The slippery slope has now been slid down.
Don't schedule anyone, and back into your bid.
Good job committee.
127th.
Don't schedule anyone, and back into your bid.
Good job committee.
127th.
The Message: Schedule nobody.
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So basically - this entire "playoff committee" ... all they have to do is look at the polls and say "OK, looks good. Nice job, see everyone in 9 months."
We did schedule nobodies. We just tripped up against one of them in game 2 while fighting through injuries and breaking in a new DL and offense.
Don't lose seven LB's including your three starters and the next two on the depth chart.
Unfortunately we have two of the worst power 5 teams in our conference (Rutgers and Maryland), so scheduling more cupcakes won't help long term.
Half of the freakin PAC has a losing record this year.
Doesn't matter. We pummel Villanova instead of losing by 3 to Pitt, we're in. We lose by 14 to Michigan we're still out
The take home message is schedule your out of conference games as Rutgers, Idaho, and Portland State.
If Penn St played Washington's schedule they'd have only 1 loss too- and that apparently trumps everything (including actual play on the field).
If Penn St played Washington's schedule they'd have only 1 loss too- and that apparently trumps everything (including actual play on the field).
Yank Pitt off the schedule, Yank App St off the schedule, right now.
Replace with Tennessee Martin and Montana State.
Replace with Tennessee Martin and Montana State.
Agree. 1 loss with a weak schedule is better than 2 losses with a tougher schedule in the eyes of the committee. Now if you want to cement your spot you go with a tough schedule and win them all. Or maybe you get lucky and even if you lose 1 the circumstances work out that you make it anyway (e.g., OSU). But if you happen to lose and end up competing with teams that didn't lose as many, even if their schedule stinks they will get the spot. That's the message the committee sent today.
Only because they were fortunate that they were up against a field of only 2 other one loss teams and 1 undefeated team. If there's another 1 loss Big 10 team OSU may have been in trouble.
