Four is flawed.
But eight is enough.
At least that’s this humble scribe’s take on the College Football Playoff format. Not that I see anything wrong with the fortunate four who were selected to compete for this year’s national championship. Alabama, defending national champ Clemson, Georgia and Oklahoma each has one blemish on an otherwise sparkling resume, but only one.
And for those who think The Ohio State University got The Shaft of the CFP’s four years in existence, well, where was that mindset a year ago when Penn State was left out in favor of the Buckeyes despite the Nittany Lions not only winning the head-to-head between the two, but also the Big Ten championship?
OSU coach Urban Meyer was nowhere to be found offering to give his team’s bid to PSU last season. The biggest difference between this year and last year is simply that no teams from either the Big Ten or the Pac-12 made the field.