Here's how this conversation between Van Pelt and Tim Hasselbeck started, with discussion of "What do you think the committee should be asking itself?"

Scott Van Pelt had some comments about a disappointing first round of the CFP. "I just think - are these the games you want? No one can be sitting here going, 'You want these blowout games.' But again, SMU and Indiana had company from Tennessee in a non-competitive spot there."

NFL Wildcard round last year. Houston 45-14, KC 26-7, Green Bay 48-32, Buffalo 31-17, Tampa 32-9, Detroit 24-23. Just because it's the playoffs doesn't mean it's close games

"How do we ensure we get more schools from the conference we pay 300 million annually to televise into the CFP?"

You can tell ESPN was riding so hard for Tennessee to win or have a close game. Notice the tweets that mocked the smaller schools didn't show up from its employees during or after the OSU game.

It's a 4 game sample size. Let's cool the jets a little bit

The Boise PSU will be interesting, Boise’s only loss was at Oregon on a last second FG. Boise or ASU has to win for this to make any sense since SMU got their doors blown off.

In no rational world should Boise and ASU have a bye. If they were playing this weekend, games would have been closer.

Seeding is the issue Boise and ASU should be playing in the first round. No way they should be a bye That's the problem You have teams who should be getting a bye playing teams who have no chance of winning a championship Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Should not have expanded to 12 teams. 4 or 8 and you still get the best of the best.

Need to go to 8 team playoff and eliminate this first round.

Boise and ASU with Bye's is laughable.