re: Natty Thread: UM v Wash

I think the playoff is exposing the size of the talent gap in college football between the second tier and top tier programs. Teams can get up for one game, play way above their heads, and pull off an upset in the semifinal, but then they're just exhausted and get humiliated in the next game. In the BCS era, it was common to see teams like Boise State or Utah or TCU pull a bowl upset. But if 2008 Utah had to follow up their win over Alabama with a game against Florida, I think we would have seen a score like last year's national title. It just seems like cinderellas cannot sustain across multiple games in a sport so contingent on size and speed.