The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams to get some new blood — but the final four are decidedly blueblood. All four teams are among the eight programs with at least 900 all-time

After a fascinating round of quarterfinals games the last four teams remaining in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff are set. Fifth-seeded Texas will take on No. 8 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl,

Some of it may be overboard, dancing on the grave of a not-dead patient by SEC haters who finally see their chance. Some of it is a chance to vent back at the loud pro-SEC voices, at ESPN and elsewhere. And a lot of this may be premature. New arrival Texas could still bring the SEC its sixth national title in eight years.