TOP-RANKED Oregon is unbeaten. Are they the only team that belongs in the College Football Playoff? (Shutterstock).

You just can’t win. If there was a Superman, he’d probably get sued for his damages caused in subduing a giant killer robot ravaging Metropolis.

Something else that once seemed as unlikely as a flying man in colorful tights – the College Football Playoff – it’s also taking flak for not being perfect enough.

This is the first real D-1 college playoff. Those old ones with two, or even four teams, were too small, leaving out a lot of top-notch teams.

But now, there are complaints that the new, much-better 12-team field, doesn’t have enough good teams.

Santa Maria!
Notre Dame beat Indiana 27-17, which – some carping critics said – was proof that the Hoosiers didn’t belong.

Then Penn State beat SMU 38-10 and the same compliant was made. Apparently any game that wasn’t a nail-biting cliffhanger than came down to a wind-blown field goal or a jump ball in the end zone as the clock expired was a bitter disappointment.

I’m sure it was to a lot of the gamblers when the losers failed to cover to point spread, but to the rest of us living in the real world, so what?

Teams have great days, and not-so-great ones. Players match up differently. Fingers fumble the ball. Coaches make the wrong guess. That’s life.

Otherwise, you’d only allow unbeaten teams into the playoffs, and we’re back to the two-game sitch, or maybe no playoff at all.
Be patient. Relax. Like your first date, it’s all too early to tell.