re: Will the SEC continue to win the big one once the playoffs arrive?(*2013)

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but I think the selection committee will be much more political than advertised

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It will be, that is the point.

The product is not a quality championship that fans can feel is legitimate. The product is three games with incredible ratings.

To get max ratings, you need teams from all of the country competing. The committee exists to maximize the value of the product.

The LSU-Bama game didn't force change because other programs were jelly. It forced change because the ratings for that game were shite and there was a real threat college football could become a regional sport.

In fact I could see a future where the SEC shrinks as teams look to conferences from other regions to gain access to the playoffs because the south will have a ceiling for exposure.