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Leave it to Nick Saban, the man who has most defined the four-team playoff era in college football, to set fire to the model in its final year of existence.
For nine years, the selection committee lived in relative comfort, gifted by the college football gods one relatively easy decision after another. What little controversy it endured -- Ohio State in 2014 and 2022, Alabama in 2017 -- was largely from a vocal minority because the toughest calls were always determined on the field.