And the SEC has been elite for a long time, which is why losing 2 games in that

Dec 7, 2024
8:56:05pm

garyfan Truly Addicted User

conference isn’t as bad as losing 2 games in the Big 12. And why wins against, say, Georgia matter a lot more than a win against SMU.

History matters. I agree.

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The CFP Committee is stupid.

2FarGone No One of Consequence

Dec 7, 8:41pm

It’s not that the Big 12 isn’t a good conference. It’s that its strength is in

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:45pm

great teams don’t lose 3 games including two to 6-6 teams with a blowout

FieroCoug

Dec 7, 8:46pm

But they can beat Georgia, which kind of matters, too.

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:49pm

Oklahoma was 1-6 in conference play before blowing out Alabama for it's second. Bama beat mighty Mercer the week

CLCougar

Dec 7, 8:53pm

“Recent poor performances matter.” Yep. It’s why BYU has no case.

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:56pm

BYU's losses were both by less than 6 points. One to the eventual BIG12 Champ in Tempe. Bama was blown out and

CLCougar

Dec 7, 9:00pm

Let’s not pretend that BYU didn’t look badly down the stretch.

garyfan

Dec 7, 9:04pm

Look at my posts above, did I say one thing to champion BYU? I simply pointed out Alabama isn't deserving..

CLCougar

Dec 7, 9:12pm

Relax. I agreed with your point about recent losses mattering, and used BYU as

garyfan

Dec 7, 9:25pm

Biggest B12 issue is the preseason best teams sucked & worst ended up winning

Das_Countach

Dec 7, 8:49pm

There are no elite teams in college football this year. I call bs

Veep

Dec 7, 9:54pm

During the Big 10 halftime show one of the commenters very clearly said it was all about the brand and not about the

Zach Morris

Dec 7, 8:45pm

Yep, because it’s really all about money and not about fair competition.

DevilCougarDragon

Dec 7, 11:51pm

When the big 12 beats each other up it is because they all suck and when the sec

ballen

Dec 7, 8:49pm

You hit the nail on the head, Ballen.

BYUJoJo

Dec 7, 9:20pm

Because the media was way off in its preseason prognostication. So the Big XII was punished for that.

Spiff

Dec 7, 8:51pm

Was the committee stupid when they kept pac12 out of it most years?

JamieTartt

Dec 7, 8:51pm

Hasn’t PAC non conf been crap though for a long time?

Iman23

Dec 7, 8:54pm

And the SEC has been elite for a long time, which is why losing 2 games in that

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:56pm

Did the Big12 have anything this year besides byu over smu? Cu got throttled by Nebraska.

JamieTartt

Dec 7, 8:56pm

And SMU had played no strong teams … until today (yikes).

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:57pm

But now the Big12 needs to have bowl success. The problem with the pac12 was

HonestTakes

Dec 7, 9:45pm

BYU fans also want to act like conference affiliation entitles the Big 12 to

garyfan

Dec 7, 8:54pm

the problem was the pac 12s best teams had bad non conference losses. that

FieroCoug

Dec 8, 12:44am

Remember

kiyoshige

Dec 7, 9:10pm

By their same argument the NFL is bad because teams don't go undefeated.

Mitty

Dec 8, 1:24pm

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