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Pat Forde

Georgia Makes Strong Argument for College Football Playoff Inclusion After Committee Snub

Georgia linebacker Chris Cole celebrates after recovering fumble late in the game against Tennessee. | Joshua L. Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The beauty of a 12-team College Football Playoff is that it creates more opportunity for more teams and more excitement for more fans. It’s triple the fun from the four-team days. 

The less beautiful side effect of a 12-team playoff is that it expands the arguing and complaining by equal measure. And we are hitting the contentious stretch run. So it fell to Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart late Saturday night, after his team’s biggest win in two years, to tell the playoff selection committee what it’s missing in assessing his team.

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