Fair or not, for the second-straight season the College Football Playoff Invitational Committee did not select Big Ten Champion Ohio State as one of the four best teams.
Last season was understandable as the two losses torpedoed the Buckeyes’ chances. This season is harder to swallow even with the embarrassing loss to Purdue.
All the rationales and justifications that are being presented are garbage.
The reality is the system of crowning the Football Bowl Subdivision champion is absurd. We allow a committee, with obvious biases and conflicts of interest, to determine who they think should be in a four-team playoff.