Quick Hits....

“You’ve got to understand big-market football. You’re not going to have a college football playoff without Nick Saban, the godfather, and the Alabama team … (which is) why I’m thankful that they’re extending the playoffs next year and we will be a part of it” -- Univ. of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, on Florida State getting left out of the College Football Playoff and the Univ. of Alabama getting in (“GMA,” ABC, 12/4).

“It’s not credible playoff when you don’t have the teams that have achieved the most” -- CBS Sports’s Dennis Dodd, on Florida State being left out of the CFP (“CBS Mornings,” 12/4).

“What about team No. 13!?” -- ABC’s Robin Roberts, on the controversy surrounding the four teams selected for the CFP and how the 12-team expanded playoffs could help eliminate some of these discussions (“GMA,” ABC, 12/4).