I don't blog here often, with the podcast (obviousbrothers) giving me a chance to talk, but I wanted to do something "long form" here -- rant, AGAIN!, about the inconsistency of the College Football Committee.
They constantly ignore the Big 12. You know, they were left out in the first playoff, with TCU having been #3 the week before, mainly because the Big 12 wouldn't pick a winner between TCU and Baylor; now the conference has a weird championship game (who else without divisions has a championship game in BCS?).
This week they have two one-loss teams ahead of Oklahoma, who is, probably, the best Big 12 representative at this point. Oklahoma beat the #6 team, according to the committee, ON THE ROAD. That's the best win anyone currently has (who we are talking about here -- Georgia's win over ND is better, right now, but they are undefeated, so this isn't about them).
Notre Dame, who is #3, according to the committee, has wins AT HOME over #17 USC and #20 NC State. Is it two for one?
Or is it that the committee "likes" ND's loss, AT HOME, by a point to #1 Georgia? More than OU's loss, at home, to #15 Iowa State?
It's not clear.
And Clemson, who is one spot ahead of OU? Their big win is over #14 Auburn -- clearly not a better win -- or #13 Virginia Tech, and their loss is to an unranked Syracuse team -- not a better loss.
So, how does OU end up behind them both?
Anti-Big 12 prejudice.
This may all sort itself out on the field. OU has to play at Ok State this weekend, and at home vs. TCU next weekend -- two wins that would be better than any ND or Clemson would have (until Clemson plays Miami, anyway).
Of course, if OU loses one (never mind both, which is possible), they don't deserve this talk and the team that beats them (say current #11 OSU) would move into the chatter.
But the Big 12 probably won't end up with a playoff berth -- again!
