Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

Ole Miss hiring D.J. Durkin shows that millionaire coaches care more about redeeming each other than the concerns of former players

Is this LSU football team a one-off or is Ed Orgeron on the verge of a long-term reordering of the power structure both within the SEC and nationally?

College football is not the NFL, where the league is engineered for parity. And it’s not college basketball, which can swing on one or two players.

Oklahoma hasn’t won in its three College Football Playoff appearances, but the Sooners are downplaying that pressure against LSU in the Peach Bowl.

The College Football Playoff is off New Year’s Day for two of its three-year cycle. It needs to reclaim that date to avoid losing fan interest.

Alabama’s loss has opened the door for a fascinating debate between Utah or Oklahoma for the CFB Playoff. Also, why has Clemson become so joyless?

It’s easy to call any bad loss the worst ever. But this time, it rings true for Miami, which fell 30-24 to FIU. Here’s this week’s misery index.

Like Ed Orgeron at LSU, Oregon’s Mario Cristobal failed at a smaller school and is now finding success on the biggest stage.

The political environment around the rights of college athletes has shifted in a matter of a few months, but not because of the NCAA’s actions.