teams make it to Quarterfinals. Shoot, in that scenario, it's not out of the realm of possibility that BYU at 12-1 is left out entirely!

It's almost a guarantee that even if both Big12 CC teams DO make the playoff, they'll both be seeded 9-12 and playing away AT an East Coast host, in December. Those are high-probability losses.

Sorry, the LAST thing the Big12 needs is for the powerbrokers to have any excuse to marginalize them any further. And it's a GUARANTEE there'll be a lot of talk of, "Is the Big12 really any better than the MWC if the MWC can at least get a team in the quarterfinal?" if both Big12 schools lose at Georgia and at Alabama.