The first season of the College Football Playoff could have gone better only had Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly been added to the coverage team.
The national semifinals and championship game garnered the three highest ratings in the history of cable television.
The matchups and venues were terrific, with the sun-splashed Rose Bowl handing off to the Sugar Bowl to cap a New Year's Day spectacular.
You could predict that we were off and running to a sensational 12-year contract of rotating bowls and story lines.
Or you can ask: What if college football just got lucky early?