The first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff came and went over the weekend and featured blowouts in all four games. The average margin of victory in the games was 17.3 points, and all four home teams won their games.

Unsurprisingly, this led to all sorts of criticism surrounding the format and who did or did not deserve to participate. Much of the conversation surrounded the SEC, with fans, media and coaches claiming that Alabama should have been in over SMU and Indiana, both of which lost handily. Of course, those same people got really quiet when Ohio State beat the brakes off of Tennessee.

"I hope next year the committee won't get caught up with what social media and a lot of the 'fringe' fans get caught up with which is wins," Herbstreit ranted during a SportsCenter segment with Linda Cohn.

Of course, Herbstreit and his employer, ESPN, are heavily invested in both the SEC and the playoff's television ratings. So it makes sense that he would cape for a team that got drubbed on the road at 6-6 Oklahoma. But to be this brazen about it is downright impressive.

Thankfully, fans were quick to call out Herbstreit for his ridiculous take.

Oddly enough, Herbstreit did not mention that the average margin of victory in the 20 first round games during the four-team playoff was also 17 points. But that doesn't fit the narrative.

If the games don't matter for 90 percent of the teams in the country, why should they even play them at all? Herbstreit and the dozens of other analysts poo-pooing everyone but about 15 teams in the country is slippery slope that leads down a path where only those programs matter. And if that's the case, then we're likely going to kill college football altogether in the not-too-distant future.