2015 NCAA Football Playoffs...Oregon, Alabama, Ohio St and Florida St

[traderumor]

"It will not be a distraction," Helfrich said Saturday morning during Oregon's media day. "It's a great, great thing to talk about and the only thing that I'll talk about from that standpoint is confirm that it's an NCAA policy that is in play here and he's ineligible for this game, and we'll ride."Boy, he got that straight from the Jim Tressel Coach Speak, vol. 1, chapter 2, "How to Say a Lot About Something That's a Big Deal and Say Nothing." Yea, sure, its not a distraction. Spending a day down the rabbit hole.

[Assembly Hall]

Not if I'm making the decision. I abide by the adage of "settle it on the field" if at all possible. Two one-loss teams vying for the same spot? I throw everything else out the window and go with the head-to-head.

As would I.