@imno1 what's your question? Ok so here is where I stand on this.
Was there any chatter of Miami of Ohio not getting in before Bruce Pearls comments? I doubt it if there was show me. Pearl has created a narrative that MOH had to win their conference tourney to get in.
It's a dangerous precedent he has set, and showed his bias on Auburn who doesn't deserve to get in. Having an opinion is one thing, showing bias and having a wild and dangerous narrative that has now carried weight is another and believe me being being a main stream media member does have influence on the committee.
Ok a lawsuit maybe too much but people sue over everything. Remember the Utah Attorney general wanted to sue the BCS for not letting an undefeated Utah team in the national championship, now they have the college football playoffs. So while they didn't win the lawsuit there was enough PR pressure on the committee to eventually make change.
After all we're talking top 68 teams here so this narrative that MOH shouldn't get in is stupid. People are too ignorant to see the bigger picture.