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First of all, the Staples article goes through the mindset and the process behind what the media did in their mock...not the actual committee.

Actually, the real committee did the same and got the same results. Did you read the different media besides Staples?

WTF? That was my original point, that just like the media, the committee also took a non-champion over a conference champion. In fact, they didn't get exactly the same results; the committee seeded the four teams differently. That indicates that no, they did not have the same mindset as the media.

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Sure, the Big 12 had a championship game, but Texas didn't play in it, so the Big 12 championship game was irrelevant as far as Texas being chosen.

Correct, Texas can draw eyeballs like few teams can. it is why they are a brand and Baylor, TCU, and Texas Tech are not.

So can Penn State, especially in the big northeastern media markets. And the committee left out B1G champion Penn State in favor of a non-champion.

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It was all about strength of schedule and quality of wins.

I see you already drank the Kool Aid

And I see you're still wearing your tin foil hat.

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Alabama 2008
vs #9 Clemson (Chick-fil-A College Kickoff)

Stopped reading right there. The fact that Clemson was ranked #9 PRESEASON has nothing...zilch...nada...zero...to do with Alabama's strength of schedule. Period. If you can't understand that, there's just no helping you. If West Virginia wins out and wins the Big 12, you sure as hell aren't going to want the committee to evaluate our win on them based on their preseason ranking, are you?

The bottom line is that Clemson turned out to be a very mediocre football team at best, and that win did little if anything to help our case.

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As for why Texas?

Top 10 most watched regular season games in 2008
#1 12/06/2008 #2 Florida vs #1 Alabama SEC Championship 15.0 Million
#2 11/01/2008 #1 Texas vs #7 Texas Tech ESPN on ABC 12.2 Million
#10 10/11/2008 #5 Texas vs #1 Oklahoma ESPN on ABC 7.7 Million

Yeah, and of course it had nothing to do with the fact that Texas was ranked #3 with a 10 point win over the #1 ranked Big 12 champion, did it?

Put the shoe on the other foot. If we're sitting there at #3 with a 10 point win over an undefeated #1 ranked Miss. State, but they get to Atlanta, win the SEC, and get in the playoff while we get left out, you'll be screaming bloody murder, won't you? As will the rest of us, and rightfully so.

That's why Texas got in.

I don't have much use for conspiracy theories. You usually have to set aside known facts to make them fit your agenda.