I’m almost certain we’re headed for controversy on college football’s Final Four after Penn State’s 38-31 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game. Penn State just won the toughest conference in America, beat Ohio State head to head earlier in the season, and has won its last nine games. For me—they’re in. So is Alabama and so is Clemson as both are league champions as well. I think the question is whether you take Ohio State or Washington? My feel is Ohio State is the better team and played a much tougher schedule than Washington.
So–if I’m on that committee my Final Four in the national semi-final reads Alabama vs. Ohio State in one semi-final and Clemson vs. Penn State in the other semi-final. I would penalize Ohio State for not winning their conference and thus make them the No. 4 seed playing Alabama in the national semi-finals.
We’ll see how the committee handles this come tomorrow.