That's bullsh--. 'Best' is completely subjective and we have no idea who beats who until they play. Most deserving is the standard we should be striving for and teams who don't even qualify for their conference championship game are not deserving. Also, Alabama didn't beat a single team of consequence this season. They shouldn't get an automatic playoff bid every year based solely on reputation.
I don't recall; I hate OSU so doubt I was arguing for that. Maybe people were still pissed about that whole child molestation thing.
btw, are we also putting Wisconsin in the playoff too since they only lost one game and that seems to be the standard this year?