It wasn’t even a hard decision in the end. At least it shouldn’t have been for those in the room.
That’s the takeaway on Sunday after all the games have been played, all the touchdowns had been scored, all the results tallied and resumes compared. In fact, this year’s edition of the College Football Playoff is not at all that controversial unless your zip code happens to contain Athens, Georgia, or Columbus, Ohio.
As soon as Alabama capped off their remarkable comeback against the Bulldogs and chalk played out with the rest of the conference championship games, the decision to select the 2018-19 edition of the playoff was a simple one.