The moniker Selection Sunday has not followed college basketball to college football, but we received some fallout in an unexpected way once the College Football Playoff committee revealed the final 12 teams for this year’s postseason tournament. Teams elected to opt out of bowl games.
Bowl game opt-outs are nothing new. Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette started the trend for individuals back in 2016. Even though many did not like it, the college football world collectively agreed to accept that players with NFL aspirations have the right to protect themselves by skipping the postseason exhibition.