re: Let me get this straight...

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Ehhh, the Baylor comeback seemed kind of flukey though. I personally think TCU wins, say, 7/10 games if they played 10 times.

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But you can say the same something very similar about West Virginia in the TCU game.

West Virgina turned the ball over 5 times and TCU still needed a defensive TD and last second field goal to win by one point.

As far as the OP, no the purpose of the committee was NOT to put the best four teams in the playoff. In fact, the committee was created for the express purpose of PREVENTING that from happening if it meant unpopular matchups (see 1/9/12 for reference).

Using the BCS formula made perfect sense, but then you couldn't artificially manipulate standings to create a Bama/FSU Sugar Bowl and an Oregon/TCU Rose Bowl.