The author discusses the results of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal games and offers his opinion on making the Rose Bowl the annual championship game.
All four College Football Playoff quarterfinal games are complete, and the semifinalists are set after Penn State defeated Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, Texas beat Arizona State in a double-overtime thriller in the Peach Bowl, Ohio State dominated Oregon in the Rose Bowl , and Notre Dame topped Georgia in the postponed Sugar Bowl. The final quarterfinal match was delayed a day due to the horrific incident in New Orleans on Monday morning.
I send out my deepest condolences and prayers to those affected by this tragedy. I spent New Year's Day at the Rose Bowl, which is one of the few times I get to enjoy a game as a fan. It also reminded me why the Rose Bowl is unlike any other bowl game and why it deserves a prominent stage. We should make the Rose Bowl the championship game on Jan. 1 each year. It'd help solve some of the calendar issues with our sport. The Rose Bowl setting is magical and playing the title game there would provide an anchor destination for college football like we see in the championship rounds in other leagues. Everyone would be on the 'Run for the Roses.' It's one of the few premium sporting events in the country, but the game is sandwiched in the middle of the quarterfinals. With that, here are my takeaways from all four of the CFP quarterfinal matchups. In any game, there's a team that looks faster and more dominant early. That was Georgia, but it didn't take advantage of it. I thought the Bulldogs were more physical and more dominant from the start. Gunner Stockton, who started in place of an injured Carson Beck, was throwing the ball really well early, and yet you look up, and Georgia didn't have a big lead. I thought that could come back to haunt the Bulldogs, and it did in the middle section of the game. Most coaches talk a lot about winning the middle eight — the last four minutes of the first half and the first four of the second hal
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