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SubbaBub said:
If they go to 8 teams, I bet the G5 autobid is dumped in favor of top three ranked non P5-champs.
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Tough to argue against, esp. based on this year. Rather than autobid I'd like to see g5 eligible for the committee to place. It would be good to have some shot at winning in the sport you are playing.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I think the winner of Oregon/Arizona is going to the playoff. The Pac 12 is too good this year to lock out a 2 loss Arizona team.

Not sure what happens if Missouri wins, but I am confident the officials will take care of that game if Alabama stumbles.

Mississippi State is out of the picture.

Florida State has locked up a bid in my opinion.

TCU will beat out Baylor by a hair.
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My 4 are Oregon, Alabama, tOSU, and FSU. If FSU loses then one of the Big 12.
 
If Baylor and TCU both end up with one loss, Baylor will get the spot. They beat TCU. If there was ever a no brainer it's that. If the committee overlooks the head to head result it will crush the credibility of the committee.
 
Nostical said:
If Baylor and TCU both end up with one loss, Baylor will get the spot. They beat TCU. If there was ever a no brainer it's that. If the committee overlooks the head to head result it will crush the credibility of the committee.
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If the committee only looks at the head to head result when it was a narrow win by the home team, it will crush the credibility of the committee. The committee was pretty clear that non-conference schedule matters. Baylor basically didn't play one.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
While we're debating subjective things like who has the better loss and SOS these two teams met on the field and one team finished the game with more points. You want to call it a close flukey win then fine take FSU out of the too 4.

Honestly this is crazy. Why play the games if the head to head results don't matter?
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How is that subjective? Losing @ Baylor is better than losing @ West Virginia. That's not arguable. Playing Minnesota OOC is better than playing Buffalo.

The head to head results matter to the extent that it is one game of twelve we have to look at. But Baylor/TCU shouldn't assume a larger significance just because it's head-to-head, particularly when the game was played on Baylor's home field. The team with the better resume should get in. If Baylor beats Kansas State next weekend, that might be them. But as of now I have no problem with TCU being higher.
 
whaler11 said:
Ummmmm The Big East did that for years. UConn in 2007 was a co-champion with WVU...
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Yes, but they also had a published tie-breaker for the BCS bid. The B12 has been harping on "one true champion" but now won't crown one, because it's not in it's best interest. Baylor has a legit case.

This playoff nonsense is forcing a move to 8 - no doubt about it.
 
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pepband99 said:
Yes, but they also had a published tie-breaker for the BCS bid. The B12 has been harping on "one true champion" but now won't crown one, because it's not in it's best interest. Baylor has a legit case.

This playoff nonsense is forcing a move to 8 - no doubt about it.
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Since being a conf champion isn't a requirement it's a bit of a dumb semantic decision that the Big 12 is making.

Baylor has a legit case but this doesn't seem to hurt them - what is killing them is FCS/SMU/Buffalo.
 
Regarding head to head, Dan Wolken said something on twitter along the lines of "why can't people understand head to head is not going to be as much of a factor to the committee"? Well, it probably has something to do with Bowlsby brandishing the BXII's credentials as being the only league with round robin play where a champion is determined in part through... head to head matchups.
 
junglehusky said:
Regarding head to head, Dan Wolken said something on twitter along the lines of "why can't people understand head to head is not going to be as much of a factor to the committee"? Well, it probably has something to do with Bowlsby brandishing the BXII's credentials as being the only league with round robin play where a champion is determined in part through... head to head matchups.
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Head to head is legit in a two team race where the rest of the resume is close. Which is the case in the B12, but if individual committee members value TCU's win over Minnesota higher than Baylor s 2pt home win over TCU and their loss to WVU, I can't find fault with that.

I'd prefer the team that one on the field when everything else as I see it is equal.

I wouldn't say the same if we were talking KSU and Auburn. Overall resume would have favored Auburn if they only had one loss to KSU and KSU lost to TCU.
 
I just saw the rankings. As was to be expected I guess.... what a total joke this committee is.
 
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SO - the only undefeated team in DI FB is the 4 seed. I am not saying FSU will win it all but seriously how do you come up with that??
If Arizona beats Oregon again this weekend I have on confidence in the system - It will be time to go to 8 teams next year.

FSU has a stronger strength of schedule than TCU
 
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