The first college football playoff will have the correct four teams in the “final four.”

Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State all deserve a shot to play for the national championship.

Sorry TCU and Baylor, since your conference could not decide on a single champion, you are left on the outside looking in.

I have no problem with that either.

Had the Big 12 decided to play a championship game and award the title to one of those two teams, I would agree you have a complaint.

But since they did not, stop the griping and concentrate on winning your bowl game.

I really wanted to see Alabama face Ohio State in one semifinal and Florida State against Oregon in the other game, but because the outcome is still the same, I am fine with it.

Since about midway through the season I have wanted to see Alabama face Oregon.

I am hoping both teams get the job done so that the championship game will feature those two teams.

I am not a big Nick Saban fan, although I will admit he is probably the best coach in the game right now, so I will be pulling for the Ducks to destroy the Crimson Tide in the title game.

I am also interested in seeing what crazy uniform Nike comes up with for Oregon to wear in the playoffs.

I give kudos to the selection committee for getting it right. Since they were limited to four teams, they did a great job pairing up the best four teams in the country.

If they expand the playoffs to eight games in the future, I think we would have seen an even better tournament with the likes of TCU and Baylor in the mix.

But for now, I am satified with what I have and I am looking forward to the games.

 

Scott Novak is sports editor for Leader Publications. He can be reached at scott.novak@leaderpub.com.