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The College Football Playoff committee made the right decision by putting Alabama in over Ohio State in the No. 4 spot on Sunday.Unequivocally? Probably not. Still the right decision. Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama were the top four teams in the shortly before the rankings were released.They are the "four very best" teams.MORE: The Buckeyes had a slightly better resume and a conference championship, but they proved the first playoff rule right one more time:, and certainly don't lose the second one to Iowa 55-24. LSU is the only two-lo s team since the BCS era to get the chance to play for a conference championship, and the Tigers won the title as part of one of the wildest seasons in college football history.That's a hard-bound le son that will stand up, unle s the playoff stretches to eight teams. We don't want Giancarlo Stanton Jersey that. The four-team format is better. The second le son the Buckeyes learned isn't really a le son at all. It's another precedent the committee set by letting two teams from the same Zach Britton Jersey conference in. The only reason this is magnified is because the last time the SEC did this in 2011, viewers were treated to one of the worst BCS championship games of all time when the Crimson Tide beat LSU 21-0 in a rematch from a legendary No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown in the regular season.This is different. Truth serum? Alabama-Clemson III is a lot more appealing than a rematch of last year's Fiesta Bowl, when Clemson rolled Ohio State 31-0. Most fans and media members feel that way. That isn't supposed to factor into this year's decision, but it probably did.This proves the committee will paint a different picture each season, and the Buckeyes seem to be at the center of it every single time. Maybe they didn't deserve to be in the 2014 and 2016 playoffs. Maybe they did in 2015 and 2017. None of this would have been a discu sion if not for a 31-point lo s in Iowa Roger Maris Jersey City. In that respect, the committee made the right call. There must be consequences for regular-season lo ses.What are the consequences of this decision? The Big Ten still has an argument for best conference certainly toughest division in the East and the conference was shut out of the playoff. Conference pride doesn't mean anything to the committee, at least not this year.It also slices another little piece of the regular season. How will Alabama feel about winning a national championshipwithout winning the Iron Bowl or the SEC championship? That's that little part of the soul you must sell in this College Football Playoff era.MORE: Does this mean we need to go to eight teams? No. Please, no. Ohio State-Alabama was a riveting 50-50 debate most Johnny Damon Jersey people saw coming for at least a week, maybe longer. Who wants to do that for spots 7-10? We would have been arguing about Wisconsin, Penn State, Auburn and Miami all day. That also would devalue the regular season.Alabama or Ohio State? Vote here for 12 hours. Bill Bender (@BillBender92) This was a tough decision, but again, it was the right decision.This is college football, where second-gue sing and whataboutism iswhat makes thegame go. Don't lose two games. Lose your conference pride. That goes for the SEC, too. The day will come when that conference doesn't get a team in.That won't be this year. If this really is about getting the four very best teams in, then Alabama is the right call. The committee hasn't really made a flagrant mistake in four years.The product is so much better because of it. We can say that now.Unequivocally.