Mailbag: CFP seed paths (is Oregon better off losing?), impact of Boise State and WSU success, USC frustration and more

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Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity.

Say there is a three-way tie for first place in the SEC or Big Ten. Is there an argument to be made that a team would be better off left out of the conference championship game (due to an arbitrary tiebreaker), have the week off, presumably...