SEC gets that opportunity. Remember Bama getting one against LSU?
Another question, why was OU such a lock for the playoff? They got rolled at the State Fair. For argument sake, ND lost by what, 4 points combined to 2 teams in the playoff, and then won 10 straight.
Probably because ND's best win is USC and OU has 2 wins as good or better (UM, Bama)?
When your best outcome is a loss (ND, Texas), I get it, but the 7 year-olds who rank the teams aren't going to give you the benefit of the doubt.
With too many teams for too few slots, someone is going to be left out.
Instead of whining about this group of teams with similar resumes, I'd rather get the system to change. Purposely including teams the committee itself ranks 20th and 24th in a 12-team playoff is asinine.
Inclusion is for little league baseball or some other no-stakes enterprise. Not for determining the national champion.
Like shit, in the CFP, the SUN BELT champ is in because the ACC sucks ass. It's not because JMU matters or can win anything, it's because the ACC is so shitty. And seeded above them, we're including a 2-loss G5 team who had to outlast NORTH TEXAS to "earn" their way in, while ND, Texas, Vanderbilt and ten other BETTER teams sit home or play in the Irrelevant Bowl.
I"ve said it from the beginning, and this is what we get.
