LRP: The Controversy Remains With College Football Playoff
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
There was always going to be controversy. The system is designed to produce controversy or in 21st century parlance, to generate buzz. And from the beginning, the college football playoff was fraught with difficult decisions about which schools deserved to play for the title, and which ones would be on the outside of the process, looking in.
1998 was the beginning of the BCS Bowl era. The 1998 Fiesta Bowl was the first ‘official’ national title game; coming on the heels of the split national title between Michigan and Nebraska the previous season. And while there wasn’t much controversy involving the two teams that played for the title (Tennessee and Florida State), the system itself was under fire from the get-go. One loss Kansas State finished third in the final BCS standings, but the Wildcats were passed over by all the BCS Bowls, relegated to an Alamo Bowl matchup against Purdue. To the surprise of no one, the system for choosing the BCS Bowl teams was tweaked the following year. To continue reading, head to Locker Room Picks.
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