Will be one of the more critical bowl games of this year. I say this due to what has occurred in the Playoff Selection room. The Committee has made a hard line stance on the selection process. By selecting Alabama they basically said a loss to a bad team outweighs victories against good teams. The biggest argument against that being true, is that Alabama didn't have any good wins, so it shouldn't matter OSU lost to a bad team (they beat several top teams).
To reinforce the Committee's decision, the middle and lower tier SEC teams HAVE to best the middle tier big 10 teams. If the middle of the SEC doesn't prove the committee right, next time a situation like this arises, they may be pressured to go the other way (bringing politics back into the selection process).
I for one, am thrilled with this top 4, as it goes by the eye test rather than advanced metrics, or politics.
To reinforce the Committee's decision, the middle and lower tier SEC teams HAVE to best the middle tier big 10 teams. If the middle of the SEC doesn't prove the committee right, next time a situation like this arises, they may be pressured to go the other way (bringing politics back into the selection process).
I for one, am thrilled with this top 4, as it goes by the eye test rather than advanced metrics, or politics.
