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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Feb 4, 2016 19:51:23 GMT
So, what came of the major groundswell last year?
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Post by Bevo on Feb 4, 2016 22:47:41 GMT
So, what came of the major groundswell last year? More publicity for college football. Magazines sold, TV hours filled.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Feb 5, 2016 5:21:30 GMT
So, what came of the major groundswell last year? More publicity for college football. Magazines sold, TV hours filled. Really? All because the committee wouldn't explain its decision?
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Post by Bevo on Feb 5, 2016 13:37:10 GMT
More publicity for college football. Magazines sold, TV hours filled. Really? All because the committee wouldn't explain its decision? Really? I haven't had too much trouble finding evidence of the committee explaining their decision.
"Committee members believed that Baylor and TCU were roughly equal," explained CFP chairman Jeff Long. "Baylor's win over TCU was the tiebreaker in the case."
Long said committee members "voted decisively" that Ohio State should be ranked No. 4 at their final meeting early Sunday morning.
The top three picks were "clear cut," Long said. "The discussion about the fourth team was long and spirited."
Chairman Jeff Long explained in fairly straightforward fashion why Ohio State, not TCU or Baylor, landed the fourth spot. Simply put, the Buckeyes won their conference championship game. The Bears and Horned Frogs didn't play in one.
"Ohio State's performance in a 13th game gave them a quality win over a highly ranked team," Long said of the Buckeyes' 59-0 rout of then-No. 13 Wisconsin. That Ohio State did it a week after losing yet another star quarterback, J.T. Barrett, "spoke volumes about the strength of the team."
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