It is interesting that people thought this. after decades of seeing SOS's in the 30's to 40's be rewarded as long as you limited the loss column, watching SEC schedule D2 schools once a year, some even scheduling low/mid level G5 for the other 3 games, and still get rewarded with, get this, a "conf rematch National Championship game" it was obvious. A leopard doesn't change its spots.
the OOC statement by the committee should have said "high profile OOC games will not be punished IF YOU HAVE SAME NUMBER OF LOSSES" they weasel worded something about like teams.
We needed these games in 2 team and 4 team era when in the Big 12 after neb/aggy left. We don't need them now. hell the Big 12 doesn't even need them now.
Lose early still exists also, see ND and Bama.
The goal is to make the playoffs, just like the NCAA tournament in basketball, and to do that you limit the chances for any loss in a 12 game season. This is different than basketball and baseball. you can't have a 32 or 64 team playoff in football unless you eliminate OOC altogether. scheduling a 50/50 potential loss is kind of stupid to be honest.