So does the narrative really get to become that the bye hurt the higher seeded teams?

In the other major football playoff the bye is an important advantage given to the top teams. We spend the whole year talking about who earned their way in by having a strong SOS. But the minute rubber hit road they laid an egg and want sympathy for it? Oregon had already beat OSU and Georgia and the strongest SOS in the whole field. If you want the trophy beat the best teams. Wasn't that the whole argument to keep out the first round losers?