TL;DR: The College Football Playoff committee colluded to make sure that an SEC team made it to the playoff, so undefeated Florida State University got cut, and the playoff is between Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama, with FSU and UGA as 5 and 6.
This only happened because Georgia lost to Alabama in the SEC championship game imo, but it’s still fucking horrendous that it did happen.
But don't you think 12 teams is overdoing it? 8 seems like a perfect number.
Like who's #9 this year? Penn State? Who lost decisively to both Michigan and the Suckeyes. Sure, they could go on a run in a 12-team playoff, but then it would be a bit like Eli Manning's Giants taking down the 19-0 Patriots in the superbowl -- it just felt wrong.
I could live with 8. I’m a Cowboys fan so I despise that lucky 07 Giants team