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Originally Posted by digdugdig
I concur, although the PSU/OSU scenario makes conference standings and championship game seem rather moot outside of the conference.
I kind of look at those as a sort of a mini elimination process.
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The conference championship game was the most important part of the picture, just not the only one. How else do you justify PSU jumping Michigan when Michigan beat them by 39 points? tOSU had the better record and better resume including 3 wins over top 10 teams including 2 on the road. There was no way that tOSU was not making the playoffs.
PSU was really only competing against Washington and they came up short. Perhaps PSU should have played the 1st half like they did the 2nd against Wisconsin. Or been competitive against Michigan. Or not lost to a 4 loss Pitt team. In the end, there was too many holes in PSU's resume to make the playoffs.