Snubbed? Sure. Justified? Maybe. But Notre Dame’s Opt-Out Still Looks Like Pouting.

<![CDATA[The College Football Playoff bracket is set, and it has stirred up plenty of debate. A three-loss Alabama team in the top 10 after the Georgia Bulldogs devastated the Crimson Tide in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship game? Which Group of Five teams would make it in as conference champions? Congrats to Tulane and James Madison University. (I’m sure my colleague Scott Pinsker is beaming with pride at that last one, and you'll hear more from him later in this column.)]]>