That was about the time Ohio State started boat racing Tennessee in the last of four blowouts in the first round of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.  That, thankfully, was the beginning of the end of Kiffin's rants against the machine.

Beginning with snow in South Bend, Indiana, the College Football Playoff made its on-campus debut this weekend. The scenes have not disappointed. Up next is the quarterfinal round, which features four games played at traditional postseason sites: the Rose Bowl,

Round one of the College Football Playoff was less than memorable. The first 12-team playoff looked more like a mistake as each game occurred.