(05-05-2021 08:39 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  JR, you bring up great reasons why I think the committee is a bad idea. I’d much rather go to some formula based system like the BCS, and/or a poll where the voters’ ballots are all public so there’s complete transparency in the process.

The committee is small and their dealings are secretive. Any time they make a tough decision the scrutiny and the conspiracy theories abound, especially if ESPN appears to be the benefactor of said close call.

As an Ohio St fan, it’s frustrating that the 2014 is tainted by the CFP selection process. It doesn’t help that the naysayers also complain about 2002, the only other championship in my lifetime. (That game was horribly officiated, but holding was the right call)

Rest easy, as someone who dislikes both Ohio State and the B1G, I can assure you there is nothing tainted about your 2014 title.

Ohio State in 2014 remains the *only* team to win the title by beating the #1 and #2 seeds in the playoffs. Nobody else has won while beating #1 and #2.