Let the games begin!
Well, since we did not get any college football this weekend, aside from the pageantry of the Army/Navy game, let’s go ahead and look at the College Football Playoffs. As you all know, this is the first year of a 12-team field. The games begin this coming Friday night with four first round games to be played on the campuses of the higher seeded team.
12/20:
#10 Indiana @ #7 Notre Dame
12/21:
#11 SMU @ #6 Penn State
#12 Clemson @ #5 Texas
#9 Tennessee @ #8 Ohio State
On New Year’s Eve and January 1, the four top seeded teams – #1 Oregon, #2 Georgia, #3 Boise State, and #4 Arizona State – play the winners of those first round games in the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Peach Bowls, respectively.
The Semifinals will take place on January 9 in the Orange Bowl and January 10 in the Cotton Bowl. The National Championship will be on Monday, January 20, in Atlanta.
Since there is the potential for variation in predictions now that it is not just a four-team playoff, the good people at ESPN have created a bracket prediction game, and The Only Colors is proud to host our own pool to determine bragging rights over all your fellow TOCers. Here is the link to join the fun:
The password is TOC123$. Only 1 entry per person. Please make your entry name the same (or something similar) to your TOC screen name. Thank you and good luck.