OSU Wins Due To Refs Agains
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December 3rd, 2017 at 8:48 AM ^
It is patently absurd that anyone thinks OSU is more deserving than Alabama. The two arguments I hear are:
1. "OSU had more quality wins." OSU and Alabama each scheduled one good non-conference opponent. OSU was dominated at home against Oklahoma. Alabama whooped FSU, knocked out its stud QB, and essentially forced FSU into a terrible season. And just because Wisconsin played literally nobody all year doesn't make them "better" than LSU and/or Mississippi State.
2. "OSU won its conference, and Alabama didn't." This, and only ONE YEAR after OSU was gifted entry despite not winning the Big Ten. If the committee cites this argument, I am convinced they have no interest in choosing the best 4 teams, but rather only in doing whatever mental gymnastics necessary to ensure that OSU is in.
Alabama would beat OSU by 30 on a neutral field with non-Big Ten refs.
December 3rd, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^
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December 3rd, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^
Uniform national standard of referring just got one more little push.
IF another team gets leap frogged over a conference champ making winning the conference meaningless, then let's just go the whole MBB route and get a larger field with 8 teams. Winning your conference will get you an easier seeding or a game closer to home.
December 3rd, 2017 at 8:56 AM ^
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December 3rd, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
I disagree. Wisconsin would've easily been in had they won. OSU winning only created question marks for the B1G. I think the committee should select Alabama over OSU. Alabama is the better team.
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December 4th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
So happy the suckeyes are the ones that feel robbed. I also like that ESPN posts two articles on its main page about how the B1G is out and why.
December 3rd, 2017 at 9:36 AM ^
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December 3rd, 2017 at 12:07 PM ^
is a problem for the conference, whenever it happens. It challenges the integrity of competition and creates doubt about favorable outcomes for certain schools based on conference preference.
I no longer understand the standards that officials use to make certain calls. And so, I can't even reasonably argue why some calls are made and others aren't. I think that is a problem for the conference, the schools affected and most especially, the players.
No one call costs a team a game unless it's perceived as doing so, and that's in the eye of the beholder.
Last night, two offensive holding calls were flagged, one for both Wisconsin and Ohio State. Both were obvious calls. Ohio State was called for a block in the back on a punt return that was not even considered a week ago in Ann Arbor when the foul seemed even more obvious.
And I have no clue what constitutes PI or defensive holding in the secondary.
But even worse last night, a spot was incorrectly judged that gave Ohio State the ball on the Wisconsin one yard line instead of the three, where the runner clearly stepped out based on replay, and even in the confusion of whether the original call of TD was correct, the spot stood as considered on the field.
That is just another example of competitive indifference that leads to an officiating bias concolusion regardless of the probability in that circumstance of a likely score. It just fuels the debate and so it's a problem.
December 3rd, 2017 at 9:58 AM ^