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Fan fatigue mounts with yet another Alabama and Clemson rematch

Alabama and Clemson each dominated their respective opponents in the two College Football Playoff games held last night in the Peach and Cotton Bowls, respectively. Now the two true blue bloods of the NCAA will meet again ... for the fourth straight season, three of which for the national title ... in what is supposed to be the most epic and drama-producing post season format among all of the major U.S. sports.

Except it isn’t. And it is starting to kill public interest in the college football.

Dubbed by chairperson Charles Steger as a “best of both worlds” solution to the simultaneous goals of preserving college football’s unique regular season urgency while crowning a single, true champion who earned it on the field, the NCAA devised this four-team format all the way back in 2012 (with its official launch in 2014).