that it's simply an entertainment product where money is the only goal

Truth. If Texas were in TCU or Baylors' position they would be in the playoffs

 

[MIMIC]

Q- What about Ohio State's bad loss?
A- It happened forever ago

Thank you

 

[bucknuticus]

What a joke. Let's bump a team up to #3 one week for no apparent reason, and then drop them all the way to #6 for no apparent reason too. Was there any discussion during this committee or was it everybody inserting their fingers in their ears and closing their eyes when they voted?

to be fair tcu jumped form liek 25th to 8th after beating OU

 

[BolognaSoup]

College football has learned nothing after sending Ohio State to die year after year in BCS bowls. Alabama is going to massacre them.

Most BCS bowl wins in the country but let's just ignore the facts. O-H!

 

[Mac the KNife]

Anyone surprised by this doesn't understand that it's simply an entertainment product where money is the only goal

Even though this is 100% true, at least the 4th team was right there in the mix & wasn't elevated past more deserving teams.