College Football Playoffs are Set Up For a Classic

The College Football regular season has come to a close, ending with twelve teams rising from the dust with the goal to call themselves champions of the College Football world. These twelve teams are some of the best of the best with high levels of talent that will certainly dominate the NFL in a couple of years.

For these teams, they have effortlessly worked for this moment, their opportunity is now and they will leave it all out on the field for their fans, coaches, and schools that show great pride and dedication. Their prize: the National Championship Trophy which was held last year by The Ohio State Buckeyes. So far, these 12 teams have started to duke it out, with 4 teams left over in the aftermath of the First Round and Quarterfinals.

In the First Round, Teams like the Oregon Ducks and Ole Miss Rebels have rolled past their opponents by displaying great offensive production from quarterbacks Dante Moore (Oregon) and Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss), with an all around team effort as well, which led them to double-digit margin victories.

In a few closer games, Texas A&M Aggies lost a heart breaker to Miami Hurricanes by the score of 10-3, which sounds more like a baseball score if you ask me. Both teams struggled with wind gusts of 30-35 mph winds, causing missed field goals and interceptions, which held the game in a stand-off. As the final minutes ticked down, Miami led themselves down the field and scored with around 1:40 left on the clock, which led Texas A&M to finally move the ball down right before the end zone which ended in an interception from quarterback Marcel Reed (Texas A&M) and a loss.

Oklahoma and Indiana faced off and battled it out, with Oklahoma taking a 17 point lead at one time and making the game look like a blowout. This was until quarterback Ty Simpson (Alabama) led the offense and started scoring points to make the close with the defense pitching in and getting timely stops. This upheld the momentum of Oklahoma and Alabama and ended up taking the game and winning in a crazy turn of events.

In the Quarterfinals, the Indiana Hoosiers toppled Alabama in the Rose Bowl, which is played in the famous stadium in Pasadena, California, center stage to one of the oldest stadiums to have ever hosted a bowl game. The Hoosiers were led by the Heisman Trophy – the college most valuable player – winning quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, who got great awareness and creates plays with his body and arm, a talent that is one of the best in college football. With Mendoza, Alabama got smacked in the face by the score of 38-3!

In the Cotton Bowl, The Ohio State Buckeyes lost to Miami by a score of 24-14, which was an eventful game with lots of talent involved. Ohio State had lots of errors in the first half on the defensive and offensive side of the ball. An example would be the Interception by Ohio State’s quarterback Julian Sayin that was taken back for a touchdown, and made the upward climb too challenging for the Buckeyes.

Miami’s quarterback Carson Beck was able to weather the storm and allowed the offensive to do what they wanted, while Miami’s defense is one of the best in the league and crushed Ohio State’s chances with a sealing interception with 59 seconds left on the clock.

In a blowout fashion again, Oregon crushed the Texas Tech Raiders by the score of 23-0, with many offensive blunders by the Raiders and no answer for Dante Moore at the quarterback position for Oregon.

Finally, the best game of the Quarterfinals was Ole Miss versus the Georgia Bulldogs which was a great game filled with tough tackles and hard-fought football by both sides. Georgia Quarterback Gunner Stockton and the aforementioned Trinidad Chambliss traded blows and did everything they could in a shootout with the Ole Miss Rebels, leading the charge down a deficit to win 39-34 in an all-time classic.

Now the Semifinals are set up with four great teams on the national stage, ready to battle each other till only one remains. You have the match ups of the Indiana Hoosiers vs. the Oregon Ducks while the Ole Miss Rebels vs. the Miami Hurricanes, which is sure to not disappoint.

These games are some of the best of the year, and we are given an absolute treat to watch these four teams put all they have on the field, all with great quarterbacks, high-powered offenses, and dominant defenses.

If you would like to watch these games, Indiana vs. Oregon is on January 9th, 7:30 ET, and Ole Miss vs. Miami is on January 8th, 7:30 ET, with the National Championship on January 19th, 7:30 ET. All of these games are on ESPN.