Washington is the Pac-12 champion. Penn State, not Michigan or Ohio State, won the Big Ten. Virginia Tech, after a couple seven-win seasons, gave Clemson all it could handle in the ACC title game.
Championship weekend in college football didn’t disappoint. And aside from securing College Football Playoff spots and generating vitriol for the process from Penn State fans, it set the stage for landmark changes in the college football landscape.
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Penn State is back, and the Nittany Lions are set to be more than just a thorn in the side of Ohio State and Michigan.