It’s early November. Great time of year in college football for. . . conspiracy theories and. . . strange doings in the Big Ten. Let’s start with the the conspiracy theory that The Committee is gerrymandering the ranking process to deny Cincinnati a seat at the College Football Playoff table. And the opposing corollary: That Cincinnati isn’t that good. And is not deserving of a playoff slot. Solution: Let the Bearcats line up and play. That’s why it’s called a playoff. Let five or six conference champions play their way into the playoff. Yes, there will be whining from the also-rans who were snubbed for one of the remaining at-large slots. Guess what? Too bad. You didn’t win your league. A case could be made that the Dodgers and Giants, who won way more games than anybody else, were the two best teams in baseball. And yet, they bumped into…
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