NEW ORLEANS — The College Football Playoff debuted in 2014 with ESPN asking a simple question: Who’s in?
Since then, there have been countless hours spent and words spilt pondering the possibilities before, during and even after the season. Speculating about which teams will make the Playoff can be a bit much in mid-September, but those debates have become an integral part of college football. The subjectivity baked into the process of determining a national champion, a longstanding tradition in the sport, is both maddening and alluring.
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There is a reason why the CFP selection committee releases a month’s worth of essentially meaningless Top 25s before selection Sunday. Fans love to
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