Ohio State has one loss and looks like it has no chance to gain ground should Oklahoma win.
The Buckeyes play a four loss Northwestern school. The best matchup the Big Ten could apparently produce. The Wildcats have lost all three of their OOC games including a loss to the 4-7 and aptly named Akron Zips. Well, to be fair the Zips have one bowl game that I can remember. The Spud Bowl I think it was.
Yeah, the West suckex this year. Almost as bad as the South Atlantic League Coastal.
So I think it's safe to say that without a loss by the Sooners OSU won't be getting into the Football Four.
Do not be so sure. The C9mmittee seems to value wins more than they discount losses. For what it is worth, Oklahoma has given up 40 points or more in each of their last four games. The whole record matters, not just one team's bad game. And that actually might be better for them as they'd probably be favored playing whatever PAC team that gets thrown at them. Probably Washington. I'm sure their fans would be happier seeing them go out with a win.
Well, that is stupid. From personal experience, the chance to be in a playoff trumps the bowls, even if you get waxed. Maybe one day a team you root for will make it and you will see what I mean.
Yeah the ACC Coastal isn't all that.
You could be right. But I think for that to happen OSU has to hop Oklahoma tonight. Otherwise I'm not seeing it.
Not so fast my friend. Do not lose sight of the fact that the Committee reevaluates from scratch each week.
Yes it's a weekly examination. Totally agree with that and onboard. But since the body of work has now been established for the regular season,
that, as they say, is
cut and dried.
So the Exsecutiva commissionibus has one game left to 'rate'. Much has been said about how they rate/favor the quality wins over the Bad losses. We have disagreed about that a shitload of times in the past. Me on one side you on the other. Well as I have often said this Quality Wins thing doesn't seem to ring true in this case. Or they would be ahead of Oklahoma as I type. They're not. OSU has the better BIG QW but they are still behind, regular season is over. Still behind.
No, I think the Committee is concerned about the blowout loss to Purdue just as they were concerned about the blowout loss to Iowa last year. QL for lack of a better term.
So, IMO, they will need to smoke Northwestern in order to get in. Much like they smoked paper tiger Wisconsin a short while back. Yes that could happen. Oklahoma however simply needs to win and they sort of erase the only blemish in their record, beating the one team they lost to in the regular season. A team that is 'currently' ranked in the Committee's Top 10 I might add.
I think only a loss by Oklahoma is going to change the Committee members mind. Because they are human. No matter how much they try and follow their rules that can be interpreted in several different ways by any one of them, they're human. They'll remember Clemson smoking OSU whether they consciously want to or not. They'll remember how Oklahoma gave Georgia all it wanted last year and how Georgia gave Bama all it wanted. They as humans want to whether knowingly or not have the games competitive.(To help with the ratings that Jim ejaculates all over himself on)[High ratings for Mich/OSU who would have thought it?] But I digress.
I believe they want a team to be able to lay 30 points on Bama if they meet. Of all the teams out there I can only think of three teams that would have a shot to lay 30+ points on Bama and OSU is not one of them.
Lastly, and it
may just boil down to it's as simple as this, Oklahoma plays the
significantly higher rated team in this last chance to garner points. The Big 10's
Weak Sister Division could hurt them more than any other thing at this juncture of the evaluation period.(A
severe lack of foresight on the Big 10's brass not to have Michigan St or Penn St(or both) in different Divisions than Michigan and OSU. So it will be incredibly tough for the Buckeyes to hop over the Sooners and the deck seems stacked against the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes IMO need a Longhorn victory. But as I always say, opinions vary. :-)