Strange Day in College Football

Yesterday was pretty strange as far as college football goes.  Although it wasn't an upset by any means when Florida went up to Missouri and got manhandled 36-17, it was the clear disparity between the two teams on both offense and defense that was shocking.  The rest of the day was full of upsets.  Already, previously undefeated Louisville had succumbed to Central Florida.  But then, on Saturday, came a torrent of surprises.  Georgia loses to Vanderbilt, South Carolina loses to Tennessee, Texas A&M loses to Auburn, LSU loses to Mississippi...and that's just in one conference!  In the evening, 5th ranked FSU clobbered 3rd ranked Clemson on the road, 51-14.  And previously undefeated UCLA lost to Stanford. 

Some things kept to their pattern, though.  Alabama blew out Arkansas while Ohio State struggled early and then pulled it out late against Iowa, both teams sticking to their "methods" of winning.  And Oregon once again drubbed whoever their hapless opponent was unfortunate to be this weekend.

So now we're left with four strong undefeated teams in Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State.  All think they're good enough to play for the national championship, but only two will make it to that game (if indeed the final two come from this pool).  If this were 2014, when the four-team playoff system commences, that wouldn't be a problem.  But this year, I'm afraid we're going to have some very angry schools, along with their fans, after their unblemished seasons are ignored when it comes to being able to complete for a national title...