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.
That's why I said another level of it. Do you think if it were organized differently (say as minor leagues) that they'd make fewer mistakes?
The argument that I think holds water is that it wouldn't be the same at all if these weren't organized through colleges. Because you lack the built in fan base.