Big 12 Left Out

[HonkytonkGigolo]

In lieu of Alabama, Oregon, Ohio St. and Florida St. Not entirely shocking given that true conference champions were given a bigger nod in the committee's eyes and we have co-champions. I'd be ****** if I was TCU or Baylor at this point, mostly at the Big XII for putting itself in this position.

 

[cyclones12321]

Agreed

 

[AMarner32]

Most likely, the big 12 championship game would have been Baylor (South) vs. Kansas State (North). If only there was a way to know who would have won if those teams had played yesterday...

 

[Cyowan008]

Yep epic fail by the Big XII but I also see the NCAA just looking at getting all that $$$$. They see they will get more for Urban Meyer vs Saban than if Baylor or TCU were to play bama.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Ohio State being picked is just ridiculous. Playing a full round-robin in the B12 is hell. Beating up on craptastic teams like Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana, Purdue, and Penn St. is not.

TCU's only loss was to another Top 10 team in Baylor. Baylor's only loss was to a salty WVU team. Ohio St. got smoked by a mediocre Virginia Tech--AT HOME. This is such nonsense.

Baylor has a far more impressive resume and won the conference. They deserved it.

 

[ngold74]

The Big 12 should have picked up Louisville and Cinci. when they got West Virginia and TCU. Nobody to blame but themselves.

 

[RunDMCyclone]

Ohio State being picked is just ridiculous. Playing a full round-robin in the B12 is hell. Beating up on craptastic teams like Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana, Purdue, and Penn St. is not.

TCU's only loss was to another Top 10 team in Baylor. Baylor's only loss was to a salty WVU team. Ohio St. got smoked by a mediocre Virginia Tech--AT HOME. This is such nonsense.

Baylor has a far more impressive resume and won the conference. They deserved it.

Yet somehow OSU's SOS was higher than both TCU's and Baylor's? ESPN said that anyway you looked at it, OSU's schedule was tougher than Baylor and TCU's. The only argument against OSU was its loss, not who it beat.

 

[GoClones123]

This is a problem when the same corporations that are airing the playoff games get to turn on their spin machines to get the 4 teams THEY want to air.

OSU played in a down conference this year, their BIG10 schedule was easy. That too should have been considered.

But, this is college football after all and money is the bottom line for TV ratings.

Not surprised.

 

[CyBroncos]

Ohio State being picked is just ridiculous. Playing a full round-robin in the B12 is hell. Beating up on craptastic teams like Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana, Purdue, and Penn St. is not.

TCU's only loss was to another Top 10 team in Baylor. Baylor's only loss was to a salty WVU team. Ohio St. got smoked by a mediocre Virginia Tech--AT HOME. This is such nonsense.

Baylor has a far more impressive resume and won the conference. They deserved it.

What???? Ohio State had more wins against top 60 teams than TCU or Baylor. Plus it wasn't like the Big 12 was murderer's row this year. Baylor and TCU were great teams, K-State was good and the rest were average to below average.

 

[GoClones123]

Yet somehow OSU's SOS was higher than both TCU's and Baylor's? ESPN said that anyway you looked at it, OSU's schedule was tougher than Baylor and TCU's. The only argument against OSU was its loss, not who it beat.

ESPN has 1/2 their staff of analysts from OSU. How was OSU schedule tougher than TCU?

 

[Harry]

I contend that if the Big 12 had a championship game Ohio State would still have been picked over the winner. The tv bigwigs would not want Baylor or TCU. Money talks and there is more money with Ohio State.

 

[HFCS]

This is a complete crock of ****. People laugh off the idea of the Big 12 and ACC merging but I'm not 100% backing this as my #1 option at this point if I were running things.

I want to the crap Big Ten conference to bleed for what it has done, smother those greedy ba$tards who suck at football to death with an even bigger conference worth even more $ with even more marquee brands.

There is absolutely ZERO chance that TCU is not in the top 4 of the old BCS ranking that used computers/SOS for a 1/3 of the formula. The committee is and will always be about protecting a Big Ten that sucks at football.

 

[guacamole7]

Ohio State being picked is just ridiculous. Playing a full round-robin in the B12 is hell. Beating up on craptastic teams like Rutgers, Michigan, Indiana, Purdue, and Penn St. is not.

TCU's only loss was to another Top 10 team in Baylor. Baylor's only loss was to a salty WVU team. Ohio St. got smoked by a mediocre Virginia Tech--AT HOME. This is such nonsense.

Baylor has a far more impressive resume and won the conference. They deserved it.

Playing 8 conference games and then having your best team play the 5th or 6th best team in the conference championship game (SEC). That's the way to do it.

 

[HFCS]

Yet somehow OSU's SOS was higher than both TCU's and Baylor's? ESPN said that anyway you looked at it, OSU's schedule was tougher than Baylor and TCU's. The only argument against OSU was its loss, not who it beat.

OSU's overall SOS was not tougher than TCU's, it was barely ahead of Baylor.

TCU: 42
OSU: 52
Baylor: 56

 

[MartyFine]

One thing is clear. The regular season and on-field results clearly do not matter

 

[HFCS]

I contend that if the Big 12 had a championship game Ohio State would still have been picked over the winner. The tv bigwigs would not want Baylor or TCU. Money talks and there is more money with Ohio State.

This is exactly right.

 

[Cyched]

This wasn't that hard of a solution to begin with.

6 team playoff. 5 Power 5 champions + 1 at-large. 1st round byes for the top 2 seeds.

As flawed as the BCS was, at least they attempted to create a system that took human bias out of the equation. The playoff is going the opposite direction.

 

[HFCS]

This wasn't that hard of a solution to begin with.

6 team playoff. 5 Power 5 champions + 1 at-large. 1st round byes for the top 2 seeds.

As flawed as the BCS was, at least they attempted to create a system that took human bias out of the equation. The playoff is going the opposite direction.

How about 4 BCS bowls = 8 team playoff

How about there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BCS RANKING SO DON'T FORM A COMMITTEE WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SCREW PEOPLE OVER FOR $$$$$.

4 BCS bowls are the first round, same ranking picks top 8. Done. Perfect. NOPE.

 

[Wesley]

One thing is clear. The regular season and on-field results clearly do not matter

It is a ratings contest. B12 needs to become 12 teams.

 

[cycloneG]

I've reviewed several SOS lists since the selections were revealed and ESPN is the only one that has OSU's SOS higher than TCU's. What is ESPN's formula? Everyone else's says TCU played a tougher schedule.