(11-08-2016 05:27 AM)allthatyoucantleavebehind Wrote:  This season is setting up perfectly to be the first CFP playoff to feature two teams from one conference.

All it will take it one slip-up from Clemson or Washington (not hard to imagine), and OSU and Michigan will be poised for a 2006 all over again. The loser of "The Game" will still make the playoff if there aren't three other 1-loss or 0-loss conference champs.

If Penn State wins out, Ohio State cannot advance to the Conference Championship Game. Even if OSU beats Michigan, they and PSU will have one loss each; but PSU wins the head-to-head tie breaker. The only way OSU gets to the CCG is if they win out AND PSU drops a game to Rutgers or Michigan State.

The additions of Rutgers and Maryland, along with the complete collapse of Michigan St, and the continued mediocrity of Indiana, has done exactly what was desired: provide a bunch of conference wins to the three elite CFB programs in the Big Ten (East): Michigan, Ohio St, and Penn St.

If Michigan didn't have its stupid loss to Iowa, and if Penn St didn't have that stupid loss to Pitt ... you could imagine a three way tie in the BT East with each team being 11-1. Crazy!

I don't see it happening.

OSU and Michigan still have to play one another.