So Urban, what would be the minimal number of games to qualify for the CFP? Since the Big 10 initially shut down, but was still practicing I believe ?, would it be ok for this team, loaded with talent, to have been one of the 4 teams selected even if they played no games? One? two?, ..., five? Six for sure apparently. The Big 10 changed everything again to allow the Bucknuts in the Big 10 championship. If they lose somehow to NW, they still have a ton of NFL calibre players and should be in the playoffs Urban? No Urban, the games are played for a reason. OSU should not qualify. Decisions should have ramifications.

its about eye test..they always change the criteria for who they are talking about..if this was tcu the criteria would be resume.

I think both resume and eye-test work against OSU.

1) Resume - only 5 games played. One ranked-team win - not convincingly and QB played horrible. Defense has looked questionable at best. Which also bleeds into eye test.

2) Eye Test is what had LSU at number 6 pre-season. Its human nature - who looks good getting off the bus? OSU - some, yeah. But so do Auburn (coach fired), UGA (took entire season to finally get decent), and even FSU (roster full of 4- and 5-stars whose performance on the field doesn't match their recruiting ranking). Eye Test tells the Gators should have never been in a position to let a shoe-throwing penalty cost them the game. But they were.

Performance on the field matters. I mention this every time I comment on FB or Twitter or Tnet about this topic. We are just a couple years removed from a "13th data point" making the difference who is in, who is out. How can HALF the data points matter so little now???