December 3rd, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
Clemson to Sugar Bowl rather than across the country to Pasadena? So Bama has a nice play to play.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
Delany will whine, but this is the best possible thing that could have happened to the Big Ten.
The conference just could not absorb another beat down again.
Now we get to reboot and start fresh next year.
This helps Michigan, who will start to be in the CFP picture going forward.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
Hilarious seeing these fools try to justify OSU. They barely beat Michigan, Wiscy was a "close" game, the get trounced by Iowa and Oklahoma.
No one mentioning Barret being "injured"...
Fuck OSU so much fuck OSU.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
with the gift of the 3rd string QB, who wasn't a good 3rd string QB gifting them throughout the game. I know we've beat up JoK enough, but when looking at the factors, you just can't leave that out.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
Its great watching Herbie and Joey argue.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
I agree, Herbie is hurting. But great teams lose but not by 31 points simple as that
December 3rd, 2017 at 8:15 PM ^
get stomped twice.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
Any OSU fan who whines after taking a second loss like that in November, get the fuck outta here. Ha! Committee told them to take their shitty loss and fuck off.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
I figured Alabama would get selected just for being Alabama. But in this case, it knocks out OSU, so I'm ok with it.
You can't lose by 31 to freaking Iowa and play for the title. Sorry. I really didn't think any Big 10 team deserved to go to the playoff.
I'm still going to happily root against Bama but I'm extra relieved there is no OSU, MSU or ND in the playoff.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
GALLOWAY, my god is he an asshole
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
Boycott the CFP. Just don't watch it.
Over half the country couldn't care less about Hess matchups.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
Georgia vs Oklahoma will be incredible
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
LOL. Looking forward to Delaney’s tears over this.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
Muppets?
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Please don't decrease the value of muppets.
At this point, we can only have (football-related) muppets when we win a B1G championship or Beat OSU.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
so 2019 then?
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
Muppets are not about this
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
For OSU this year, a trip to the pink locker room poisons their playoff spot.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
Nice, OSU got some PSU treatment from last year. Fuck any OSU fan talking about winning the BIG champ should mean something.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
It's interesting that in bizarro-world 2017, Alabama actually doesn't have any big wins. I know they played FSU before Francois went out, but Francois wasn't the reason FSU's offense clicked last year. Dalvin Cook was one of the best backs in the country.
Edit: I'm not saying that OSU's resume is any better. Hard to argue for a team that got absolutely blown out by 7-5 Iowa.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Why it’s important to schedule good teams for our non conference games now? The committee doesn’t give a shit, not to mention we play 9 conference games.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
It never had anything to do with playoff strategy. Big games are just more interesting for the fans.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
Alabama did play good teams out of conference. Florida State was #3 in the nation when Alabama dismantled them and their QB. It would be naive to think that didn’t weigh heavily on the Committee, plus they played Fresno State who was ranked in the final regular season standings. “Alabama didn’t play anyone” is somewhat factually inaccurate since they played 8 bowl eligible teams and 4 top 25 teams.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
Doesn’t seems to matter when they ended up 6-6. And osu played OU the #2 team.
December 3rd, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^
They ended up 6-6 because Alabama utterly destroyed them and their QB. They ended up 6-6, because they were forced to play a 6’3 165 point true freshman QB after Bama obliterated their offense for 4 quarters. Alabama is clearly a better football team than Ohio State. The BCS computers would’ve said, “Ah FSU only went 6-6, not a quality win.” We hated that system so we went to a Committee who can say, “Okay, FSU went 6-6, but Alabama destroyed their season by killing their QB. They have 9 NFLers so it’s a good OoC win.”
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
let's play Mercer
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
in November
December 3rd, 2017 at 2:16 PM ^
If OSU had beat OK, then they would be #1 or #2 in the country and would be in despite the Iowa loss. Wisconsin almost didn't make it even if they beat OSU because they didn't schedule a tough non-conference.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Delaney did all that work with the refs over that past few weeks and got nothing to show for it. Maybe we could get back to calling fair games now?
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:03 PM ^
I wish, but it'll never happen unless we take our own serious action against it. We need to let the message be heard that if we have to deal with any more of this bs, you can count Michigan out of the B1G.
That'll scare Delaney's money mind, and THEN we'll see games being fairly called again.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
Weird that his hate of cheese overcame his desire to have a big ten team in the playoff. Personally I applaud him for placing principles over money.
December 3rd, 2017 at 2:16 PM ^
If there was some grand scheme fot the officiating to guarantee a Big Ten team in the playoff then the officials should’ve just been boning OSU up and down yesterday
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Well, I think the committee got it wrong. But I'm cool with it.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^
Cheating. The committee got it one hundred percent RIGHT!!!
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
What a joke. Michigan should play no one in the non conference.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
Play one really good team (mostly SEC) but not in a neutral site. Play Notre Dame. Play one cupcake.
It's that simple. That should be our nonconference schedule every year.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:01 PM ^
The selection of Alabama suggests that one credible nonconference opponent, two mediocre G5 programs, and an FCS snack is the way to go.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
That’s way stronger than it needs to be.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
Starting to whine now. Poor guy
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
Actually he’s been the most logical one on the set today. Galloway is the one trying to justify OSU getting in.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
Sorry Delany and your corrupt a$$
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
at least I have no problems picking who to root for first round. screw the SEC, even though I'm glad OSU got left out
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
Delany : “Damn, maybe that holding penalty in the last minute wasn’t such a good idea...”
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
He got what he deserved!
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
In listening to the committee chair it’s clear that losing by 31 to Iowa really sealed OSU’s fate. They didn’t mention the loss to OU, which indicates that losing early to top ranked teams isn’t a death blow, but losing late to unranked team is most definitely.
I’m not pleased with Bama’s selection, but I’d be way more upset with OSU (once again) sneaking in.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
Yeah. To me, you get one loss a year and the committee will usually cut you some slack. But lose twice, especially by double-digits both times, and you're out barring sme crazy circumstances.
December 3rd, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
People complaining about the non-conference need to remember that FSU was the #2 team coming into the year. It's not Alabama's fault they fell apart this year. Fresno was garbage when Alabama scheduled them; now they're a top-25 team. CSU was 10-3 when this game was scheduled, I believe, so they probably figured that was a decent matchup.
It's like Michigan's OOC last year. Everyone looked at Colorado and UCF and figured those were terrible teams; turns out both were pretty good, with UCF being elite this year and CU winning their division and 10 games last year.
You schedule who you can when you can, and I don't think anyone would have suspected that the SEC would be that down this year and that FSU would be that bad. I don't like Alabama, and I can see an argument for OSU getting in because of division championships, but bitching about OOC games schedule 2-3 years in the past is the wrong tact IMO, especially when both OSU and Alabama signed up for nationally-ranked programs.
December 3rd, 2017 at 1:07 PM ^
I’m fine with Bama getting in over OSU (because obviously) but whether or not it’s Bama’s “fault” is irrelevant to the discussion. Their non-conference schedule simply wasn’t very good. It doesn’t matter why.
December 3rd, 2017 at 2:16 PM ^
Per S&P, Alabama's preseason OOC schedule featured a team that was, on average, 43rd in the country (I'm ignoring Mercer because that seems to be a conference-mandated requirement, but feel free to include them if you want). OSU's was 54.
Each team played one tough game OOC and nobody else. That happens. And OSU lost to the only good team they played in the OOC, somewhat badly, at home. So I don't give you a lot of credit for getting blown out by a good team. And Iowa and Florida State finished about equal in terms of S&P (last I saw it was 62 and 50). Alabama crushed the Noles and Iowa ran over OSU.
So again, there are arguments to be made for giving a spot to OSU. But OOC scheduling is not one of them.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:59 AM ^
I have zero problem with Bama getting in. OSU didn’t deserve to jump Bama after that pathetic performance in the BIGCG. Furthermore the development of our young QB’s was wasted on giving JT Barrett a fifth year. Imo Barrett wasn’t going to improve his pocket presence and decision making in another years time . If you can’t do it by 4 years what will change in the 5th year? Now had we blown out Wisconsin like we could have without a 5th year QB throwing 2 interceptions like a freshman would throw. I just don’t understand having such loyalty for one guy over giving the other 104 players the best chance to win. We would only have had an argument jumping Bama with a stellar performance by JT and the rest of the team. Even then it’s hard to argue when a 7-5 Iowa team puts upon 55 points on you.