Blather. You didn't digest a thing I said. You, like most sports fans, are under the delusion that the point here is to figure out who is the "best" team. Its not. The point is to create a system where a team can win enough games to advance through the system to the end and be declared the champion. That is not in any way shape or form a formula for determining a best team, it is a formula for declaring a champion. Look at the 2007 Giants, who were 10-6 during the regular season and came into the playoffs as a wild card. Can anybody really say they were a "better" team than the Patriots, who entered the Super Bowl with a record of 18-0? Nope nope and nope. But they were the champs because they won the game they had to win. Should a four loss college team make it to the playoff if they win their conference? Not if there are 4 other conference champions who are ranked higher, but CERTAINLY before any other team from their conference.
And get over the Sandusky thing. You're just the kind of finger wagger who will condemn a bunch of coaches and players for something they had absolutely nothing to do with just so you can act superior. You're not.
NFL and CFB have two completely different methods of determining playoffs, mainly because the scheduling is a hell of a lot more even in the NFL. 10 of the 16 games are outside of the division, meaning you get a hell of a lot better gauge as to who the best 6 teams are in each conference. Granted, some schedules are still harder than others, but nothing like the scheduling disparity in CFB. Not only that, all we hear about from the playoff committee is picking the "four best teams." Well, Penn State wasn't one of the four best teams.
OSU completely dominated Oklahoma on the road, and they beat Wisconsin on the road, as well as Michigan and Nebraska at home. Penn State beat OSU at home and Wisconsin on a neutral field..........and that's about it. Half the quality wins and twice the losses. Just because they beat OSU at home on a miracle play doesn't mean they had a better playoff resume.
Maybe I'll get over the Sandusky thing when they stop trying to sweep it under the rug by acting like it never happened. Two years of pretending to be sorry to get off probation doesn't erase 30+ years. Last time I checked, child rape and the active covering up of child rape is a pretty legit reason to wag my finger. It's not like they were slipping players $100 bills with their lunch. It was an institutional problem. A few guys at the top took the fall, but it was a complete and utter institutional failure. If you believe the rumors, TONS of people knew Sandusky was a creep, yet nobody ever came forward on it until they had him dead to rights. Don't even act for a second like there aren't still people employed there who knew and did nothing.
