Gentlemen, start your oratory engines. The College Football Playoff arguments for and against Texas, Miami and Vanderbilt have already begun and will only get louder as championship week unfolds across the country.

The CFP Selection Committee has a thankless and difficult job, and an incredibly brutal assignment awaits them this week. Signing up for that panel is basically volunteering as tribute for the sport's loudest critics. And this week, the pressure only tightens as school and conference PR machines crank into overdrive. That's expected — everyone should fight for their shot — but the noise can get deafening.

Meanwhile, great things happened across the country in the sport over the weekend. Duke -- Duke! -- grabbed a spot in the ACC Championship Game with Cal's stunning upset of S

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