Did the selection committee get it right by favoring the SMU Mustangs over the Alabama Crimson Tide for the final at-large berth in this year’s 12-team College Football Playoff?
That’s a topic being discussed around college football after the series of events that led to Alabama (9-3 overall) missing the CFP for just the third time since the playoff’s original four-team debut in 2014.
At least one prominent college football analyst thinks the committee made the wrong choice. ESPN and SEC Network commentator Paul Finebaum appeared on “Get Up” with host Mike Greenberg Monday morning. Finebaum was asked if he believed the committee had made the right call by picking SMU over Alabama.
Finebaum closed by saying that Alabama got “jobbed,” but he added that the Crimson Tide had no one to blame but themselves.
He also offered a prediction on the future of conference championship games moving forward.
“So Alabama got jobbed, but again, Alabama did it to themselves. (The committee) preserved the conference championship games at least for another year, but they’re not going to be around long. You and I both know that.”
Alabama will face Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Dec. 31 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT. The game will be televised by ESPN.