So this is the latest chapter in the long, messed-up history of college football and its eternal pursuit of determining a champion and making a lot of money in the process. The SEC/Big Ten’s reasoning undoubtedly falls back on the oldest debate in college football — difficulty of schedule.

So far in the 3 quarterfinal games the team that played in the first round has out-scored the team with the bye 58-10 in the first half of these games. PSU led 17-7 at halftime Texas led 17-3 at halftime Ohio State is up 24-0 in the second quarter