The quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff delivered several memorable performances, including the 1-seed and 2-seed getting blasted out of the field with ease. In a rematch between Ohio State and undefeated Oregon,

Nobody said it was going to be perfect. The first year of this new-fangled 12-team College Football Playoff was bound to have some growing pains. But two rounds into the revamped postseason, it’s impossible to ignore just how poorly conceived and sloppily assembled this whole enterprise was.

Either Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game, and other story lines to watch.