DALLAS -- Four months of games and a week's worth of media obligations have all led to this.
Alabama and Michigan State are finally, mercifully, ready to play a football game.
The College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic kicks off Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. If you were looking for a reason to tune in other than to end 2015 with a bang, here are a few:
1. Another Saban disciple: Nick Saban was a good teacher, but maybe he held something back with his former assistants.