They are in a lose-lose scenario assuming Michigan wins. USC is out. There’s not question about that. Here’s the scenarios
A. OSU gets in. Do they get in as the four? That means you don’t move TCU at all after a loss, which I don’t think you can do. You have to do something to them for losing. Plus, you move up OSU in the rankings with them having not won a game and coming off a blowout.
B. You penalize TCU and move them to 4. Rational move. But then you move OSU to 3 and deal with the reasons I stated above. Plus you get a rematch of a blow-out game we just saw.
C. Bama gets in over TCU and you get a all Big 10 and SEC playoff with OSU getting dealing with the reasons above and you get a 2-loss playoff team in Bama.
D. Bama gets in over OSU. Then you have a scenario where Bama improved over OSU in the committees eyes where neither team played this week.
Regardless of the outcome, this will be an interesting **** show and I love it. Scenario A seems like the most likely one
A. OSU gets in. Do they get in as the four? That means you don’t move TCU at all after a loss, which I don’t think you can do. You have to do something to them for losing. Plus, you move up OSU in the rankings with them having not won a game and coming off a blowout.
B. You penalize TCU and move them to 4. Rational move. But then you move OSU to 3 and deal with the reasons I stated above. Plus you get a rematch of a blow-out game we just saw.
C. Bama gets in over TCU and you get a all Big 10 and SEC playoff with OSU getting dealing with the reasons above and you get a 2-loss playoff team in Bama.
D. Bama gets in over OSU. Then you have a scenario where Bama improved over OSU in the committees eyes where neither team played this week.
Regardless of the outcome, this will be an interesting **** show and I love it. Scenario A seems like the most likely one