I'm sure there's been some....but I don't think any have been on the scale of what I'm talking about. Only thing I can really think of is a VT TD being overturned that let Hoke win the bowl game in like 2012.
And? They were left out…. With one loss.
And I think that win requires perspective to understand what I'm talking about. The last time Michigan beat Wisconsin in Madison, was the same year (or maybe even year before?) that Spartan Bob game took place. Outside of some bowl wins here or there, that is one of the best regular season wins I've seen Michigan win on TV and it's against a 5-3 Wisconsin team.
How am I wrong? That isn't pro SEC West it's anti-Big 12 and the competition. I mean you aren't going to argue that you guys are leaving stiffer competition in the Big 12 than you will get in your new league are you?
Penn State vs Michigan 2016? Or were you at that game so it doesn’t count?
Well if I can be your punching bag to get you through that is the least I can do.
What 1 team does from a conference or even 2 or 3, has no weight on what another team will do
Lunch is on the way
I was at that one. We've had a few decent wins at home and a few bowl wins in the last couple decades and that's about where it ends. but 2016 is a great example of things the crush us. The only reason Penn State goes to the B10 title game that year is because of that 4th down call in OT in the Mich vs OSU game. Whether you think it was right or not, it's really just a coin flip with refs these days. It goes against us and sends Penn State leaping forward. And then in an ultimate twist of fate, we're constantly reminded of Franklin's B10 title game appearance compared to Harbaugh's goose egg.
And your loss to Michigan State in 2015 kept Ohio State out of the CCG, you have that going for you.
The committee is obviously putting weight to it along with an eye test. Alabama getting making it in 2017 is an example. They didn’t even play in the conference championships that year. It’s has also shown up when teams have gotten left out.
What difference does that make? We have multiple examples of P5 teams that were selected to participate in the CFP and got "their asses handed to" them....including your Buckeyes 31-0 loss to Clem in 2016!
But it worked out, right?
putting Alabama in in 2017 wasnt about the SEC as much as it was the names Alabama and Saban. prior 2 years of Champion and runner up
Exactly, there are usually only two teams every year maybe even one that is unanimously the best...not much parity but it seems like this year we could...or UGA crushes everyone. Last year Bama and Ohio St rolled then Ohio St covid and everything probably still would have been crushed if healthy.
