(09-16-2015 12:59 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote: (09-15-2015 09:54 AM)bitcruncher Wrote: (09-15-2015 08:02 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote: Would a one loss Michigan State make the CFP over a two loss conference champion?
If that 2 loss champion is Oregon, then yes. Otherwise, it remains to be seen.
Making definitive statements like this after just 2 games is kind of silly. But we persist in doing it.
Exactly - we drive ourselves crazy with all of these potential scenarios. Sports are inherently unpredictable, which is part of the reason why we like watching them in the first place.
Note that after the Michigan St. - Oregon game last year, the national media was almost unanimous in stating that the Big Ten wouldn't get a team into the 4-team playoff. We all know how that turned out. Predictions at this point of the season are generally worthless.
No, it's not worthless, stop pandering to the illogical and irrational thinkers. For anyone that can keep centered and rational, it is all interesting to talk to because it is POSSIBLE. The problem is that the irrational minds jump to illogical conclusions and then projection those conclusions upon other people whom were never making such an assertion in the first place.
It is fun to discuss how last year at this point it looked like, as you say, that The Big Ten's outlook in the post season was looking very bleak yet this year at the same point it is looking just the opposite. That makes for great discussion and great talking points for media writers, which is why so many sports writers are picking up on this.
Hell, in the local news here, every single one of the writers has Ohio State and Michigan State in their top four projected to actually make the CFP. This is in the heart of PAC country with a bunch of writers that think the PAC South could cannibalize itself. They aren't calling upon that to happen to the SEC. Every single one of them thought Alabama would make it through. Who knows what will happen, I just illustrate that to show just how irrational and illogical some people are being when they react so emotionally to the idea of The Big Ten possibly getting in two teams.
It isn't illogical or irrational to come to the conclusion that it is possible for it to happen when there are two teams that have distanced themselves so greatly within the Big Ten at this time. The ACC cannot claim the same situation because Georgia Tech is in a different division than Clemson and Florida State so likely their Championship Game does what it is supposed to do.
What I see happening, if The Big Ten actually does get two teams in, is that the rest of the Power Conferences come together to push forward new divisional rules that allow for no divisions if we havnt had our final realignment yet. We aren't going to see new divisional rules for having more divisions and a conference tournament until more realignment and expansion has happened.
So technically speaking, it actually doesn't benefit The Big Ten in the long run to get both Ohio State and Michigan State into the CFP. In the bigger picture, it could backfire against The Big Ten big time.