Dave Dameshek

Until then, thanks so much, my fellow football Americans.

It's been a thin slice of heaven.

We have Chris Long coming up along with the Week 16 edition of the NFL Picks Countdown.

So we don't really have a lot of time for this, but can we talk for a second here?

You and me, we're people after all.

I want to confess something to you real quick.

And I don't want to be a hypocrite because I hate those people who can never let a Star Wars debut go by without announcing to the world, I'm not into Star Wars.

Or when a new soccer tournament's about to kick off, people who say, I am into real football, fat soccer.

This is not contributing to the conversation.

And yet, here comes the Grinch in the Christmas season.

I feel like I'm about to announce, I don't believe in Santa.

but I'm just not into this college football playoff.

And my team's the number one seed in that tournament.

Maybe it's just because Oklahoma v. Alabama looks like a scrimmage, but probably it's not just that.

Obviously I'm gonna watch, I like football and I like TV after all, and what else do I have to do with myself?

But I think the people who are so upset about the bowl system, they pounded the table forever about the need for a playoff are like the dog who catches the car.

Congratulations.

Can you honestly say there's real buzz about the start of this college football playoff?

It used to stand out, and maybe the late 20th century debates about who was better between 1v2 were a little unsatisfying, but in hindsight, they were better than arguing about which two-loss team deserves a title shot more than a three-loss team does.

Now it just feels like a less important version of the upcoming NFL playoffs, which I am excited for, and which I don't think my team's going to make.