Of course MSU would be #4. My point was as to why MSU passed OU. Had nothing to do with ND.
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Of course MSU would be #4. My point was as to why MSU passed OU. Had nothing to do with ND.
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But didn't you say earlier that ND would have jumped over OU into the playoff if they both finished 11-1? I'm saying that they wouldn't have.
Two points were made.
1) Alsacs said MSU passed OU because they went 12-1 to MSU's 11-1. My view (just a theory I know it's not a fact) is that part of the reasoning for MSU passing OU is the Committee did not want OU at #3 playing down in Dallas where they would have had a big advantage in terms of the crowd.
2) ND dropped from 4 to 6 because of a very poor game against BC. That's a fact. I believe if ND had taken care of business against BC (and not had 5 TOs in BC territory) they would have stayed at #4 and a win over Stanford would have kept them there ahead of OU. OU's loss to Texas would have been a killer for them. We'll never know.
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Remember last year--OSU jumped a couple of places because they throttled Wisconsin. I think Oklahoma's romp over the other OSU in Stillwater would have yielded the same result. But, to quote a sage, "we'll never know".
Remember last year--OSU jumped a couple of places because they throttled Wisconsin. I think Oklahoma's romp over the other OSU in Stillwater would have yielded the same result. But, to quote a sage, "we'll never know".
I hear ya. Pure conjecture.
Ironically OU climbed several spots for beating TCU and their backup QB on a failed two point conversion in Norman. I don't get why OU is favored over Clemson.
