I’m much more cynical about this whole process.  I remember back in ‘01 in the early days of the BCS when the Ducks were on the outside of a champ game spot unless a whole host of highly improbable results from other games happened.  Well, every single improbability came to fruit and at the end of the day the Ducks were sent to the Fiesta.  We know the results.  The Ducks waxed the Buffs, who a few weeks before curb stomped Nebraska, who ended up being totally overmatched by Miami in the BCS champ game.  Only reason Nebraska was there was because a committee would rather the blue blood program with a Heisman winner in the spotlight than an up and coming program with little in the way of star power.  This led to the somewhat infamous comment from Bellotti calling the BCS a cancer to college football. 

I rant only to remind folks that the Playoff is nothing more than an invitational with a host of unwritten rules that takes away the ability of teams to control their destinies to a certain degree.  In other words, Oregon and Tennessee can win out from here but Tennessee might be a sexier call in a smoke filled room than Oregon, even if Oregon had a conference title while the Vols would not have even won their division.   You guys get what I’m saying, so rant over…

Every system has flaws, but the Playoff Selection Committee has pretty much gotten it "right" every year. How many teams have been screwed by the Committee over the years?

Yes there have been "close calls" but personally I have never felt we were watching teams who did not deserve to be there...maybe a team or two also deserved to be there but the 4 teams in were deserving.

The fact the Committee members change and have included Oregon AD Rob Mullens as its third Chair...all things considered, it has been a transparent process.

The debate has been and continues to be the number of teams in the Playoffs.

Likewise, I have never felt in the final rankings after all the bowl games, etc. that the #12 team should have been in the Playoffs.

The 12-team Playoff does concern me because teams with multiple losses, didn't play for a conference championship, didn't win their Division, perhaps had some bad losses, etc. may get in.

Right now the path to get in isn't that murky...if you are a P5 team and go undefeated, you are in...which is why TCU is problematic for Oregon.

Also I think it is pretty clear, you have to win games you should in a CONVINCING manner. Close games with high caliber teams are "allowed."

The PSC has already shown this year that 4 Pac-12 teams...despite beating each other in some cases, are not being penalized in the rankings because, I believe, they "look good."

There is no better example than Oregon last year compared to this year. We didn't look like a Playoff team last year even counting the win against the luckeyes. This year we do or are MUCH CLOSER to what the PSC desires.