First, the OK Sooners not the Oklahoma State Cowboys, won the Big 12 Championship yesterday.
The locks are Clemson, Oklahoma, and Georgia, which won the SEC Championship. The discussion boils down to the fourth slot, AL or Ohio State. AL has only one loss to Auburn. OSU has two losses including being blown out by Iowa. OSU is a conference champion.
If it were done strictly on merit, AL should be the fourth team. However, it will probably be Ohio State so that the Big Ten can be represented along with the ACC, SEC, and Big 12.
Of course it was OK and not Okie State, but Bama has no business in the Championship. He said last year if you don’t win your conference you have no business in the Championship.
It doesn’t matter since it is a fake championship anyway.
Seriously, Ohio State can have it.
I’m not sure the Tide is up to another win. They need to replace Hurts, and go with a quarterback who can throw well and think on his feet.
Stop pretending the football players are college students, and no requirement to go to college classes.
Each team plays the other 15 teams, alternating home field advantage.
Split the 16 team league into divisions, and make up some complicated, drawn-out playoff system.
Big hoopla final, and since everybody played each other at least once, no more excuses about "woulda, coulda, shoulda but the schedule did not allow it to happen."
And the rest of the current colleges could remain in the NCAA, pretty much under current rules, except that the last real college game would be no later than the Saturday after Thanksgiving. And the coaches at "real" colleges could not be paid more than the highest-paid Dean at the college.
Then we can go back to the days when Chip Hilton and Fireball Finley were the local stars. (With a tip of the hat to Clair Bee.)