To me the real proof this was an SEC driven decision is that Alabama previously ranked 7 jumped ahead of Ohio State who were ranked 6th and only lost to currently number 1 ranked Michigan.
The logic to me fails at that point. Saban has always struck me as a classy guy. If I were him I would call team together and lay out case to pass it FSU and vote on it.
The SEC ESPN Disney paymasters can go to hell. Disney losing so much money probably desperately need an SEC team in.
“Best four teams” line is in the eye of the beholder — in this case the Disney/ESPN/SEC paymasters. Why play the game if W-Ls don’t matter?
Saban will probably quit or be fired, but he and team will be hero’s forever.
A team like OSU that loses its conference championship game has very little leverage to complain about being left out of the four-team playoff when it loses out to a conference champion with an identical record.