The first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is over, and boy, howdy, were those games underwhelming. They were so bad -- HOW BAD WERE THEY? -- they were so bad that it led to every talking head in the college football universe complaining and arguing about the format with some even saying wins aren't that important.
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A poised perfectionist, Sam Leavitt has led fourth-seeded Arizona State from a three-win season a year ago to spot in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals against fifth-seeded Texas in the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day.
The TV ratings proved views were interested. Each of the four games averaged 10.6 million viewers. That’s more than the four the non-CFP New Year’s bowls after the 2023 season averaged (8.14 million), and also topped the average for this year’s four major conference championship games (10 million).
The recent combative conversations concerning the first-round of the new college football playoff format has been interesting. Many thought expanding from four to a dozen participants would quell the strife.
A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport’s 12-team playoff.
The Athletic spoke with 10 people who worked with Sanders during his NFL days. None envisioned Sanders as a coach who would turn around a major college football program, but their stories make it easier to connect the dots between Neon Deion and Coach Prime.
For the first time in a long time, a pivotal college football game will challenge the NFL in garnering the attention of sports fans across the country.
The Packers scored touchdowns on each of their first two drives en route to a 34-0 trouncing of the Saints. Green Bay clinched a playoff berth and recorded the first shutout of the season in the process.
Nick Felice and Paul Russo discuss the NFL from Week 16 and into Week 17 with the NFL on Christmas. The guys talk about whether it was a success and whether we will see more of it. In the college football world,