Selection Committee Big Winners of College Football Playoff Semifinals

Things weren’t looking good for the College Football Playoff selection committee.
The day after TCU had absolutely obliterated SEC West foe Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl, 42-3, the cries out of Fort Worth, Texas, seemed that much more justified.
Then, midway through the second quarter in the semifinal matchup between Alabama and Ohio State, the Buckeyes, who were supposedly the weak link of the final four, were trailing 21-6 and looked out of their depth.
But two perfectly orchestrated touchdown drives that cut the Alabama lead to just one, and set up an eventual Buckeye win 42-35, were enough to pull both Ohio State, and the committee, out of the flames.
While its hard to argue that Urban Meyer’s squad was the real big winner of the semifinal matchups on New Year’s Day, with the Big Ten benefiting as well, it is the committee who pulled an escape act that hasn’t been seen since the days of Harry Houdini.

The committee got it right, and while TCU might still be the best team in the country, it is hard to argue its position on the outside looking in.

Alabama was No. 1 overall in the final rankings, and few could argue its position, coming out of the supposedly super-powered SEC West. The Oregon Ducks were second and put a stamp on that by obliterating Florida State in the Rose Bowl to secure a spot in Arlington, Texas.

Although Florida State might have, in the end, been the weakest team heading into the playoff, there are few people that could…

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