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Originally Posted by Saul Good
The Big 12 would be playing with fire. Slive, Delaney, and Scott could easily tell Bowelsby to **** off and include the ACC instead. Suddenly, full membership might seem like a pretty good deal to the Irish.
A four team playoff without the Big 12 still beats the BCS.
I think you'll see something like the two highest ranked conference champions get auto bids with the two highest remaining also getting in. (Maybe 3-1 instead of 2-2, but it's not going to be four auto bids.)
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There will be no playoff without the Big 12. It simply is not a possibility, the networks aren't going to sign on, it won't be accepted by the fans, without all 4 on board they will just stick with the BCS.
One reason why this rumor makes sense is because of an irrational fear of a CCG knocking out a team. (yeah the Big 12 got burned before, but its just as likely to help a team that needs a win)
If the Big 12 can just play their 12 games, they are probably fine with selecting best 4 available and presuming they'll always have a 12-0, 11-1, or strong 10-2 team make it. If you force them to play a CCG, which again they are irrationally afraid of, it would make sense for them to respond by insisting on conference champs. Whether or not they ultimately cave on that demand is another story, but you can see why they would make the demand in that case.