[Rockingham]

What if FSU was kept out of the college playoff due to bribery in some form? Is that of no consequence? As a matter of many years of experience, whether cleaning out the refrigerator or assessing possible scandals, if something stinks, it is usually means that it has gone bad.

If FSU beats the tar out of Georgia, it would validate their claim to a national championship as a sporting proposition. Unfortunately, that would do nothing to removes suspicion or clean up the college playoff system and punish the guilty.

The better outcome would be for both to happen. FSU wins and gets rated as national champion, and the Florida AG digs into the playoff selection process and either finds nothing wrong or sanitizes it with well deserved prosecutions.

[Alberta's Child]

Nobody needed to be bribed to get Alabama into the CFP. The selection committee will always look for excuses to ensure that one — if not TWO — SEC teams are among the top four ranked teams at the end of the season. The deck is already stacked in the SEC’s favor in terms of fan support and TV ratings.