I agree it never should have come to that. It was a bad loss but I feel all factors involved should be taken into account when analyzing that loss and voting for who will play in the NCG. Should an OSU loss to a team ranked #32 in the BCS rankings negate the sheer dominance that OSU has over Bama in strength of wins? I don't think so. Too many people are blindly supporting Bama over that loss without truly weighing things.
OSU could have stopped this before it started by simply handling their business on the field. The circumstances under which they lost do deserve some consideration though.