Sooooooo.......Nebraska screwed Wisconsin.More like the BIG west jobbed Wisconsin.
If the BIG West didn't suck so bad, and Bucky went undefeated there wouldn't have even been a discussion.
I'm rendering a video right now just wasting time so I'm going to respond to this point by point :lol:
• "Nebraska has no chance, they don't play on grass. Frost would never choose Nebraska over Florida, Tennessee, Oregon, etc." - These are talking heads offering up opinions and have literally nothing to do with the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, or us being jobbed for bowls or championships.
• Florida State won the national championship in '93, and guess what? The refs put :01 back on the clock to give us a chance to win it with a very makeable 45 yard field goal, and we missed.
• Penn State got away with one in '82, but remember when they went undefeated in '94 and didn't get a championship?
• We were the better team, but we were lucky to get a share of the '97 national championship with the way things worked back then.
• Texas deserved the :01 put back on. That was the correct call.
• I can't comment on the lack of A&M's penalties, but most of our 16 penalties were holding or false start calls, and were legitimate.
• I guess I'm kind of confused about who you're talking about in general. You're referencing referees, the Big XII, the Big 8, ESPN talking heads, the AP and Coaches poll voters, and others, and lumping them all together into some sort of big bad "them" who wants to keep Nebraska down?
I'm with you. There are no guidelines for the committee to use, except for to select the 4 best teams in the country.I know im in the minority;
but i believe the committee needs to put in the 4 best teams, regardless of whether or not they played in a ccg; and regardless of strength of schedule (to a degree; most P5 teams have a relatively tough schedule; of course some schools have it tougher; but not by an absolutely HUGE margin)
No prob. Putting Bama in... Vegas has them as the odds of winning it all; and, in all honesty, the majority of us would probably put money on them over OSU, Wisc. USC, etc. if we were forced to bet (just my opinion, though).
i dont think anyone was “robbed,” considering the ultimate job of the committee is to get the 4 best teams in, and not necessarily reward confrence champs (although i do see the counter-argument regarding ccg needing to mean something)
Like I said, when does a team like Wisconsin or Auburn start forfeiting conference championship games to ensure a spot in the Playoffs. Right now, there is nothing to gain and everything to lose.
Someone in the BIG or PAC was robbed. There is no excuse for two SEC teams, while excluding two P% conference champions. Wisconsin's wins were just as impressive as alabumersPlayoffs didn't rob anyone. While the large majority were pulling for Wisconsin, I think its fair to say very few actually consider them to be a top 4 team. Weak OOC schedule, relatively weak conference schedule, solid wins but no marquee win to hang their hat on. Is it fair to Wisconsin to make that generalization? No, probably not, but they controlled their destiny and didn't do their part.
It would have been nice to see a Big10 squad in the playoff but Michigan having a horrible year compared to what was expected and ohio state no showing against Iowa really only left Wiscnosin as the sole option and they didn't come through when it mattered