[fullmetal]

But that's the long and the short of it.  Whoever wins the Oregon-Stanford game will have definitely proved to the nation that they deserve a playoff spot--if the rest of the winner's record shows the same.  Some schools will have cupcake schedules to the playoffs (cough, FSU, cough), but it should be expected that a playoff team earned that berth through quality wins.

[fullmetal]

But that's the long and the short of it.  Whoever wins the Oregon-Stanford game will have definitely proved to the nation that they deserve a playoff spot--if the rest of the winner's record shows the same.  Some schools will have cupcake schedules to the playoffs (cough, FSU, cough), but it should be expected that a playoff team earned that berth through quality wins.