https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2017/12/03/college-football-playoff-committee-got-wrong-alabama-brand-loyalty-only/917333001/
Good read. They make some valid points. As a diehard OSU fan I'm honestly not as mad as most seem to be. If we would have taken care of business at Iowa like we should have this would have never happened.
But that being said this decision was the wrong one for so many reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't see schools either cancelling/rescheduling tough out of conference games now for easier games. We should definitely schedule Mercer from now on the week before Michigan. Oh wait Alabama already has them locked up. FML
There is absolutely no benefit for scheduling tougher opponents. It's been made clear it doesn't matter who you play as long as your 12-0 or 11-1 and preferably win your title game but obviously not necessary (see alabama)
Lets just expand this to 8 teams and get this over and never have to deal with this bullshit again.
I cant find it but I read an article earlier that said we should replace the conference title games and make that the first round of the playoffs. So you wouldn't be adding a game for say to pretty much anyones schedules (player safety & fatigue).
I for one would gladly give up the tradition of conference title games to add another round of playoffs. It would absolutely boost TV, sponsorship, and advertising dollars by far for all involved.
The first round would also essentially be title games as well anyway as you'd see the top teams from the conferences in them.