Putting the College Football Playoff Blowouts Into Perspective

Roughly 92 percent of your questions this week could be summed up by this: HELP! THE GAMES WERE ALL BLOWOUTS! WHAT DO WE DO??

I’ll get to those questions in a moment, but first, some perspective.

Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity. 

Has everyone in college football forgotten that 21 of the 30 four-team CFP games were decided by two or more scores? — Brian, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Either it’s collective amnesia, or there’s a frankly impossible expectation that the committee holds the ability to ensure the games are entertaining. This is not the case in any sport, even the NFL, a league constructed specifically to promote parity

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