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Hammer47
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It was the TCU reference that got my attention.
If the playoffs were expanded the players would never actually go to school. They'd graduate with honors in nothing in particular. Okay, Okay, there would be a few exceptions. They'd qualify perhaps to be politicians.
I stand by my statement on TCU and also the Oregon State team did not play Ohio State.
My Grandson will graduate early and will probably get his Masters on their money. If they can't take advantage of the tools given them, they are trying to fail. Josh has mandatory 2 hr study hall with tutors available 4 days a week. As he has said, you have to want to fail if you play college football and fail.
Glenn, Butch said that Oregon STATE did not play. Oregon did play...but not very well. James
Ohio played Navy, Kent State, Cincinnati, Maryland, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. Look at any of the SEC teams you mentioned and see if you can find that many non ranked teams. When Ohio plays as tough a season as Alabama and has all of their team beat up crippled at the end and wins, they will get my respect.
I'm an Alabama fan and want to share some thoughts. Although Ohio State got into the playoffs having played "only" two ranked teams (based on final rankings) while Alabama got there having played four ranked teams, Ohio State did it in note-worthy fashion -- destroying a ranked team in its conference championship game with a third string QB making his first start! I would not say that Alabama was any more "beat up crippled" than was Ohio State.
BTW, Wisconsin was a "ranked" team.
I read recently where one of the players at a big-name school "found out he could take 15 hours [last] fall to graduate." With the amount of time players devote to football (practices, team meetings, individual workouts, studying the playbook, games, travel, and recovering from fatigue), I wonder how any of them could handle 15 hours of course work in a semester. I am frequently skeptical of the courses they take and how they pass many "legitimate" courses during the season. I also wonder how much of the course work is actually done by the players as opposed to tutors.