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re: College Football Playoff using top 4 Conference winners: BCS era
Posted on 12/17/13 at 12:12 am to Kcoyote
Posted on 12/17/13 at 12:12 am to Kcoyote
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However, in 2011 I would have been VERY upset if the playoff was a 12-0 LSU vs. 11-2 Wisconsin (#10); 11-1 Ok. St vs. 11-1 Stanford.
Boise was ranked higher and also a conference champ that year - I'd think they make it instead of Wisconsin.
I'd assume the committee would choose Oregon over Stanford since Oregon won the PAC but I'm not sure. There would be room for debate between Oregon, Stanford, and Bama IMO. Stanford was an extremely good team FWIW but lost heads up to Oregon. Bama was an exceptional team but lost heads up to another entrant (LSU) on their home field late in the year. Oregon was an exceptional team, but lost their opener to LSU and lost a close game to Southern Cal.
I'd think LSU, Ok State, and probably Boise would be clear entrants with the new system but I'm not absolutely clear on whether the committee would follow their requirement to admit a conference champ in Oregon when they have one more loss than an at large team that was very highly esteemed.
They really have to make more explicit their criteria if they don't want to receive letter bombs from a host of angry fans every year.
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Posted on 12/17/13 at 12:20 am to molsusports
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Boise was ranked higher and also a conference champ that year - I'd think they make it instead of Wisconsin.
Bosie was 2nd in the MWC, they lost to TCU who was 7-0 in conference. Now if BSU had won that game they would have been 12-0 and certainly in with LSU and Ok State. So it comes down to Oregon, Stanford and Alabama. Oregon beat Stanford and won Pac 12 so I think SU is out. Does Oregon winning their conference out weigh the fact both had a common opponent in LSU which Bama played tougher and that Bama had a better record? I would think no, Bama goes over the Ducks.
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It is worth pointing out however that they were not the PAC 10 Champion in 2002. They lost heads up to a Washington State team that was also an excellent team and was also 7-1 in PAC 10 play.
I covered that on page 1. Iowa was also 8-0 in the B1G that year and did not play OSU so legit Co-Champs
This post was edited on 12/17/13 at 12:23 am
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