Joel Klatt said what Texas fans are thinking on Longhorns getting robbed of CFP berth

The Texas Longhorns have been lobbying to make it into the College Football Playoffs for the past month, and though they're definitely making a great case to get in, they likely won't be included.

Multiple big figures in the college football world also believe that the Longhorns should be a top 12 team in the CFP rankings, the most recent being FOX Sports' Joel Klatt:

"Texas is being punished for scheduling Ohio State ...the committee is telling us, based on where Texas is ranked...that they should not have played that game and they should have played Texas State and won the game by 20"

What the College Football Playoffs Selection Committee is saying to Texas is basically "Cry about it, then don't lose three games". Okay, well if the win/loss record is all that matters, then whatever parity there currently is in the sport (which there isn't much as it is) will be completely gone. How competitive or exciting is college football really going to be if Ohio State or Indiana plays UMASS, Prairieview A&M, Tarleton State, and Akron each year? It's hard to see things improving for the sport when the blue blood programs have 4-5 locked-in wins.

Yes the Longhorns have bad wins against Kentucky and Mississippi State in overtime, and the loss to Florida, but those things don't matter for other programs like Alabama according to the CFP committee. Alabama lost to Florida State, which some could argue is even worse that Florida. But that's apparently okay because they only have two losses.

Ultimately, if the Longhorns get left out of the playoffs, something will undoubtedly need to change for next year. Even if you take the fandom out of it and look at the CFP rankings from an unbiased angle, there's a big argument to be made that Miami, BYU, and even Notre Dame are less qualified to be included than Texas.

The whole thing is just a cluster right now.