It is obvious that conferences are now picking a horse and setting the table for them to win their conference in the most dominating fashion. Time to expose this corruption.
Ohio St this year played cross over games of Nebraska (sucks), Iowa (7-5, was favored by 21), and Illinois (perhaps the worst B1G team including Rutgers). They played Indiana during the non-conference schedule which gave them a soft, but not too soft test before Oklahoma. They only played 2 ranked teams before the championship game and they were mostly broken up with cupcake padding on each side of the ranked game. Their toughest stretch was bye week, PSU, then 7-5 Iowa and they failed at that.
Meanwhile PSU played 9-3 Northwestern, 8-4 Michigan, 10-2 Ohio St, and 9-3 Mich St in a consecutive stretch, Oh, and that decent 7-5 Iowa team. No team in the nation would have made it through that stretch unscathed. It handed Ohio St a pass to the championship, not quite Wisconsin style, but a pass just the same.
Alabama got the Ohio St treatment in the SEC. They avoided playing any cross over teams with a pulse. They played a horrible Tenn and Vanderbilt team cross over, oh and Mercer? the week before their Auburn showdown. They failed their 1 test this year and are in the playoff.
Hmmm... well, maybe this was just an off year in scheduling? Not so.
Ohio St plays, get this, Minnesota, Purdue, and Nebraska in cross over games next year (a combined 15-21 record). Oh and they get 1 early weak-mediocre conference team during the out of conference schedule the next 2 years like they did with Indiana this year. This gives them a second bye week later in both of those seasons. They and Rutgers are the ONLY B1G team that gets this scheduling luxury of effectively 2 bye weeks (counting their out of conference cupcake) the next 2 years. If Ohio St gets even 1 loss next season with that horrible cross over mix, then they should be eliminated from the playoff.
Ohio St this year played cross over games of Nebraska (sucks), Iowa (7-5, was favored by 21), and Illinois (perhaps the worst B1G team including Rutgers). They played Indiana during the non-conference schedule which gave them a soft, but not too soft test before Oklahoma. They only played 2 ranked teams before the championship game and they were mostly broken up with cupcake padding on each side of the ranked game. Their toughest stretch was bye week, PSU, then 7-5 Iowa and they failed at that.
Meanwhile PSU played 9-3 Northwestern, 8-4 Michigan, 10-2 Ohio St, and 9-3 Mich St in a consecutive stretch, Oh, and that decent 7-5 Iowa team. No team in the nation would have made it through that stretch unscathed. It handed Ohio St a pass to the championship, not quite Wisconsin style, but a pass just the same.
Alabama got the Ohio St treatment in the SEC. They avoided playing any cross over teams with a pulse. They played a horrible Tenn and Vanderbilt team cross over, oh and Mercer? the week before their Auburn showdown. They failed their 1 test this year and are in the playoff.
Hmmm... well, maybe this was just an off year in scheduling? Not so.
Ohio St plays, get this, Minnesota, Purdue, and Nebraska in cross over games next year (a combined 15-21 record). Oh and they get 1 early weak-mediocre conference team during the out of conference schedule the next 2 years like they did with Indiana this year. This gives them a second bye week later in both of those seasons. They and Rutgers are the ONLY B1G team that gets this scheduling luxury of effectively 2 bye weeks (counting their out of conference cupcake) the next 2 years. If Ohio St gets even 1 loss next season with that horrible cross over mix, then they should be eliminated from the playoff.
