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<blockquote data-quote="Point-Illinois" data-source="post: 1561909" data-attributes="member: 747217"><p>I’m not a fan of changing the rules for the rich. Why even have rules if they only pertain to the have-nots? Would they do this for another school if that school wasn’t a playoff contender?</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, why did they set a six game minimum? Was it arbitrary? And let’s say they upheld the 6 game minimum, tOSU would still play in the 9th week right? Just not the Championship game. So they’d still have a chance for the 6th win to boost their resumé.</p><p></p><p>From a playoff standpoint, I’d say keep the rule as is and just have tOSU beat down Iowa and then go to the playoffs. (Unless there is a new rule that says a conference champ automatically gets in? I don’t think so...but maybe)</p><p></p><p>If this is about getting a chance to hang a B1G banner then it’s a littler murkier. tOSU is definitely the better team in the East and beat the only other good team. MSU, Ped State, UM, Maryland, Rutgers aren’t worthy of the championship game so it doesn’t matter that tOSU wasn’t able to play 2 of them. </p><p></p><p>Which takes us back to the 6 game minimum. Was it just a shot in the dark that shouldn’t matter? Or does IU deserve the Championship game more because they played more times? Maybe tOSU could have faltered against Maryland or UM...it’s happened before. But they’d still get the nod for the head to head win against IU.</p><p></p><p>So much to unravel here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Point-Illinois, post: 1561909, member: 747217"] I’m not a fan of changing the rules for the rich. Why even have rules if they only pertain to the have-nots? Would they do this for another school if that school wasn’t a playoff contender? Having said all that, why did they set a six game minimum? Was it arbitrary? And let’s say they upheld the 6 game minimum, tOSU would still play in the 9th week right? Just not the Championship game. So they’d still have a chance for the 6th win to boost their resumé. From a playoff standpoint, I’d say keep the rule as is and just have tOSU beat down Iowa and then go to the playoffs. (Unless there is a new rule that says a conference champ automatically gets in? I don’t think so...but maybe) If this is about getting a chance to hang a B1G banner then it’s a littler murkier. tOSU is definitely the better team in the East and beat the only other good team. MSU, Ped State, UM, Maryland, Rutgers aren’t worthy of the championship game so it doesn’t matter that tOSU wasn’t able to play 2 of them. Which takes us back to the 6 game minimum. Was it just a shot in the dark that shouldn’t matter? Or does IU deserve the Championship game more because they played more times? Maybe tOSU could have faltered against Maryland or UM...it’s happened before. But they’d still get the nod for the head to head win against IU. So much to unravel here. [/QUOTE]
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