[Purple Haize]

Yeah. Ian is looking like a genius right now. I’m sure those of you most vocal in your opposition to the move will be sure to send him an apology and Christmas cookies

I still question the scheduling, but dropping P5’s was out of IM’s hands.

Yeah I don’t like a lot of the P5 drops but a lot were because the P5’s wanted to drop.

[ballcoach15]

No USC in playoffs this year.

[JK37]

Maybe the Big Ten gets two teams in this year.

[Ill flame]

Maybe the Big Ten gets two teams in this year.

I'm not sure how they don't at this point.

[ballcoach15]

If Purdue upsets Michigan, B10 shouldn't have any teams in playoffs.

[Purple Haize]

If you aren’t playing this weekend you shouldn’t be moving up into the CFP

[alabama24]

If you aren’t playing this weekend you shouldn’t be moving up into the CFP

Based on what? The guidelines should be followed.

I think BAMA is better than ohio & TCU... and would beat them. I don't see, however, a reason for BAMA to jump ohio or TCU. Since the committee decided that ohio was more deserving LAST WEEK, and nothing has changed since then, ohio should be in the #4 spot.

[Kricket]

Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State.

I don't know there will be much debate on that.

[thepostman]

I'd imagine you're right.

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. TCU

[Ill flame]

Ohio state will be a 4 seed to avoid a repeat of the game so soon.

[Purple Haize]

If you aren’t playing this weekend you shouldn’t be moving up into the CFP

Based on what? The guidelines should be followed.

I think BAMA is better than ohio & TCU... and would beat them. I don't see, however, a reason for BAMA to jump ohio or TCU. Since the committee decided that ohio was more deserving LAST WEEK, and nothing has changed since then, ohio should be in the #4 spot.

What did the schools that didn’t play this weekend do to get better or improve their case? Nothing. USC certainly didn’t help their case by getting crushed by Utah so you could make a case for them to be out. But at least they were playing. TCU lost in OT to a ranked team, they don’t deserve to be dropped. I’m just saying you shouldn’t be rewarded for doing nothing

[alabama24]

So who is in? Clemson?

[alabama24]

If the NCAA had said, “the four highest conference champions,” Clemson would be the answer. TCU would be out. Who goes in next?

[alabama24]

Here is your Top 4:

Georgia, Michigan, Clemson, Kansas State. Does anyone else agree with the last two?

[ballcoach15]

That committee is a room full of liars who have zero integrity. At least whoever gets to world series will have played their way there.

[JK37]

Here is your Top 4:

Georgia, Michigan, Clemson, Kansas State.

False.

I don’t believe the Best Four at the present moment got in. But the committee sent the message they always spout: that Full Body of Work matters most.

[stokesjokes]

If it was about the “best teams” you wouldn’t have to play the games. Might as well just go by recruiting rankings. It’s about the best resume/results from the season. No one on the outside looking in has an argument from their resume. The only thing fans can say is they “look better,” whatever that means.

[Have_a_Gansett_2011]

If Purdue upsets Michigan, B10 shouldn't have any teams in playoffs.

Ballcoach, I must say as a B1G apologist, I thought of you when I heard both UM and OSU got in. It made me smile! Go Blue!

[Ill flame]

There would be weeping and gnashing of teeth across the south for some reason if we end up getting a rematch of the game in the national championship. It would probably be the most watched natty in modern football history.

[JK37]

If it was about the “best teams” you wouldn’t have to play the games. Might as well just go by recruiting rankings. It’s about the best resume/results from the season. No one on the outside looking in has an argument from their resume. The only thing fans can say is they “look better,” whatever that means.

I wasn’t saying best team on paper, rather the best performing team at end of season vs,, say, beginning or middle. We don’t know at beginning, we have much more of a clue in the middle.

What the committee said is the hottest team now isn’t nothing, but the Full Body of Work is paramount. And I’m ok with that. Winning a natty always requires a little bit of luck.

[ballcoach15]

That chairman of committee reminds me of a fellow I worked with years ago. He could tell a lie, knowing he was lying, and everyone who heard him knew it was a lie, yet everyone walked away believing it to be true.

(and Bill Hancock hasn't spoken yet)

[RubberMallet]

i think most likely OSU deserved the 4 spot. but their reasoning (played 3 good quarters against michigan) is dumb. they got housed over and over and lost by 21 and bama lost on last second plays. I didnt' want to see bama in either but some of this reasoning/justification is dumb.

[stokesjokes]

The real reasoning is that OSU beat two top 20 teams and Bama didn't beat any. That along with having two losses vs. one makes it an easy choice.

[ballcoach15]

My memory is bad, but if they stopped keeping score after 3 quarters, Alabama might be undefeated. That was a dumb comment by Corrigan.

[Ill flame]

This is why I don't watch those interviews. Generally the CFP committee gets the top 4 correct by the end of the season but their reasoning rarely makes sense.