For the first time in what feels like forever, there will be no what-ifs when a college football champion is crowned
This is it. We have begun the year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. I’ve been waiting for it since I saw Hopalong Cassady hopping around in the mud the last time it rained on the Rose Bowl.
Worst of all, it wasn’t won on the field. National titles were determined by the polls, filled out by sportswriters and coaches. The Final 12 also will be decided by a CFP poll first released in November. Maybe the committee missed a few times when the tournament was made up of four, but it’s not screwing up the 12. Anyone complaining about not making it now simply didn’t play well enough and gets no sympathy. As it is, the five power conference winners get automatic entry, the top four byes.
Several months later, I ran into Ballard, and he said: “Where’ve you been? I haven’t talked to you in a while.” …basically made himself Padres manager, I wrote a column saying being both GM and skipper is a mistake. Jack didn’t speak to me for two years. I got by. And I was right. …couldn’t spell “a” if you spotted them the “a.” …isn’t NL Rookie Of The Year, he’s Most Important Rookie Of The Year. And that’s more important. …is a terrific hitter. But he’s a DH.
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