Welcome the first installment of the Hotline’s postseason picks against the point spread, which covers the opening round of the College Football Playoff and notable the pre-Christmas bowl games. We were 4-2 last week on conference championship weekend. Lines are courtesy of vegasinsider.com. Picks are for entertainment purposes only … unless they aren’t.

LAS VEGAS — Notre Dame’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff and childish reaction to the snub just might have been the spark needed to turn the 12-team event’s long-discussed expansion into a reality.

“If it was 16, we wouldn’t be having these conversations,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Wednesday during the Sports Business Journal’s forum on college sports at the Aria Resort and Casino.

“My barometer about what’s enough

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