That certainly does look like an argument that it was correct to expand the playoff beyond 4 teams. 12 teams, though, might be a bit of a stretch.
Without the expanded playoffs, one of those top four seeds would have been national champions.
Tired of seeing these same teams repeatedly. Tired of players opting out. Tire of team records being meaningless going into post-season.
Texas is the weakest of the four, followed by Penn State, Notre Dame with Ohio State the strongest of the bunch. That said, it’s tOSU v Penn State in the all BIG championship.
Texas did not humiliate ASU. Not by a damn sight.
Double OT not humiliating. Big 12 fan here.
I suspect the extra layoff hurt the higher seeds. Those teams hadn’t played a game in 3+ weeks, and they came out flat. Guessing that is not a coincidence.
Here’s something I’m finding amazing:
1) On the one hand, but for a single field goal, Notre Dame would be undefeated and probably the unanimously #1 ranked team in America, but
2) On the other hand, that loss was to an astonishingly weak opponent.
Ole Miss looked good the other day.
Nobody is going to beat Ohio State
The bigwigs at NCAA and ESPN who have engineered this abomination of a post-season must have sighed in relief when Georgia lost. The prospect of a Georgia - UT Championship game where UT actually wins would be embarrassing.
Georgia beats UT two out of three teams and somehow UT is the Champion? Nightmare for the monied interests.
We need a Sugar Bowl “do-over”!
After the terrorist attack and Kirby Smart’s father falling, UGA didn’t have a chance.
By the way, Sonny Smart passed away this morning after complications from the fall and the surgery.