The beginning of January is a whirlwind for football fans. The hustle and bustle of college’s national championship and the New Year’s bowl games combined with the start of the NFL playoffs makes it easy to get lost in the shuffle if your team isn’t one of the lucky few still on the gridiron. Last winter was no exception when the nation’s eyes turned toward Alabama and Georgia in the championship. Two SEC rivals pitted against each other with one essentially having homefield advantage in the coronation game had fans nationwide eager to tune in.
As the season culminated in a thrilling overtime bout in Atlanta, though, college football followers, regardless of team or alma mater, found themselves thinking twice about how the NCAA handles its postseason thanks to an outspoken program that refused to go quietly after being left on the wrong end of the selection committee’s final verdict.