The College Football Playoff delivered two major upsets, an expected result, and an unexpected, but expected, result, in the second round on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything conclusive to take away from the results on the issue of whether rust is a deterrent for the top seeds.
As Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde explains, that's a convenient excuse the Ohio State Buckeyes can use for their 24-14 loss to the Miami Hurricanes in the Cotton Bowl Classic, but it didn't bear out in how the Georgia Bulldogs lost to the Ole Miss Rebels in the Sugar Bowl -- a blown 21-12 lead that turned into a 39-34 loss -- or the Indiana Hoosiers' 38-3 destruction of the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl.