Oklahoma Sooners schedule/playoffs

[solrosenberg]

First off let me preface this by saying I am NOT an OU or Bob Stoops fan.
How should the playoff committee look at this team now based on their non conference losses to Ohio State and Houston. Had they taken the Washington approach to scheduling and played Rutgers and Idaho they would be unbeaten and ranked # 2 and in the CFP. I personally think they should leapfrog Washington as the Huskies played nobody nonconference. And I am a U Dub and Pac 12 fan. I'll go one further and say they should probably pass Michigan who scheduled Hawaii and UCF and a Colorado team that turned out to be pretty damn salty but we had no way of knowing that when CU was put on their schedule. I don't think Michigan is taking enough heat for losing to a sub mediocre Iowa team. And YES I know Michigan played Ohio State much tougher then Oklahoma did. WHAT WAS THE PAYOFF for OU putting OSU and Houston on the schedule and losing those games instead of doing a Bama and playing Kent State and Chattanooga or U Dub and playing Rutgers and Idaho? Guaranteed prime time TV games on those dates is about it. OU and Washington trade non conference schedules and OU is in the playoffs and U Dub isn't. Is the message we want to send to these schools to schedule Rutgers, Idaho, Kent State, Hawaii and whatever cupcake you can find for non conference play? If it is as CFB fans we better get used to some REALLY FUCKING BORING SHITTY GAMES in Septembers from here on out.

 

[sdf]

not until we get 8 teams in the playoffs.....if fans push for it, then we get more teams in and more teams willing to play tough OOC games because having 2 losses is no longer a killer.

 

[SunDodger]

not until we get 8 teams in the playoffs.....if fans push for it, then we get more teams in and more teams willing to play tough OOC games because having 2 losses is no longer a killer.

I agree.

If you schedule tough and lose two games, it's going to be hard to get in a 4 team playoff.
　
An 8 team playoff would not hurt the regular season. It would actually make it better, because all these Conference Championships would be win and your in playoff games(not necessarily loser out).

 

[bigwang]

Only way OU belongs in playoffs is if committee wants to give Bama a walkover win to championship game. This team is no different than any of Stoops' prior teams that got their shit pushed in when they play a good team.

The reason big big out of conference programs take games vs OU is they know it will be an easy win over a big name brand program.

 

[Serbone]

First off let me preface this by saying I am NOT an OU or Bob Stoops fan.
How should the playoff committee look at this team now based on their non conference losses to Ohio State and Houston. Had they taken the Washington approach to scheduling and played Rutgers and Idaho they would be unbeaten and ranked # 2 and in the CFP. I personally think they should leapfrog Washington as the Huskies played nobody nonconference. And I am a U Dub and Pac 12 fan. I'll go one further and say they should probably pass Michigan who scheduled Hawaii and UCF and a Colorado team that turned out to be pretty damn salty but we had no way of knowing that when CU was put on their schedule. I don't think Michigan is taking enough heat for losing to a sub mediocre Iowa team. And YES I know Michigan played Ohio State much tougher then Oklahoma did. WHAT WAS THE PAYOFF for OU putting OSU and Houston on the schedule and losing those games instead of doing a Bama and playing Kent State and Chattanooga or U Dub and playing Rutgers and Idaho? Guaranteed prime time TV games on those dates is about it. OU and Washington trade non conference schedules and OU is in the playoffs and U Dub isn't. Is the message we want to send to these schools to schedule Rutgers, Idaho, Kent State, Hawaii and whatever cupcake you can find for non conference play? If it is as CFB fans we better get used to some REALLY FUCKING BORING SHITTY GAMES in Septembers from here on out.

Agree, strength of schedule needs more weight in the playoff rankings, and out of conference needs to be accentuated since the 3 out of conference games are something that can be controlled, where as you are required to play your conference schedule.

The Big 10 having 4 teams in the top 7 is an anomaly, well, a joke.

I do not have any preference for OK at all, but they manned up and played Ohio State and Houston when they could have played Kent State and North Texas.

It is a tough situation, though, I understand. USC might be a top 2-3-4 team easily right now but they got buried before they switched QB's. Hell RIGHT NOW they might give Bama the best game of all the teams in the land.

But "those are the rules."

 

[2ese]

When the committee names the 4 playoff teams list who u think should be 5, 6,7 8. Then make a case that one of them is the real no 1. The purpose of the playoff is to crown someone as no1. If the 4 picked include no 1 then nothing else counts. Do we need 5,6,7,8, playing for no reason and making the best play 3 extra games? We are looking for no 1 and we shall find them. We need 8 teams like march madness 'needs 64+teams...

 

[SunDodger]

Sounds like you want to go back to the BCS era, 2ese.

No thanks.

4 teams are not enough. Deserving teams get left out.

 

[Gooch]

When did Sooners schedule Houston? What was Houstons record then?

I don't know the answers but I'm sure Sooner fans would.

 

[jasonc69]

Oklahoma looks good now because of the weak Big 12. They might would make a top 8 but they're not a top 4 team in my opinion.