M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[AlabamAlum]

I am truly shocked. I feel your pain, Talent.

[CGVT]

Not surprised at all.

[iam416]

I am truly shocked. I feel your pain, Talent.

How? Alabama has never once been left out. Ever. Well, wait. 1966.

[AlabamAlum]

1966 is still very painful to me. Fuck Michigan State.

[iam416]

The lesson really is don't play good teams. Ohio State at 12-1, even with a loss to Iowa, is in. I think in 2019 Ohio State's OoC schedule is awful. That should be a great year for a run. Next year they'll have to win in Dallas against TCU.

Oklahoma learned the lesson last year. They're in, IMO, if they go 11-1, but the loss to OSU killed them.

I also really don't get the subjective element. I mean, that's great and all. But, the "eye test" -- man.

[Cody_Russell]

Gene Smith needs to bite the bullet and resign from the Playoff committee. ... assuming they would replace him with another B10 guy, like from Purdue.
Those Purdue people that are like "wow, Ohio St won the national title, GOOD FOR THE B10."

An extra vote that could have gone in Ohio St's favor.

[AlabamAlum]

Well, that's one way to look at it, Talent. I think, however, the completely inexplicable loss to Iowa is what's so confusing. There is no way that Iowa should have been within 24 points of the Buckeyes and how they not only won, but won by 31 points is completely confusing.

I mean if this year's Iowa team played this year's Ohio State 999 more times, I think the Buckeyes win all 999 of them with maybe 5 of them even being close.

[AlabamAlum]

Gene Smith needs to bite the bullet and resign from the Playoff committee. ... assuming they would replace him with another B10 guy, like from Purdue.
Those Purdue people that are like "wow, Ohio St won the national title, GOOD FOR THE B10."

An extra vote that could have gone in Ohio St's favor.

They recuse themselves.

[iam416]

Yeah, having Gene Smith on the Committee is awful.

Onward to battle USC in the Fiesta! Probably the only major bowl game I'll watch!

[WingsFan]

Well, that has to hurt. All I can say is I want to see osu give SC the biggest beat down ever in the Rose Bowl.

[iam416]

My final though on today is that the 2015 Buckeyes got absolutely assfucked. That was a national title "eye test" team out the ass. Np with this year's inconsistent squad out over a team with a total shit resume, but one that we know is pretty good. 2015, though. That's a hose job.

[Cody_Russell]

They recuse themselves.

Yea that's what hurts Ohio St... being the reason why Ohio St people should want him to resign.

[Rocky Bleier]

Don't feel sorry for OSU at all. They've jumped over teams into the playoff in the past; this year they came up short. Proves that Nick and the SEC carry more weight than Urban and the B1G. MSU got slobber-knocked 38 - 0 by Alabama. OSU got stomped by Clemson 31 - 0. Could have something to do with the decision not to have the Buckeyes face the Tigers again.

[iam416]

No doubt about Alabama. No other school is in at 4 with that resume. OSU gets the benefit of the doubt, but no school is in the same stratosphere as Alabama when it comes to that. Basically, their resume said "Alabama".

[Jeff Buchanan]

Yep ...... I even think you thought osu was going to get the 4th spot. AA was absolutely certain it wasn't going to be Bama. He was wrong.

What's the pay-out on the CFP games that the BIG will miss out on having not gained a spot? And to think, most informed fans mid-season were saying the BIG was trending up and the SEC down.

I sure can't argue that the four best teams aren't in and two of them are from the SEC!