(12-09-2014 12:32 PM)adcorbett Wrote: (12-09-2014 12:29 PM)quo vadis Wrote: E.g., had FSU lost any of those close games to Miami, Florida, BC, or GT, do they get in ahead of Baylor or TCU? I don't think so. Do you?
To answer your last question, no to Georgia Tech or Flroida because they were so late in the year. One of the earlier ones? Maybe. But their issue wasn't a SOS issue, it was performance. In any event, you are escaping the point: the Big 12is relying on other teams losing, as opposed to being able to control their own destiny. Here is a better question: had TCU been able to play Baylor again, or Baylor able to be playing K State for the second time (likely matchups if a CCG exsited), do you think they are still in?
I don't think the Big 12 is relying on other teams losing. The Big 12 missed out because IMO, the way the committee evaluated Baylor, TCU, and OSU, was that first, they decided that Baylor was the "real" Big 12 champ (eliminating TCU), then, they evaluated Baylor versus OSU, and they found in favor of OSU, because Baylor played a softer schedule.
Now, would Baylor getting to play another game, a CCG, against TCU or Kansas State, have helped them move past OSU? Absolutely. But that's just because it's a game against a good team, not because it's a CCG. Baylor could have accomplished the same thing had it scheduled a good team OOC, like Oregon did in playing Michigan State. Baylor's problem was a weak overall schedule, and while a CCG could help with that, so can other things, like scheduling tougher OOC.
And it's not a "13th game" issue, as it is arbitrary to call the CCG game the "extra game". Kent State is Ohio State's "13th game" as much as Wisconsin was.
So your conclusion, that the committee has demonstrated that if everyone has 1 loss, the Big 12 champ is out, is not supported. If FSU had a loss, they are almost certainly out, and if Baylor had played a good OOC game (and won it), they probably get in over Ohio State.
We can't go crazy jumping to massive sweeping conclusions on the basis of a single, muddled year.