Rep. Joe Barton: College Football Playoff Will ‘Fail Every Year’; Congress May Examine Next Year

You can’t squeeze all that sausage into the sack," the congressman said.

ByABC News

December 12, 2014, 5:25 PM

Rep. Joe Barton speaks at a news conference on the EPA's recently proposed greenhouse gas standards for new power plants, Sept. 26, 2013, in Washington.
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 -- A leading congressional critic of college football’s old Bowl Championship Series believes the new playoff system is an improvement -- but far from perfect after two big-name schools from his home state were left on the outside looking in.

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said the inaugural four-team playoff that shut out Baylor and Texas Christian University never could have been broad enough to include top teams from the five “power” conferences plus high-profile independent schools.