Washington state is a truly terrible team that lost to 3win Wyoming and 5 win New Mexico and doesn’t even really have a conference. They also slaughtered Texas tech by 21 points who beat both Big12 reps.
It gets real slippery in general when you start going down this route which is why the 12 team playoff is such a bad idea. There are still only about 4 teams that have a realistic shot of winning this whole thing. Going to 12 is just a stupid move
Ummm….
Washington State started the season 8-1 reaching a ranking of #19. Their only loss up to that point was on the road at Boise State.
The finished with a a three game losing streak:
On the road by 3 after a go ahead TD with :21 left.
On the road by 3 in a rivalry on a go ahead FG with :20 left after they fumbled on their own side of the field.
At home by 1 on a go ahead TD with :25 left.
So, they finished 8-4. Shorten their season by a total of 61 seconds and they’re 11-1.
Washington State is not Georgia State.
They beat Tech at home in the second game of the season. Their QB was making his 2nd career start. He ran for nearly 200 yards on 21 carries after carrying it only twice in the opener against a bad FCS team.
That QB threw for over 3100 yards and ran for over 800 on the season (with 29 TDs to 7 INTs).
I’d say maybe Tech gets a little grace being the first team to face this guy and having no film (and flying to play on the west coast).
Tech finished the year 8-4
Tech isn’t Vanderbilt.