That was the whole purpose of the LSU/Bama rematch.
The espn angle really is a good point, and is sometimes overlooked. The playoff people actually think they will be in control of this thing, when, in fact, it will be entirely an espn production. “people” won’t decide who gets in the bracket, or who plays whom, or where they play. Espn will decide all of that.
it’s another way the playoff advocates are getting punked by forces that they don’t understand. They’re doing espn’s bidding, and they don’t even seem to realize it.