Gary Barta, chairman of the College Football Playoff committee, climbed on his soapbox Tuesday night. Soapbox. His term, not mine. If you look up soapbox in wikipedia, there’s a picture of a con man, standing on a soapbox, in front of a vintage carriage marked “Medicine man.” That about sums up Barta’s job, trying to peddle college football’s postseason selection system. “Well, I’m going to go on my soapbox,” Barta said when I quizzed him about the statement he made that it doesn’t just matter that a team wins, but how it wins. “I’ve been in college sports now for about 33, 34 years, and there are differences between college and pro. They’re both great. But one of the differences is the way we put together our football championship and our basketball tournament, and it’s based on how you play, it’s based on who you play, it’s based on your…
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