What ESPN contributor Paul Finebaum thinks and says doesn’t really matter. Check that, it shouldn’t. It’s interesting. It stirs thought and emotion, and it has its value, its place in the pantheon of college football entertainment. Ultimately, though, it’s just one man’s opinion.
If Finebaum believes, as he said on Wednesday, that Utah is on the outs when it comes to the College Football Playoff, and that the country does not want to see the Utes in — “I mean, it’s Utah!” he said — then, that’s what he should say.
No matter how much that committee wants to project that the selection process for the four playoff invitees is logical, following good reason, even committee head Rob Mullens repeatedly has admitted what is true — it’s as much art as science.