The Late Mike Leach’s Rant About The Stupidity Of The CFB Committee Is Going Viral Again

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The College Football Playoffs is the story of the sports world this week, but not for the reasons that the NCAA would hope for, as much of the narrative has been about how the CFB committee got their selections wrong.

Following the latest college football playoff debacle that saw undefeated ACC champions Florida State and one-loss, two-time defending national champions Georgia miss out on the four-team tournament, CFB fans have dug up a Mike Leach rant from 2017 that perfectly highlighted the issues with the format.

“(There’s) a mind numbingly short-sided notion that four teams for a playoff somehow establishes something and that that’s a very clever approach. That’s such a brilliant approach, that’s why everyone does it that way. Nobody does it that way,” Leach opined.

“If we were so smart, wouldn’t all the other sports say ‘I know, let’s have a committee. Cause why not? Cause we’re American, we love committees. Let’s get us a committee. Well who should be on the committee? Well, I don’t know, this guy’s a good guy, let’s have him on the committee.’”

Leach, who passed away late last year at the age of 61 years old, was the head coach of Texas Tech, Washington State, and Mississippi State during his coaching career. In addition to his eccentric personality, Leach is credited with popularizing the “air raid” offense. He also coached unraked teams to 18 wins over ranked opponents, which is the most in the AP poll era.

Here is a longer version of Leach’s college football playoff rant, in which he calls for an expansion of the playoffs, which is something that will go into effect next season with a 12-team playoff.