re: SEC Rant trying to justify FSU in the CFP.

Sorry for your loss.

What’s getting lost in all the hand wringing is that, in the end, the committee did exactly what almost every fan here has said they should do in the past:

Highly reward huge wins against Top10 quality opponents and not punish teams so severely that it makes it stupid to even schedule these type games.

Without considering the FSU QB situation, it’s obvious that the committee put a ton of weight on these games:

Michigan Wins over Ohio St (and Penn St)
Alabama Neutral SECCG W over Top 10 Georgia
Texas W @ Top 10 Alabama
Washington 2 Wins over Top 10 Oregon

The committee sent a pretty strong message:

That Texas going to Tuscaloosa and beating Alabama was so HUGE that even going 1-1 in these type games still trumps going 0-0 in them.

That Alabama beating a Georgia team that would probably still be the Vegas favorite to win it all if the 12 team playoff was this year in Atlanta was HUGE.