henry bumpus

Someone said it above: Beat Ohio State, 10-2, in the playoff. Probably a home game. Beat (Insert random team), 10-2, in the playoff. Maybe a home game, maybe not. Lose to Ohio State, 9-3, miss the playoff. It's that simple. In an ideal world they make adjustments to 14 team with only two byes, or 16 team with four byes. There's no guarantee of that. There's an argument to keep Ohio State and Michigan the next two years because both are our home swings (we've been away at each past two years). Playing Notre Dame 2028-2029 would be moronic. Look at what is happening to Miami right now. They beat ND, same record, and are getting left out of the playoffs. I don't know why any blue blood program (or even remotely close to blue blood) would schedule ND until they join a conference. They play by their own rules and get the benefit of the doubt year after year. I wouldn't be surprised if they surpass OU and get to play them at home! It's a real detriment to the sport as a whole and I hope Texas doesn't engage with that program until they adhere to the rules every other program does. I hope things change and Texas can keep challenging themselves out of conference, but if they miss this CFP they should at least use the potential lost money if games were cancelled as future leverage against the way the committee currently operates. Hook em, lot to look forward to next year!