I think the thing that stands out to me, it truly seems like the committee is making things up as they go along.

Last week, teams 5-8 had very little separation according to Kirby Hocutt. So based on that statement, Ohio State and Alabama were virtually on an even playing field for consideration.

Then yesterday, now Kirby Hocutt is saying that Alabama all along has been the superior looking team.

So what changed? After saying teams 5-8 had very little separation, Ohio State goes out and wins the Big Ten Championship (and despite the close score at the end, they were still clearly the better team than Wisconsin from the start. Only second half OSU mistakes kept it from becoming another blowout.) and now the next day suddenly Alabama is the superior team over everyone else in 5-8.

It makes no sense. Either the committee or Hocutt are apparently just pulling things out of their ass this year.

Of course they can't stop even contradicting themselves. First you had to win a conference championship to get in (Big 12 found that out the hard way at the start of the CFP), then last year, you didn't even need to win your own division, much less your own conference, to get into the playoff over a team that beat you, won your division and won your conference that same season. And now this year, you don't have to win your own division, much less your own conference, to get into the playoff over the conference champion from another major conference.

Granted records, number of losses and quality of opponents play into things, but other than the bad loss to Iowa, Ohio State has been a quality team all year, and I'd rate their wins over Penn State, Michigan State and Wisconsin (three teams in the top 16) over Alabama best wins of LSU and Mississippi State.

Ultimately I was expecting a coin toss between who would get in, so I'm not surprised by Alabama getting in, though because I'm not a SEC fan, I did want to see Alabama get shut out because simply fuck Bama.

I just hope Clemson has a good game plan, because if I have to watch that cock gobbler Saban hold up another trophy, I'm gonna be pissed.

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