how is the Big10 allowed in the college football playoff?

I totally agree. Michigan, Michigan State, and OSU had zero quality out of conference wins this year. Their high rankings are the result of them beating up on very bad in conference teams and then playing against each other. It’s a joke!

What major metro area is South Bend, IN a part of??

Conferences don't compete in football, teams do. There are two great teams this year, then the rest. Doesn't matter who else would have played yesterday, outcomes would have been the same.

Droddy & Stinson's Communal Bong wrote:

What major metro area is South Bend, IN a part of??

Um, 90 minute drive to downtown Chicago. Indiana is in the top third of states' population despite being tiny in area.

Big10 and Notre Dame lost all their bowl games so far today, despite playing lesser ranked teams in every case.

criminally overrated

wejobots wrote:

Droddy & Stinson's Communal Bong wrote:

What major metro area is South Bend, IN a part of??

Um, 90 minute drive to downtown Chicago.

More like 2 hours, dude.

Indiana is in the top third of states' population despite being tiny in area.

Um, what??

wejobots wrote:

Big10 and Notre Dame lost all their bowl games so far today, despite playing lesser ranked teams in every case.

criminally overrated

This is a lie. Penn State was not playing a lesser ranked team.

Bringing up a regular season game from 15 years ago is a joke. Also, like almost every year the two best teams were far better than everyone else. The SEC is good if you haven't figured that out like everyone else.

Droddy & Stinson's Communal Bong wrote:

wejobots wrote:

Um, 90 minute drive to downtown Chicago.

More like 2 hours, dude.

Dartmouth is about as close to Boston as Notre Dame is to Chicago. OP, would you consider Dartmouth to be in a high population area?

Droddy & Stinson's Communal Bong wrote:

wejobots wrote:

Um, 90 minute drive to downtown Chicago.

More like 2 hours, dude.

Indiana is in the top third of states' population despite being tiny in area.

Um, what??

Learn to drive. And Indiana has the 17th largest state population, 38th in area. One of the smallest states and one of the states with the largest population. And Notre Dame is always overranked and always plays a cupcake schedule.

you are lying wrote:

Droddy & Stinson's Communal Bong wrote:

More like 2 hours, dude.

Dartmouth is about as close to Boston as Notre Dame is to Chicago. OP, would you consider Dartmouth to be in a high population area?

Absolutely. Massive population density in the northeast. There aren't a lot of people living in Central Park, but that doesn't mean that it isn't in a population dense region. Radio, TV, news in New Hampshire are all dominated by Boston and New York.

you are lying wrote:

wejobots wrote:

Big10 and Notre Dame lost all their bowl games so far today, despite playing lesser ranked teams in every case.

criminally overrated

This is a lie. Penn State was not playing a lesser ranked team.

Ah, correct, my mistake. And they really got thumped by a middle pack SEC team.

At the crossroads of many.

Now the jobs and Catholics are gone, but the Irish still rock the endowment.

wejobots wrote:

you are lying wrote:

This is a lie. Penn State was not playing a lesser ranked team.

Ah, correct, my mistake. And they really got thumped by a middle pack SEC team.

Is Penn State in a major population area because it's only a 3.5 hour drive from Philly?

you are lying wrote:

wejobots wrote:

Ah, correct, my mistake. And they really got thumped by a middle pack SEC team.

Is Penn State in a major population area because it's only a 3.5 hour drive from Philly?

Absolutely. Only four states have a higher population density than Pennsylvania. 13 million people in a pretty small state. You people need to go to Wyoming or the Dakotas to understand what true rural areas are. State College metro area,160,000, itself has more people than all the metro areas of Wyoming combined.

wejobots wrote:

you are lying wrote:

This is a lie. Penn State was not playing a lesser ranked team.

Ah, correct, my mistake. And they really got thumped by a middle pack SEC team.

And? They themselves are a middle of the pack Big 10 team (who beat another middle-of-the-pack SEC team earlier in the season).

Cancun Cruz wrote:

wejobots wrote:

Ah, correct, my mistake. And they really got thumped by a middle pack SEC team.

And? They themselves are a middle of the pack Big 10 team (who beat another middle-of-the-pack SEC team earlier in the season).

And why is a lower tier team from a lower tier conference allowed into a New Years Day bowl, only to get embarrassed? Knock it off with the Big10 worship - they aren't good at football in general, and they prove that every year when they play these bowl games.

wejobots wrote:

Cancun Cruz wrote:

And? They themselves are a middle of the pack Big 10 team (who beat another middle-of-the-pack SEC team earlier in the season).

And why is a lower tier team from a lower tier conference allowed into a New Years Day bowl, only to get embarrassed? Knock it off with the Big10 worship - they aren't good at football in general, and they prove that every year when they play these bowl games.

Okay, so then it sounds like your beef is with the individual bowls and their conference affiliations. You can do some research in your own to learn about how that all works. I personally would have no problem if the bowls were less restricted in who they could choose.

Useful Reasoning wrote:

I totally agree. Michigan, Michigan State, and OSU had zero quality out of conference wins this year. Their high rankings are the result of them beating up on very bad in conference teams and then playing against each other. It’s a joke!

Good summation. Big10 has no business being considered for the championship, yet every year they get a look.