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565/529/244/275/321/254/30/35

What do these numbers mean? Perhaps they are coordinates to a secret location or wonderful treasure? Do they have anything to do with NASA? No, no, and let’s hope not!!! Actually these are some new numbers that one of my researches, Davis, has discovered and if there is one thing i can say about numbers, it’s that numbers aren’t deceitful. Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

Here is what we know is true.

TCU finished the regular season 11-1. ohio state finished the regular season 11-1. Identical records. So how do we pick who moves into that 4th playoff spot? ohio state benefited from a convincing win over Wisconsin but how convincing was that win. 59-0 makes sense when you play an FBS school or a low mid-major. But what’s interesting is if you take a look at this weeks top 25 results (9/2015), you dont see any zeros in the final score column (unless you count LSU/McNeese State). Even bad teams score points.

Was a 59-0 win over Wisconsin really that impressive? Do I think there was some grand conspiracy that involved Wisconsin taking a dive to allow ohio state to get into the playoff by trouncing the badgers? No. What I think, what I know, what most people know, is that Wisconsin was an ok football team at best. Sometimes numbers do lie.

The last regular season games for both TCU and ohio state, TCU beat Iowa State 55-3 and ohio state beat Michigan 42-28.

Let’s look at the loss columns. TCU was on the verge of pounding a top 5 team in Baylor in Waco, Texas. Up multiple scores in the 4th quarter, TCU stumbled and let the Bears back into the game and ultimately lost by 3, 61-58. ohio state welcomed Virginia Tech to Ohio Stadium and couldn’t stop the Hokies on defense, resulting in an embarrassing 35-21 home loss. Baylor finished the season 11-2, Virginia Tech finished 7-6. Can it be established that Baylor was a better football team than Virginia Tech and also, a loss at home looks worse than a loss on the road.

There wasn’t a fan in Columbus, Ohio that thought the buckeyes could make the playoffs. And they were right in thinking that. The remaining schedule provided next to no challenges as it relied on the big ten slate to improve that ugly blemish.

A bad loss at home and a win over Wisconsin doesn’t tip the scales does it? So how did the buckeyes get in? A loss is a loss? I’d rather lose to Lebron than Carmello.

What Davis has found will only muddy the waters more. buckeye fans look away and rejoice, you won the “championship”.

The numbers at the beginning of this article are broken down as follows…

TCU points for = 565 ohio state points for = 529 Winner:TCU

TCU points against = 244 ohio state points against = 275 Winner:TCU

TCU point differential = 321 ohio state point differential = 254 Winner:TCU

TCU Strength of Schedule = 30th ohio state Strength of Schedule = 35th Winner:TCU

TCU was deserving of that 4th spot. Numbers don’t lie. Let’s all understand the ultimate decider in the inaugural College Football Playoff and in life in general….Money. The financial implications of TCU making the playoffs and playing in Dallas, in their home state mind you, would have been disastrous for the NCAA and the city of Dallas. TCU enrolls 10,000 students. ohio state graduates 40,000 a year. That’s 40,000 people sporting scarlet and grey shades making up an enormous alumni base that stretches from coast to coast. Thousands of buckeye fans to fill stadiums, hotels and restaurants as well as put thousands upon thousands of eyeball on tv screens watching the buckeye. TCU? Fans could commute to the game so hotel accommodations weren’t necessary. They could eat before they leave home, so restaurants won’t rake in big dollars. Jerry’s world is huge, can TCU fill it up with there regional fan base? No. TCU couldn’t provide the big $$$ that ohio state could. They couldn’t provide the glitz and glamour that Urban and company do. The economic impart of TCU vs Alabama and TCU vs Oregon would have been monstrous. We’re talking tens of millions of dollars lost.
It doesn’t matter how good your football team is TCU, you’re CM Punk wrestling John Cena. People love Cena, buy his merchandise, buy ppv’s he’s headlining, and fill arenas to hear him talk and wrestle. Punk? Better talker and better wrestler. Problem is he’s not the commodity that John Cena is.

Those are shocking numbers and interesting facts

I think you need to look at the "Out of Conference Schedule" between Ohio State and TCU. CLEARLY Ohio State had the strongest OOC Schedule. Thats what tipped the scales.

ALSO, The BIG 12 Shot themselves in the foot for not having a Conference Championship Game... Every other Power 5 Conference played 13 games. TCU DID NOT. Another Factor that puts Ohio State ahead of TCU.

Strength of schedule went to TCU and a common opponent in Minnesota, in terms of who was more impressive, TCU.

This really sheds some light on ho big money may have played a substantial role

Before declaring Wisconsin as an "ok" team, take a look at what they did in their bowl game.
Also, what MSU (who lost to OSU at home) did to Baylor.

OSU does not graduate 40,000 per year, that's laughable.

Numbers can be spun to reflect whatever you want them to.

OSU is a bigger draw, they bring more revenue, and they travel more fans.
All facts.

Another fact, OSU was the better team at the point of decision.

No doubt TCU and Baylor both got hosed in the CFP selection process. Until you expand the number of teams making the playoffs there will always be injustices in the selection process. Ohio State was deserving in the eyes and minds of the selection committee and wound up proving their worth by winning the championship.

This thread is an absolute joke! Many of the things the original poster stated are not true. The Buckeyes clearly bring in a much higher revenue than TCU, but that is not the reason they made the playoff. LOL

I was bored with the original post by the 3rd paragraph and stopped reading.

Apparently the committee got it right.

Same record.. but OSU had won 11 in a row....history show getting a L early doesn't hurt as bad as later on.

Troll!

go bucks snub on that

For years, the arguments against OSU were: 1) weak schedule and 2) no conference championship game. Both arguments went against the Big 12 teams last year (and will this year if/when one or both lose). Get over it. While I personally would like to see an 8-team playoff (mainly just for the sake of more football), it won't fix any "injustices" - it will simply move the "injustices" (see: whining, complaining, discontent) down a few spots from 5/6 to 9/10. If Baylor or TCU go undefeated, a Big 12 team will be in the top 4 and they will deserve to be. If not, they probably won't. The precedent has been set. SOS is important. Conference championships are important. They always have been. Always will be.