Gene Wojciechowski

Such a heartfelt tribute...

A thousand thanks to all those who serve/served in our military. On Veteran's Day I think of my mom, who was an Air Force lieutenant and served in Japan, and my dad--an Air Force lieutenant colonel who served in two wars. Flag flying for all today.

Fair enough--some form of bias exists in all of us. But if you think Dantonio, Tedford, Williams, Maisel, Harlan, Dannen--or any of the committee members--make their rankings decisions based on what Rece, Booger, Heather, Finebaum, Joel Klatt at Fox, etc., have to say, then I respectfully disagree with you. I guess I have more faith in the integrity of the committee than others do. As for committee makeup--and check my math--but I believe only 2 of the 8 CFP chairpersons were/are sitting SEC ADs at the time. And this year's committee has representation across a wide variety of conferences. And as much as I believe in the persuasive powers of the great Rece Davis, he has not yet perfected the committee mind meld just yet.

Ferentz and his Hawkeyes teams are the workers bees of the Big Ten. There's a standard, and Ferentz helped set it. And don't look now, but Iowa has positioned itself for a run at the CFP...

Exactly. I know it's a convenient narrative for some, but time to give up the ghost on the ESPN conspiracy theories. The CFP committee is responsible for the rankings. End of story.