“One true champion,” if you will.
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The problem with that is the scenario in which there is a tie, such as what may take place if both No. 5 TCU and No. 7 Baylor win this weekend. You see, if both teams finish with a 11-1 record, the conference will recognize them as “co-champions” despite the conference’s tiebreaker policy stating that the winner of the head-to-head matchup, which Baylor won 61-58, wins the conference.
The conference really likes to hang their hat on the “One true champion” motto. However, on Monday, commissioner Bob Bowlsby tried to downplay the meaning of the phrase, via For The Win.
Confused? We are too, and that’s before the College Football Playoff selection committee gets involved.
Essentially, the conference wants to the teams as “co-champions” because lower-ranked Baylor holds the head-to-head over higher-ranked TCU, meaning it’s unlikely Baylor would be able to get in on its own merits. The conference basically believes a “co-champion” No. 5 TCU team would look better to the committee, and having a “co-champion” no. 7 Baylor team wouldn’t exactly be terrible either, meaning the committee would be able to pick which team they think is more deserving.
But, according to an ESPN report, If both TCU and Baylor are left out of the four-team playoff, only then would the conference acknowledge Baylor’s win over TCU.
While that’s fine and dandy for the conference, Baylor is a bit more concerned. Despite holding the head-to-head victory over TCU, Baylor must be worried about its place in the playoff because on the school reportedly hired a PR firm to help vouch in front of the committee.
The BCS is gone, but it its place is a conference willing to boast as many co-champions as it needs to get a team in the College Football Playoff and a school hiring a public relations team to vouch for them.
How is this better than computers again?
