Penn st beats Ohio st, wins the Big 10 but Ohio state

[Volznut]

is in the playoffs. Seems fair.

[BanditVol]

Not yet....stay tuned.

[Coupe De VOL]

A season is made up of 12 or 13 games, not just 1.  They're supposed to pick the 4 best teams and did a great job doing it. 

[BanditVol]

My bad. I thought they would announce this evening. I agree osu should be out. But what's worse is forcing Washington to travel to Atlanta. They should at least make osu the 4th seed.

[VinnieVOL]

PSU may be more deserving, but that's not the committee's job.  I think Ohio State's better than PSU.   

[BanditVol]

PSU may be more deserving, but that's not the committee's job.  I think Ohio State's better than PSU.  

Except that in the past they have announced that OOC and conference championships would matter...until they didn't.

Which is my point.  A bunch of humans will state there are guidelines...and then completely ignore them.

[BanditVol]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/02/gruen-college-football-playoff-committee-already-sending-a-message/

According to the selection committee protocol, it will be “instructed to place an emphasis on winning conference championships.”

Apparently when it becomes inconvenient, that criterion is discarded.

It's stronger than I thought...it's actually written into their protocol to "place an emphasis" on winning conference championships.  

[73Volgrad]

Ohio State was going to make the Final Four simply because they are Ohio State and a big name program. The committee did this mostly based on dollar value and the fact Barry Alvarez was on the committee hawking for the Big 10. All the people crying about the BCS and the polls/computer rankings getting it wrong wanted people to make the decision. So you get 12 people selecting teams based on the eye test and stating they wanted 4 "best" teams. Penn State has no beef because they lost to Pitt of all teams. Beat Pitt early then with 1 loss PSU is in over Ohio State. Ohio State got in for one reason alone: people thought they are better because of the eye test and they can beat the snot out of bad teams. If the referees had called OSU game equal with Michigan for penalyies, OSU would have lost. No way should more penalties be called on MeatChickens than the Buckeyes. I thought I was watching a Bama game. Big 10 officials wanted OSU to win because they think OSU is more popular. I believe if you look at the spot in OT on 4th down, the two refs ran in and spotted the ball differently. It was the ref in charge of putting ball down that placed it past the 1st down. Almost every critical call and non-call was made in the favor of Ohio State. But all the media and the selection committee decided the Big 10 was the best this year because all their teams passed the eye test.