OT - Hypothetical playoff scenario

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Had this discussion with co-workers - thought it might be an interesting topic here.

 

Let's say FSU and LSU are undefeated (both go to the playoff), Pac12 champ and Notre Dame both have 2 losses - they are out.

 

Michigan runs the table - 13-0 - they are in

 

Ohio State's only loss is a 10 point loss to Michigan, which means they beat OU earlier in the season

 

Who gets the 4th spot - 11-1 Ohio State (who beat OU) or 11-1 OU who won their conference?

 

 

add edit - every other team in the country (including Alabama) has 2 or more losses for the sake of this argument

 

edit #2 - does your opinion vary depending on if OSU blows out OU (by 21+)?

wigeon

August 17th, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^

copy and paste this then por favor

early - eggs and patty sausage on propane flatiron, tortillas, plenty of cholula

8 kinds of beer (7 MB's and Molson Canadian)

Grilled pork tenderloin and reheated twice baked potatoes

Bagtoss/playlists of the kid's choosing (better include Victors)

flag routes 

Apple Pie (liquid form) 

Basil Hayden's 15 y/o.  

Proceed to stadium

Mr. Elbel

August 17th, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^

I think this is what it comes down to: what's more important to them, style point victories over great teams or how they end the season? they've been on record saying both are important. whichever is more important might decide the final spot in this scenario, particularly if osu blew out ou.

I Like Burgers

August 17th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^

They've also said winning your conference goes a long way too.  I think they might go Oklahoma in this scenario since their only loss -- albeit to Ohio State -- was early in the year and then they won out and won their conference.

The same old adage of if you're going to lose, lose early works with the CFP too.

Yo_Blue

August 17th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^

May depend on how badly we beat them and how they looked the other games on their schedule.  If they struggle early with their youngsters and Oklahoma dominates most their games, then OU is the pick.

superstringer

August 17th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^

there would be hell to pay if a conf champ is left out over someone that disnt make a conf finals. esp big xii, again. i
though we almost had that scenario last year--if ole miss didnt lose to arkansas on a fluke play in OT, Bana wd not have won SEC East and we'd have had that exact scenario -- Bama or MSU for the 4th spot. (Assuming Ole Miss wd have beaten Fla.)




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Santa Clause

August 17th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^

Oklahoma. If they lost to OSU early in the season, and won the rest of their games, they would get in. People tend to care more about losses deeper into the season rather than earlier.

mgobaran

August 17th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^

Early Season loss > End of Season loss.

Playoff Commitee will never leave out a 1-loss conference champ for a 2nd team of a conference already represented. 

 

CorkyCole

August 17th, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^

I personally just think it's an issue of not winning your conference more than anything. Or at least it should be. OSU wouldn't be able to go to the conference championship game, so they don't deserve to be a factor in the playoff even if they did beat OU. And while OU doesn't have a conference championship, they still won the conference. I think ultimately that would or should be the deciding factor.

That being said, all hell will break loose if this actually did occur. The media would blast the current four-team playoff and scream that the pool needs to expand.  It's bound to happen eventually anyway, but this would be the ultimate argument for expanding.

WolvinLA2

August 17th, 2016 at 11:24 AM ^

This is disagree with. How many games do we have to play before we can make season predictions? Is our OSU prediction any more meaningful 6 games into the season as opposed to now? And if we wait until all the games are played, a prediction is completely meaningless. I don't see a problem with this. It's for discussion.