The thing is, in the past I've found Klatt to be one of the better analysts and commentators on the sport...and in the past he's also generally been fair to Penn State.
But in the last few weeks he hasn't done us any favors, first by calling for Penn State to drop to #8 and then with his conniption on the committee's final rankings/seedings as reflected in my OP above.
In that Tweet he slams the committee and clearly implies that Penn State got an unfair break...though in the clip you posted he says that what he considers the committee's botch job is "not (Penn State's) fault." Very generous of Joel to note that.
What Joel and some of his media friends don't seem to get is that, speaking of "fault," the playoff seeding format with four conference champions getting the top-seeded byes is not the committee's fault. They didn't come up with it. They're having to work around it.
To my mind, there's an obvious two-step fix to the issue: A) change the format so that conference champions must be included in the 12-team field but not mandated to have the top four spots; and B) eliminate CCGs because they're overkill and only complicate the selection process.
Meanwhile, yup, poor Oregon. They're the best team but got the short end of the draw. Life can be unfair. Penn State fans have learned that the hard way over the years, which is why a lot of us aren't going to spend too much time feeling sorry for Oregon.
