re: Does Mizzou deserve playoff spot if they win the SEC?

I'm finding it harder and harder to define what "deserving" really means anymore. I think there is a monumental difference in picking the four best teams and the 4 most deserving team, and then even within those two categories there is alot of room for interpretation.

But I'd probably answer yes.

Your scenario would mean that Missouri and MSU both have 1-SEC loss to the team who would widely be considered the best in their division (I'm defining best as who would be favored in betting). MSU also would have lost more recently.

Forget the Indiana game, I side with weighing quality wins much much more heavily than freak losses.

Definitely think you still have a chance, as evidenced by the current 50-1 odds, but a large % of those odds are probably based on a scenario where MSU loses to Ole Miss.

Will be very interesting to see what happens to those odds after this weekend (assuming you win)