Well, relative to Saturday’s fireworks, Selection Sunday sure was a letdown.

Oklahoma is a fine and fun No. 4 seed, its selection hardly worth a reaction, much less anything stronger. Georgia would have been a worthy selection too. Overall, despite ESPN’s attempts to create some controversy, Sunday was a dud devoid of drama.

But there were 10 things worth overreacting to from this weekend, so let’s get to it.

10. Committee sent Ohio State and the Big Ten a very clear message

And that message was: You have fallen behind the SEC, ACC and Big 12.

I literally laughed when Urban Meyer said that the Big Ten was arguably the best conference in the country. What country? Maybe Canada, but not this country. No, it is fourth. Clearly.

There’s no other way to interpret the rankings. The committee rarely was impressed with the Big Ten in general and Ohio State in particular. It had the Buckeyes No. 10 going into the Michigan game and bumped up the Buckeyes just to No. 6 after that blowout. Michigan was never higher than No. 4.

I will forever believe there was no way the Committee was going to reward an Ohio State program during the same season it was exposed as morally bankrupt. The blowout loss to Purdue gave them all the on-field reasons they needed.

I also think that Ohio State hasn’t improved or changed one bit from the team that was shut out in the 2016 Playoff semifinal. They continue to dominate a down Big Ten. Big deal.

This is the third consecutive year that the Big Ten champion did not make the Playoff, the second year no Big Ten team has been invited. What more evidence does the league need to understand we just don’t think its brand of ball and scheduling model is very impressive?

9. Georgia, you had your chance

Granted, Georgia would have taken out Texas, pummeled Pitt, annihilated Northwestern and waxed Washington given the chance. I think they probably beat Oklahoma and certainly Ohio State, too.

The Dawgs easily would have been that coveted 12-1 conference champion in those leagues.

Playing at LSU and against No. 1 Alabama is the tennis equivalent of looking at the French Open draw, opening with Andy Murray and seeing a second-round match against Rafael Nadal. You can play really well, maybe your best, but you’re not advancing.

Of course who you play matters. That’s at the heart of why this 4-team format has always been ridiculous and must be expanded to 8. There’s nothing even, equal or fair about any of it.

Saying all of that, Georgia, you had your chance. And you blew it. You absolutely, unequivocally blew it.

Or, more specifically, this guy blew it …

8. Kirby, Kirby, Kirby …

I’ve questioned many of Kirby Smart’s game decisions, starting in Year 1. Remember, he cost Georgia the Tennessee game, first by asking Jacob Eason to throw out of his end zone and then by having his best pass rusher, Lorenzo Carter, in the back of the end zone when Tennessee completed its Hail Mary. The hope was that was a first-time, first-year head coach finding his way. Mistakes are part of the process.

The problem is, there have been plenty of other missteps, too.

Nothing nearly as dumbfounding as his decision to try a fake punt at midfield in the final minutes of a tied game.

If you have been carrying that play all season, then Justin Fields should have been on the field, in a punt-blocking position, all season.

You can’t sneak that guy onto the field and expect nobody to notice or adjust. If Fields is out there as a blocker — I mean, he is 6-3, 225 — every time, then you preserve the element of surprise.

The only surprise in that play was Smart’s decision to go with it. It was terrible and it cost Georgia not only the SEC Championship but ultimately a Playoff spot and chance to win a national championship.

Worse, Smart defended the call and threw his players under the bus by insisting they took too long to snap it.

Probably because they were looking around and asking themselves, “Coach, are you serious about this?”

7. Quit complaining about Oklahoma’s defense and enjoy the show

Understand and appreciate how difficult it is to stop the Big 12’s best offenses.

I mean, Georgia couldn’t do it last year. Oklahoma put up 48 on the Dawgs, the most any Kirby Smart team has allowed.

It’s OK to win games because of the offense.

In fact, the Playoff demands it. You have to be able to score. The past 2 championships were won with a touchdown in the final minute (or second).

Alabama has seen great offenses, but this will be the best one Saban has encountered.

Considering he faced Deshaun Watson twice, that’s saying something.

6. Why do the bowl Gods hate Florida?

We asked for UF-UCF. We deserved UF-UCF. We needed UF-UCF.

Instead, the bowl Gods gave the Gators another boring Khakis Bowl against Jim Harbaugh and Michigan.

Yawn.

5. Hey, LSU, UCF is going to kick your butt

Will somebody post that on the LSU message boards, buy a billboard outside campus, fly an airplane over the practice facility?

UCF already called out Notre Dame. It’s time to wake up the Tigers.

I don’t have to believe it. I just want LSU to hear it.

I do not want any Auburn excuses. Enough of this, we weren’t motivated, we didn’t care, we were getting ready for the NFL Draft nonsense.

This is UCF’s Super Bowl. It damn well better be yours, too.

Fortunately for all of us, LSU has the perfect coach to deal with the Knights’ propaganda.

And if they do try to start any of that national championship noise, I have a feeling Coach O will react a lot like this.

https://twitter.com/SouthernbeLLSU/status/1053819389676609537

4. No real problem with the Final 4

There were 5 deserving teams. One had to get left out.

But this is so much better.

3. Way-too-early Playoff predictions

Alabama and Clemson are both double-digit favorites for a reason.

Oklahoma vs. Alabama will be far more entertaining, the winner likely topping 50 points. I’d be shocked if it didn’t, actually. Notre Dame will keep it closer against Clemson, but ultimately I expect both favorites to win comfortably.

We’re going to get Alabama-Clemson IV — the third time it will decide the national champion.

2. Jalen Hurts is a quarterback, a real quarterback

Forget the tuck-and-run Jalen of 2016 and 2017. That Jalen, while hugely successful, lost the job to a better throwing teammate.

Hurts didn’t have a bad moment Saturday against Georgia. Every decision, every play he made was sensational.

But one stands out above the rest.

On his game-tying TD pass to Jerry Jeudy in the corner of the end zone, Hurts’ first read wasn’t there. The pocket was collapsing, and he started to scramble.

Every other time in his life, every single time, Hurts has taken that exact scenario and turned it into a running play. Watch the replay. There was one Georgia defender between Hurts and the end zone. He easily could have run for 7, 8 yards, maybe scored.

Instead, he extended the play. He actually waved to Jeudy to keep working. He kept drifting, buying time, allowing Jeudy the extra second to finally wiggle free.

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1069030889873563648

There are so many things to admire about the way Hurts has handled the past 12 months. But even in Alabama’s A-Day spring game, it was the same old Jalen, tucking and running instead of extending and delivering.

It was fair to wonder if he could develop into a passer.

Saturday he delivered the biggest pass of his career, on a play real quarterbacks make. It showed he was coachable, willing to change, willing to adjust, willing to grow. It was flat-out awesome to see.

1. Jalen Hurts is an even better person

It’s impossible to overstate Hurts’ value to Alabama, to overstate the grace, character and team-first attitude he showed after losing his starting job. He could have torpedoed the locker room and derailed arguably the greatest Tide team in program history.

He didn’t. He didn’t quit. He didn’t complain. He competed. He got better. And then he delivered. There’s a reason Nick Saban tears up just about every time he talks about Jalen Hurts.

As great as the comeback was, the throw and the game-winning designed run, his best moment might have come an hour later, in a near-empty stadium.

When you’ve been around athletes and celebrations and locker rooms as much as I have, random acts of kindness like this stand out.

Bravo, Jalen.