Are you angry right now? Or were you Tuesday night? As our Ben Goren likes to say, were you mad online? If so you probably aren't, or weren't, alone. When the College Football Playoff rankings were released after the final weekend of the regular season, many expected the 10-2 Northwestern Wildcats to rise into contention for a New Year's Six bowl. They did not. Instead, the committee stuck them at No. 14, ending any hopes of a New Year's Six bowl bid.
The committee is probably wrong — well, if a committee that defines its own criteria on the fly can be considered wrong, that is.