Quote:If FSU, Alabama or Oregon played the same schedule as Ohio State would they be worthy of being in the NC discussion?  Would the schedule diminish the quality of the team?  Again, I think the current ranking is correct and if all four teams are still undefeated at the end of the year OSU will be outside looking in.  I would love to see Alabama - FSU for the NC and Oregon - Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

 What I am saying is with a weak out of conference schedule and their conference being so weak there is no way to accurately measure teh quality of the team. When you intentionally avoid the teams from a BCS conference in your non-conference schedule you make it easier for people to be dismissive of your team.  We will not have any idea how good OSU is until they play a real team in a bowl game...way to late for OSU at that point.

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