SEC has set terrible precedence by showing that titles can be stacked by scheduling awful out of conference games. As a result, other schools followed, and the big schools became reliant on their conference schedule being perceived to make up the difference in "toughness of schedule."
In comes the 2013 Ohio State Buckeye's. Their only fault is a terrible conference. It's seriously bad football. Their best win is at home vs. Wisconsin. Let that resonate.
Are they worthy of a national title with that schedule? Hell no. No reasonable person would look at their schedule and say it's that much better than mid-majors that have been shut out of all national title talks for years, yet here they are, the week of the Conference Championship games with a chance to punch the proverbial ticket to a national title matchup vs. FSU.
Well done, SEC. You arrogant fuckers.