In the College Football Playoff's final year with a four-team format, it made a controversial decision.
People throughout the country are outraged that the CFP chose Alabama over Florida State, a 13-0 team with a 12-1 record and a history of close calls.
The Seminoles and their injured quarterback, Jordan Travis, gained national attention overnight, just in time for their Orange Bowl showdown against Georgia.
The controversy drew national attention, including ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith, who is widely regarded as the most prominent live sports journalist in the US.
On Monday morning's First Take, Smith stated that if Colorado coach Deion Sanders had been in control in Tallahassee, the Seminoles would have made the CFP.
Smith continued: "I bet they wouldn't have been left out if Prime Time Deion Sanders was the coach."
Because Prime Time's enthusiasm for the game would be relevant if he possessed a squad that had never lost.
We want to appear as if it doesn't matter, but it does since this is a business.
Sanders' first year at Colorado drew a lot of attention to a team that had not received much attention since capturing the national title in 1990.