Boise State's loss to Penn State in the Playoff quarterfinals underscored a crucial flaw in a system meant to reward conference champions.

In the era of television, it's always been a bit of a challenge to fill up the stands at college bowl games. But now, it appears that it's difficult to fill out major stadiums even for College Football Playoff bowl games, especially when there is not a month or so of planning for fan bases to make the trek to the game.

Either Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game, and other story lines to watch.