I think claiming the National Championship is a good move for them.
Of course everyone knows they’d likely get killed playing Bama or Georgia and wouldn’t be undefeated if they played those team’s schedules, but they did all they could do, won every game, and the system as it exists gave them no path to actually making the playoff.
I think it is as legitimate as Hillary claiming to be the President because she won the popular vote, or Bernie claiming to be the DNC candidate because the system was rigged.
UCF and their conference agreed the the playoffs, and accepted the $$$ that went with it. If they had not, we wouldn’t be talking about UCF.
UCF has one of the best scoring defenses in the country. But Alabama has the #1 scoring defense in the country.
UCF has one of the best pass defenses in the country. But Alabama has the #1 pass and run defense in the country.
UCF’s offense showed up around 50th in the country in the pass and run. But Alabama has the #9 scoring offence and # 5 run and #13 pass offense.
I think Alabama is a better team than UCF. I can’t think of a better system than the one they have now of playing off the top four teams. The bottom two, #3 Georgia and #4 Alabama turned out to be the two best and I think we’ll see Alabama as the best.