Man Penn State loses and gets the easiest path to CFP semis while Ducks will have to go through Ohio State or Vols. Two tough teams.

Florida State left out again. Lose 0 games not in; lose 10 games, still not in.

Path to a UT Orange Bowl is set, we defended pms 151c against clempson last time...

I like this take.

My argument is this: all four "power" conferences had newcomers in the championship games, two of which won and the other two came down to the wire and lost by 3 points. Those four conferences really aren't that different from each other at the top. Boise State is interesting, but isn't this one of the best "G5" teams there's been? It's like Cincinnati making the 4-team playoff a few years ago (and UCF, Houston, etc before). So they deserve to be rewarded, IMO.

The ESPN commentators were railing against the auto-bids during the games yesterday, too (especially Joe Tessitore). Made them really annoying to watch.

This is what I've been saying, the parity of cfb is just nowhere near pro sports or cbb. I Personally want to do away with the playoffs entirely.

I view it the other way. Whatever else, we are certain that the teams that truly "deserve" a shot will get one. The bubble conversation now is just fungible resumes whining amongst themselves. If one of them pulls it off and wins the whole thing? Fine and exciting, but it just underlines the randomness that was always inherent in CFB.