College Football National Championship Semifinals

[Boxx]

I now vote for OSU as #4, and I predict the committee will also.  OSU is outright champion of the B1G 10 Conference.  TCU is co-champion of the Big 12.  Since the committee would have no way of choosing between TCU or Baylor, due to the Big 12's lack of a championship game, the Buckeyes make that hair splitting unnecessary.

 

Next year the Big 12 would be well advised to have a true champion by way of a game, not bickering among coaches, ADs and the Big 12 commissioner.

 

Looking at it from another perspective....

 

What does it say about a conference championship game where one division champion, starting a third string QB, can beat the other division champion by 59 points?  Something is missing here....

[oldtimer]

Let's see, the B1G 10 has 14 teams and the Big 12 has . . . . ?   The 12 - 1 outright winning champ of a 14 team conference should trump a whining co-champ of a shrinking collection of schools that don't play defense.

Out of the current top four teams only TCU and Alabama have total defense rankings in the top 50 of all teams.  FSU is nowhere to be found, and neither is Oregon.  Weak argument diz.  Plus the "shrinking " conference has four teams in the top twenty while the mighty big ten has three.  Which conference was more competitive this year?

[Sancho Panza]

12 SEC teams are going to Bowl games; KY Jelly almost slid in, too...

[Sancho Panza]

7 SEC teams in Top 25.

[Sancho Panza]

Yeah, that Wisconsin Defense is WoW!

Let's see, the B1G 10 has 14 teams and the Big 12 has . . . . ? The 12 - 1 outright winning champ of a 14 team conference should trump a whining co-champ of a shrinking collection of schools that don't play defense.

[Don Richard]

Get ready for another Alabama National Championship. Saban has his guys ready to play, everybody else look out.

[oldtimer]

Well diz got his way.  So much for body of work.

[derrickdj1]

The Buckeyes made the fourth spot because of a phenomenal win over Wisconsin who had a Heisman RB.  Let's get ready to go bowling and see how this season ends.  The playoff system IMHO still needs some tweaks.  TCU and Baylor both had great season and for TCU to get knocked out of the number 3 spot is puzzling to say the least. 

[oldtimer]

Of course the FCS has managed a playoff format for years.  It is the bowl committees and their cushy money making machine that stands in the way.

[Boxx]

Amazing how 3rd ranked TCU could be moved to the 6th position due to the Ohio States game.  Hard to buy into this committee...

[Boxx]

Interesting to see that all of  the 1 - 4 teams are state universities as compared to the other two schools, both private institutions.  Just an observation....

Edited December 7, 2014 by Boxx

[JL Sargent]

Yeah Boxx, I mean come on. How does TCU drop 3 spots based on OSUs win??? That doesn't float I don't care what Buckeye Kirk Herbstreet thinks.

[oldtimer]

TCU played five games against ranked teams and won four of them.  OSU played two and won two.  Which team was more battle tested?  At any rate what's done is done, and yes the big market schools are in.

[billybob]

Enter FSU!

Or put another way, what to do with the elephant in the room FSU ?

Gators? No!

[Boxx]

How about a re-match between TCU and Baylor in the Cotton Bowl Classic....

[Boxx]

Divisions in the B12 and a conference championship game?

 

Most likely Baylor and TCU would be in the same division. What would that have settled this year?

Edited December 7, 2014 by Boxx

[The Dude]

I think I am going to jump on the Oregon Trail for this ride.   I knew that if the starts and moon aligned that one of the Big Ten teams could make it, however I still won't be rooting for Ohio St. 

[JL Sargent]

It's interesting to look at all the different angles on this thing. For one, is Florida State a better team than TCU or Baylor? I just don't think so.

[Boxx]

Let's see, the B1G 10 has 14 teams and the Big 12 has . . . . ?   The 12 - 1 outright winning champ of a 14 team conference should trump a whining co-champ of a shrinking collection of schools that don't play defense.

 

Well now counselor... I suppose we will get to see how well a Big 12 school (and private no-less), that comes from a conference that plays no defense can play against a B1G 10 team, Michigan State (#8) with the up-coming Cotton Bowl Classic. What a challenge for Baylor (#5) to play a team that only lost two games this season (Oregon #2 and Ohio St. #4).

 

And with all due respect... In Texas, there is no whining (or crying) in football.... 

 

It will be interesting to see who gets thumped....

Edited December 7, 2014 by Boxx

[JL Sargent]

So TCU won by 53 points and dropped 3 spots??? Somebody please explain.