For once, the Alabama Crimson Tide didn’t get the benefit of the doubt. Many college football fans in the other 49 states—and in Lee County, Alabama (home of Auburn)—are delighted that the final at-large bid to the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) was awarded to SMU, not Alabama. ESPN and the New York Times, however, would have you believe that the Crimson Tide were the victims of injustice and that the Mustangs were the recipients of charity. In truth, the CFP Selection Committee got it right, to the benefit of the Mustangs, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the sport—and to the satisfaction of millions of fans who don’t buy Nick Saban’s argument that Alabama, along with its conference, is an overlooked victim.
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