College Football Playoff

College football is in the middle of the best stretch of its modern era, and I think it might be quietly building toward something genuinely ugly. The playoff expanded. The ratings are enormous. The talent on college fields is as good as it has ever been. But there is a difference between a sport that...

The NCAA is about to add eight more teams to March Madness and the only people who asked for it were the people who already have the most. That is the whole story. Everything else is marketing. The basketball tournament goes from 68 to 76 teams, likely starting next season, and the CFP is somewhere...

The CFP committee has a mystery criteria is killing marquee nonconference games, and USC–Notre Dame is just the start. Fans deserve real answers, not vibes. If you’ve been feeling like college football is slowly turning into “schedule safe, pray later,” you’re not crazy. The College Football Playoff committee has created a world where the smartest...

This is about the College Football Playoff finally turning into the part you actually argue about, not the part where you politely pretend every seed is equal. As of 2025-12-22, the quarterfinals are set for Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, and the bracket stopped being a conversation starter and became a stress test. I have...

Steve Sarkisian walked off the field on Friday night selling his team like it was a late night infomercial. Texas had just handed previously undefeated No. 3 Texas A&M a 27-17 beating, finished 9-3, and stacked up three wins over top-10 teams. Arch Manning is on TV saying they’re “absolutely” a playoff team. Sark is...

Texas A&M wants you to swallow the fairy tale that their 31 to 30 comeback over South Carolina was some team of destiny moment. They want you to pretend a rally from 30 to 3 at half is championship DNA. Grit. Heart. All that Disney channel nonsense. Don’t get played. Comebacks don’t scream dominance. They...

Let’s cut the crap. The SEC walks around like a spoiled heavyweight who hasn’t actually knocked anyone out in years but still tells the whole bar he’s undefeated. Alabama gets smacked. Texas gets cooked. The conference eats haymakers all weekend. And somehow these people twist the losses into a toughness seminar. Only the SEC can...