Oregon Punching First Ticket to Playoff

[Rebel10]

It also happened in the first game after they lost their starting QB. After one game the new QB settled in and they have won.

Any old excuse will do. VT ran through there defense. Who on their defense was hurt? People are saying today about how well their 3rd string QB is playing the first game after they lost their 2nd string QB so apparently one week is good enough for them. It was a bad loss no matter how you look at it.

[SMU Section F]

I actually think keeping the Big 12 schools out would go against the figure skating analogy. One of them (TCU in particular w/ no bad loss) might have an argument over Ohio State, but not a foolproof one. I think the lack of "One True Champion" is going to hurt the Big 12 worse than expected. We'll see.

The fact that the committee has been fellating TCU for weeks only to have them be jumped after they won by 52 would confirm the figure skating analogy.

Valid point, but I still respectfully disagree simply on the grounds that all P5 conference champions would be in the playoff. Seems pretty straightforward.