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The College Football Playoff committee got the top four right, no question about it

This is the space where a hot take was supposed to live.

Since the College Football Playoff committee released its first rankings on Nov. 2, we've been sharpening our knives, waiting to climb atop a soapbox and defend the latest aggrieved party -- Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, heck, even Notre Dame managed to earn some sympathy from the masses aligned against the playoff status quo. Sunday was to be the tipping point, when all that outrage, frustration and second-guessing reached its apex.

Instead, we're left with but one real complaint: The whole thing was kind of dull.