College Football Playoff Games

It is about time they had a playoff for the college football championship. The BCS was just a joke.

BCS

The Bull Crap Series, as I called it. It was just crap; it favored the SEC, and Big 10 conferences more, even if it was centered on the Power 5 conferences.

It excluded independent teams, except Notre Dame and other conferences like MTN West, WAC, etc.

They didn’t want another BYU to come in and take the championship from the P5 schools.

Finally

Now, they have a 12-team playoff model in which the MTN West champion will be included. Wow, that is surprising.

How it will work.

The top 4 teams will get bye weeks

The rest of the 12 will play at the higher-seed home field.

Then, the winners of those games will play the four teams in a bowl game.

Then the winners of those games will play each other

The winners will play for the national championship.

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Games

First Round Game

Here is a breakdown of the games

Dec. 20Dec 20, at 8 PM EST

Indiana

Notre Dame

This is on ABC/ESPN

Dec. 21, 2024 at 10 AM EST

SMU

Penn State

This is on TNT/Max

Dec 21, Dec 21at 2 PM EST

Clemson

Texas

This is on TNT/Max

Dec 21, Dec 21at 8 PM EST

Tennessee

Ohio State

This is on ABC/ESPN

Bowl Games (quarter-finals)

Peach Bowl

The Winner of Clemson and Texas

Arizona St.

10 AM ESPN

Rose Bowl

Winner of Tennessee and Ohio State

Oregon

2 PM ESPN

Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1, 2025)

Winner of SMU and Penn State

Boise St.

Dec. 31Dec 31 5:30 PM ESPN

Sugar Bowl Jan. 1, 2025

Winner of Indiana and Notre Dame

Georgia

6:45 PM ESPN

Semi Final Games

Jan. 9 ,Jan 9Orange Bowl at 7:30 EST

Winner of Peach Bowl and Rose Bowls

Jan. 10Jan 10Cotton Bowl Classic at 7:30 EST

Winner of Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl

Championship Game

Jan. 20, 2025 In Atlanta at 7:30 PM EST

You can head over to this page (https://justinjenkins.info/football/2024-2/2024-college-football-playoffs/) here on Justin Jenkins.info, where I will update the games as they are played.

Favored

It appears that the SEC and Big 10 Conferences are favored, which is typical. The name and logos are what matter.

Thoughts

It will be an enjoyable time in college football as the playoff era begins.

I will voice my opinion about the CFP a bit later. The target date is Jan.29, 2025. Why so long? Well, I have to see how all the games play out, and it will give me time to reflect on what I will say. Plus, I don’t want it to be riddled with profanity.