(01-01-2017 09:18 AM)Hilltop75 Wrote: Had either of those games had a G5 team as the loser...
The talk would be the G5 team does not belong on the field with the P5
The truth is the rest of the so called P5 schools can't compete with a Alabama or Clemson either.
So this year you had the P2 Alabama & Clemson
and the G-126 everyone else.
PS Note to the American Conference, No need to make anymore P6 stickers after your bowl performance you are a lock
for the G-126
Here we go again. Yes, the talk would've indeed been that the G5 wouldn't have belonged on the same field, and that's because no G5 has shown they've earned the right to be on that field, and in that game.
Washington was dominated, but they went 12-1 against the nation's 16th ranked schedule coming into the game, beating Stanford (10-3) 44-7, Utah (9-4) 31-24, Washington State (8-5) 45-17, and Colorado (10-4) 41-10 in the process.
Ohio State was also dominated, but they were likewise 11-1 against the nation's #1 ranked schedule coming into the game, beating Oklahoma (10-2) 45-24, Wisconsin (10-3) 30-23, Nebraska (9-4) 62-3, and Michigan (10-3) 30-27 in the process.
Washington's 17-point loss to Alabama no more means they can't compete with them than their only other loss, a 13-point decision to USC (9-3) means they can't compete with USC. Likewise, Ohio State's 31-0 destruction by Clemson doesn't mean they can't compete with Clemson any more than their 21-point win over OU means OU can't compete with them. Blowouts sometimes happen between good teams. We all know this. The aggregate of a team's other results is a more accurate reflection of their quality than a single bad game.