Pat McAfee is set to return for more College Football Playoff coverage, bringing his unique style to both semifinal games. After hosting an alternate "Field Pass" broadcast on ESPN

The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams to get some new blood — but the final four are decidedly blueblood. All four teams are among the eight programs with at least 900 all-time

Some of it may be overboard, dancing on the grave of a not-dead patient by SEC haters who finally see their chance. Some of it is a chance to vent back at the loud pro-SEC voices, at ESPN and elsewhere. And a lot of this may be premature. New arrival Texas could still bring the SEC its sixth national title in eight years.

College Football Playoff announcers, channels, streaming, times for both semifinal games. Who is announcing the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl?

Finally, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, postponed a day, between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs turned into the defensive showdown it was always meant to be. With that, the semifinals are set.

It's time for the College Football Playoff. The NCAAF playoffs continue this week with plenty of bowl games, followed by the semifinals next week where No. 4 Penn State will face No. 5 Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl,