OSU lost at HOME to an unranked team, by two TDs. They were DOMINATED by an unranked team on their own turf. That should have disqualified ANYONE from a playoff berth. Thankfully for OSU, brand-names schools get one, sometimes two, Mulligans under the corrupt FBS system.
If not for being a brand-name, big money school - and TCU NOT being either - they wouldn't have been playing last night at all. They got an Affirmative Action playoff bid and made the most of it. Good for them, but they never should have been there.
Just thank your lucky stars that reputation is all that matters to the committee - who ranked two teams above an FSU team who had won 29 in a row, were the defending national champions, were led by a Heisman-winning QB, and were the only undefeated team. If everything was exactly the same and TCU’s jerseys said “Oklahoma,” or OSU’s jerseys said “Northwestern,” they never would have gotten the opportunity.
What happened last night was that #5/#6 upset #3. It happens sometimes.
Who did TCU lose to? Baylor, and gave up over 60 points in the process.
Baylor just got beat by Michigan State. Ohio State beat Michigan State in East Lansing 49-37. Ohio State’s strength of schedule was tougher than the Frogs.
Next year either try to schedule better out of conference opponents or play a conference championship game.
Oregon lost to frickin Arizona at home 31-24...
yeah right. The Big12 doesn’t have a championship game so it cost them. That same thing has hurt OSU in the past so they added a one game championship at the end of the season. Big12 needs to add that. Hell if you put TCU in then Baylor would complain that they were co-champs and deserve to be there too. Get a championship game in the Big12 then they have the right to complain.
But it’s not big name schools that really drive selection...it’s money. Face it Bama and OSU have huge fan bases if they make it to the tourney it means more revenue for college football and more viewers on TV. I say Bama didn’t deserve to be there at all...they were in the overrated/hyped SEC who only play other crappy SEC teams and say they had a tough schedule. Bama should have been ranked about #5 and TCU should have been up there. But TCU doesn’t have the fanbase Bama does so Bama gets the hype/nod.