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RE: Dear SEC, How does a P4 playoff look now? - BIG
(12-02-2013 08:18 AM)bullet Wrote: (12-01-2013 08:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: (12-01-2013 06:22 PM)bullet Wrote: (12-01-2013 04:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: I don't think Ohio State should get a shot….there should be a penalty for playing a bunch of losers at Ohio Stadium. OSU wants 8 home games and usually stocks them with dregs, that's fine, but they shouldn't gripe when they get left out of the NCG due to a POS schedule. It would be one thing if OSU scheduled some good programs in the OOC that just happen to have down years, I could understand but playing Kent St, Bowling Green, and Devry aren't going to help you get the nod for a NCG. And they sure as heck don't get you ready for the SEC (see OSU's bowl record vs the SEC as Exhibit A).
I'm not about to defend Ohio St.'s schedule. But if you weren't a jealous Cincinnati fan, it would be hard to see much difference between:
Buffalo, San Diego St., Florida A&M, Cal
Murray St., Toledo, Arkansas St., Indiana
W. Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Arkansas St., Washington St.
Virginia Tech, Georgia State, Chattanooga, Colorado St.
Nevada, Idaho, Bethune-Cookman, Florida
For anyone who's curious, that's Ohio St., Missouri, Auburn, Alabama, Florida St., the 5 teams who almost certainly will comprise the BCS title game. For good measure, Oklahoma St. who gets in only with a bunch of upsets and a desire to avoid an Alabama/Auburn rematch-Lamar, UTSA, Mississippi St. (+1 extra conference game).
You should have stopped there….because everything after that is you defending OSU POS schedule.
I don't like OSU, it's true, but my opinion of the school doesn't change the fact that they have played a poor schedule AND looked bad doing it. FSU, Bama, Auburn, Mizzou all deserve a title shot before OSU. Again, you want to bring Devry and ITT Tech into the Horseshoe for lambs to the slaughter so all the people in Cbus can feel good about themselves, go for it, but don't ***** when you get jumped by a team from a real conference.
Still too jealous to understand. All 5 played weak schedules. What Ohio St. did is the same thing as those 5, so their ooc is no justification for jumping them.
There are differences in those OOC schedules, but they are closer to slight differences, rather than moderate differences. That said Bullet, the real difference is the total schedule. Northwestern, Indiana, Purdue, and Illinois are proving to be 4 fairly weak to very weak conference games. Penn State is just a hamstrung shadow of themselves. Michigan and Iowa are average games at best. Wisconsin is finishing just slightly better than Iowa and Michigan. And, who knows what Michigan State has their schedule in conference may not even be better than that of the Buckeyes and their loss is to a 4 loss Notre Dame team. That is the elephant in the room that is not being focused on here. And that is quite different than playing the Western Division of the SEC (Arkansas excluded). Remember when it is all done Georgia is the equivalent record wise of Wisconsin, Ole Miss the equivalent of Iowa. Tennessee is the equivalent of Indiana. Arkansas was better than Purdue. And the rest (L.S.U., Alabama, Texas A&M, and Miss State are all Bowl eligible, as are Georgia and Ole Miss) is all on Auburn's side including who they play in the CCG. And that by anyone's measure is a big big difference.
If the Buckeyes get in so be it. The hangover issue will be that the Big 10 will then have no incentive to clean up what is a ridiculous OOC schedule which in light of the overall weakness of the conference needs at least 1 marquee game on each schedule. The SOS is an issue but it is a comprehensive problem not just an OOC one.
(This post was last modified: 12-02-2013 11:07 AM by JRsec.)
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