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Game Thread Ohio State v Northwestern B1G Championship, @ Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN 12/1/18 8PM, FOX

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Buckeye513 said:
They don't. Ohio State got in twice without being undefeated, once without winning their division. Michigan would have been in this year with one loss.

I'm not a fan of the current selection process, but it doesn't go any deeper here than Ohio State just having unforgivable loss margins to not good teams. If the games had been closer or they had been able to avenge either in Indianapolis then it would be a different conversation, but they weren't.

Being ranked below Georgia is bullshit, but I see no reason why they should be above any of the playoff teams.
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Don't forget '15

Every time they move the goal posts it is with OSU

3 out of 5 isn't a coincidence
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Don't forget '15

Every time they move the goal posts it is with OSU

3 out of 5 isn't a coincidence
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It's not a coincidence, OSU's just been on the edge every season and have thus been on the end of some positive and negative and inconsistent decisions.

The more likely explanation to that than a conspiracy against a profitable blue blood program in a profitable blue blood conference is that having a committee that has the power to make shit up as they go along decide who gets into the playoff maybe isn't the answer to the BCS that everyone thought it was.
 
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BUCKINGFRONCO said:
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Honestly, I’d boot ND, and put UCF in. They’ve won out twice seasons running and STILL get no respect. Quite shameful to have a system that doesn’t necessarily reward success, nor allow ANY team a shot at going the distance.
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This is why I say go to 8 teams, with the P5 conference champs getting in, and hold one extra spot for an undefeated team like UCF (if it happens). If there isn't a UCF that year, that leaves 3 spots for teams like Georgia/ND and would maybe nudge ND to get their ass out of the 70s and join a damn conference. You're still going to have complaints (as always) but I think once you start taking every conference champ and the next best 3, it's much much harder to complain because there are clear guidelines, not a bunch of shifting BS that the committee doesn't have to actually stick to.

Example:
#1 - Bama
#2 - Clemson
#3 - OU
#4 - OSU
#5 - Washington
#6 - Georgia
#7 - ND
#8 - UCF

I think that's pretty solid. Who's left that has a legit complaint?
 
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Buckeye513 said:
It's not a coincidence, OSU's just been on the edge every season and have thus been on the end of some positive and negative and inconsistent decisions.

The more likely explanation to that than a conspiracy against a profitable blue blood program in a profitable blue blood conference is that having a committee that has the power to make shit up as they go along decide who gets into the playoff maybe isn't the answer to the BCS that everyone thought it was.
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The edge they are on every season keeps changing and other teams from other conferences don't have the same edge problems.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
The edge they are on every season keeps changing and other teams from other conferences don't have the same edge problems.
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I'll stick with that just being a circumstance of having a consistently successful program in a system whose only clear and consistent criteria for making the playoff is going undefeated in a P5, a system that OSU benefited from in 2014 and 2016 and likely would have benefited from this season and last if not for heavy losses.
 
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cincibuck said:
Very easy to answer; the one team that got in without having to play in a ccg
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In a perfect world, yeah, punish the scissor lift mafia for being bitches.

In the one we live in where there's no conference championship requirement and having one is only kind of relevant, I see no reason to do this. They should keep gaming the system until they can't anymore.
 
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youra6 said:
I'm all for making the West as weak as possible. Because right now having a strong division is a handicap. Committee just told us conference games dont matter. We should instead stack the deck in our favor.

Look at every other conference. They are doing the exact same thing.
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Really? You think the key to making the playoff is for the division you don't play in the be as weak as possible? Lol. Okay. Whatever.
 
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