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College football is a game of momentum. Always has been, always will be. And on Friday night, the momentum swung like a pendulum, at first in favor of Oklahoma and later for Alabama. After falling into a deep hole early, the Crimson Tide made its own luck and momentum, going on a 34-7 run for a triumphant 34-24 victory in the first round of the CFP.

Entering the game, two of the major talking points centered around what happened in the two previous matchups. In those games, Oklahoma had two pick-sixes and dominated on special teams. But on Friday night, it was Alabama that secured a timely, second-quarter pick-six and thoroughly outplayed the Sooners on special teams, both of which played a big role in the final outcome.

Early on, Oklahoma looked primed and ready. The Sooners jumped out to an early 17-0 lead, thanks to quarterback John Mateer’s dual-threat abilities. He scampered home on the first touchdown, and after a Tate Sandell field goal, he pinged a seven-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Sategna III to put the home team up big near the midway point of the second quarter. 

At this point, it’s hard to overstate how much momentum was in the Sooners favor. The crowd was electric. The Alabama offense was in shambles, failing to protect Ty Simpson and forming no semblance of a run game. The Crimson Tide defense was barely generating pressure to boot, allowing Mateer plenty of time in the pocket. Social media was ablaze with jokes about blowouts, whether Notre Dame should’ve been in this position instead of Alabama. and whether Kalen DeBoer could take the Michigan job at halftime. 

But then everything changed.

Simpson, who finished with 232 yards and two touchdowns on the night, engineered a nine-play, 75-yard drive, which included a gutsy fourth-and-two conversion in the red zone with multiple broken tackles by wideout Lotzeir Brooks, to cut the lead to 10 points. For my money, that’s when the Crimson Tide started to believe they had it within themselves to make this a fist-fight.

What came next were two bizarre sequences that summed up Oklahoma’s night. First, the Oklahoma punter dropped the ball on a punt attempt, allowing the Crimson Tide to kick an easy field goal with a short field. Next, Mateer and a wideout had a miscommunication, one that saw Mateer throw a dud of a 50-yard pick-six, making it 17-17 before halftime. All of Oklahoma’s goodwill dissolved in a flash.

In the second half, Alabama kept the gas pedal down. Simpson threw a dime for a 30-yard touchdown strike to Brooks to put the Crimson Tide up seven. After a Connor Talty field goal, Alabama was up 10 before Mateer and company answered with a big score to trim it to three. 

But ultimately, it was too little too late for the home team. Alabama punched in a short rushing touchdown to go up 10 before Sandell missed a pair of critical late field goals to sink the Sooners.

Alabama’s resurgence on offense, coupled with its ability to get pressure on Mateer and some timely turnovers, totally flipped the game. It was a momentous win for Alabama and head coach Kalen DeBoer.

The Crimson Tide will face No. 1 Indiana in the next round of the College Football Playoff.

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t perfect. But this time of year, winning is all that matters, and that’s exactly what No. 10 Miami found a way to do.

In a game that featured four missed field goals, four turnovers, and just 13 total points, Miami pieced together the only successful touchdown drive of the game late in the fourth quarter to cap a 10-3 win over Texas A&M to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2025 College Football Playoff. 

After thirty minutes of slog to open the game—the first ever scoreless half in the College Football Playoff era—it was anyone’s guess which way this one might go. In the first half, the Aggies had a chip-shot field goal blocked, while Miami missed a pair of field goals thanks to swirling winds. Neither offense could establish a rhythm. The quarterbacks looked shaky. And both defenses looked primed for a prizefight.

To open the third quarter, Miami quarterback Carson Beck engineered a nine-play, 72-yard drive that resulted in a short field goal to put the Hurricanes up three. After Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed threw an errant interception, Miami had a short field and looked primed to punch it in. But the Hurricanes’ drive stalled out, and Miami’s kicker doinked a ball off the upright. Miami had three trips inside the Aggies 30-yard line and had just three points to show for it, a damning indictment on the type of offensive football we were treated to Saturday afternoon.

After switching kickers, Texas A&M converted on a 35-yard field goal attempt to tie the game with 8:03 remaining in the fourth quarter. What came next was a hero’s arc if I’ve ever seen one.

Miami superstar freshman Malachi Toney, who nearly broke off an incredible punt return in the first half, coughed up a fumble (just the second Miami has lost all year) that resulted in solid field position for the Aggies. Texas A&M failed to convert, however, giving the Hurricanes another bite at the apple.

In what was shaping up to be the final offensive drive of regulation for Miami, the Hurricanes needed a few moments of magic, and that’s exactly what they got. First, running back Mark Fletcher Jr., who finished with a game-high 172 yards on 17 carries, broke off a monster 56-yard run to put the Hurricanes in good field position. Later, Toney got his redemption moment, as he took a cleverly designed reverse play to paydirt for what would be the game-winning touchdown.

Texas A&M had less than two minutes to drive the field down seven points. Reed, who was up and down all day, led an efficient drive, getting the Aggies inside the 10-yard line. Attempting to make a game-saving play, Reed tried to hit a man in the end zone, but his pass was picked off, ending the Aggies’ comeback bid.

Miami’s defense had a heck of a showing Saturday afternoon. That unit forced three turnovers, sacked Reed seven times, and had nine tackles for loss. In a game that was clouded by bad offense and shaky special teams, the Hurricanes’ defense played lights out.

With the win, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal gets arguably the biggest win of his career. His team will move on to face No. 2 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. 

No. 6 Ole Miss comfortably defeated No. 11 Tulane 41-10 in a game that got out of hand midway through the third quarter.

Behind a raucous Rebel crowd, Ole Miss opened the game with back-to-back scores to go up 14-0 in a flash. Through seven plays, the Rebels had 135 yards and two scores. It was clinical execution from the jump.

But after those two scores, Tulane did a nice job of settling into the game. The Green Wave basically matched Ole Miss’s efficiency and outgained the home team in the first quarter, but failed to finish drives. Tulane notched a 39-yard field goal early in the first quarter to get on the board, but was down two touchdowns at the break. 

In the second half, things got out of hand. After surviving some first-half injury scares to star quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and running back Kewan Lacy, the Rebels stretched their legs and comfortably put the game to bed.

Chambliss finished with 282 passing yards, one passing touchdown, and two scores on the ground, while Lacy chipped in 87 yards and one touchdown. 

Despite the tough showing on Saturday evening, Tulane should feel proud to have had such a fantastic season. Losing to this version of Ole Miss, even without Lane Kiffin at the helm, is nothing to scoff at.

With the win, Ole Miss moves on to face No. 3 Georgia in what will be a rematch of the October 18 matchup that saw the Bulldogs win 43-35. 

No. 5 Oregon scored on its first five offensive possessions in the first half, jumped out to a monster lead, and ultimately kept a fairly comfortable lead for the second half in its 51-34 win over Sun Belt champ James Madison. 

Oregon opened the scoring in the blink of an eye. First, quarterback Dante Moore, who finished with 211 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, found Jamari Johnson on a 41-yard strike in four plays. Then, after a well-operated Dukes’ drive that resulted in a field goal, Moore scampered home a zone read play, capping a five-play drive that put the home team up 13-3.

James Madison managed to pull off a nifty double pass as an answer, but got stopped in the red zone and got a field goal attempt blocked. Then the floodgates opened, with the Ducks scoring on their next three drives to amass a hefty halftime lead, effectively putting the game to bed. 

Give James Madison some credit, though. The Dukes fought to the very end and managed to put some scores on the board in the second half.

Some college football fans will complain about James Madison even being in Saturday night’s game in the first place. That feels like misplaced anger, if you ask me. If you want to be upset, be angry at the ACC for producing an 8-5 conference champion. 

With the win, Oregon moves on to face No. 4 Texas Tech in what will be one of the more intriguing quarterfinal matchups. Oregon appears to be healthy and should be a tough out the rest of the way.

With Dan on vacation and the regular season officially in the books, Ty invited ESPN's Bill Connelly back to the pod to help us put the 2025 campaign in perspective. In this episode, we discuss the biggest risers, most head-scratching fallers, and how Indiana and Texas Tech are the best stories of the year. Plus, a conversation about how the Group of Five should fit into the CFP discussion, what to watch for in non-playoff bowls, what it felt like for Bill to be part of the Mountain West's tiebreaker, and how Bill's new book, Forward Progress: The Definitive Guide to the Future of College Football, can be instructive as college football forges ahead into uncertain territory.

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