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What was the first clue that TCU didn't deserve to be in the playoffs?

moralvictories

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For me, the first clue that TCU didn't belong was when K-State (Big 12 champions) got boat raced by Alabama (4th best team in the SEC). At that point, I knew that TCU (2nd best Big 12 team) stood no chance against Georgia (SEC champions) or Ohio State if they would have beaten Georgia.
 
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JFC. They belonged in the playoff. They did what they could. Georgia was just on another level. Michigan could have hung with Georgia, but didn't take care of business vs TCU. Just because TCU wasn't competitive with Georgia for that game, didn't mean they didn't have a good season. We'd love third rank!
 
A one-loss major conference champion is more deserving than any 2-loss team.

This is an idiotic take. The 4th best team in the SEC handily beat the B12 champion. It obviously depends more on conference strength and who the losses were to. Just being a one-loss conference champ doesn't mean shit if you are in a weak conference. It's not that hard to figure out if you throw aside your biases and can actually think for yourself.
 
when they dissolved the swc over paying players under the table, and the sec became the premier under the table conference.
 
I never thought they deserved to be there because in the history of CFB since i've been paying attention anyway, no 4th place team ever deserved to play for a natty. Now get off my lawn, I gotta yell at the clouds.
 
Big 12 didn’t have divisions correct ? so TCU won the regular season championship.

Should have been no different than winning a division in conference that has them like the other Power5 conferences..

How to argue when they beat the B1G champs..
 
First clue for me was when Tulane beat TCU.

Second clue is when they barely beat KSU by a TD during the season.

Michigan-Georgia for the NC would have been more entertaining (even if I think Georgia wins it) than watching TCU get routed into oblivion by Georgia. Problem is, TCU beat Michigan.
 
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The best team won. The rest is window dressing. The teams that didn't get in have no one to blame but themselves. Quick - who finished 2-5 three years ago? Answer: no one cares.
 
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First clue for me was when Tulane beat TCU.

Second clue is when they barely beat KSU by a TD during the season.

Michigan-Georgia for the NC would have been more entertaining (even if I think Georgia wins it) than watching TCU get routed into oblivion by Georgia. Problem is, TCU beat Michigan.
I'm not sure if mich choked, tcu didn't show up to the nc game, or if georgia is that good.
probably a mix of all that
 
K-State was the best B12 team at season's close. TCU won 12, went undefeated, lost the B12 championship in a nail-biter. They then beat the B10 champions, M. They obviously deserved to be there based on performance.

There are three or four elite teams, however: UGA, Bama, tOSU, and maybe some other SEC team, like UT every so often. Not TCU. The rest of us play hard but when it comes to nut-crunch time, we do not have the depth to compete with them. That should be obvious.

A 12-team CFP culls the TCUs of the world early in the playoff and elevates the elite like Bama. That's why moving to that format provides a better championship. TCU may have lost to Tulane in the opening round this year. K-State would have played the Vols in Knoxville and been dogs, not cats.
 
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