College football arrived out of nowhere, like a wet hound coming in from the rain. (Or, y'know, whatever imagery you prefer.) And now, just like that, another season is gone, but not forgotten. So it goes.

Today the boys bookend the season, recapping the first-ever College Football Playoff national championship game, an affair somewhat anticlimactic in its one-sidedness. Further, they look back over the highs and lows of the format, and discuss how this season will affect the committee's decisions going forward.

Add to that a bit of news and notes, and some Collin Klein chatter, and you've got quite the show.

And in the most bittersweet news of the year, the national championship is Monday, which of course means Tuesday begins the longest 7+ months of your life. But first, it's time to pick sides: Oregon vs Ohio State; Urban vs Helfrich; Canada vs Luke. Who ya got?

The first-ever first round of the College Football Playoff is in the books. Let's go ahead and call it a wild success. (Unless you're Florida State, naturally.) The rest of the New Year's Six bowls weren't exactly chopped liver, either.

So . . . recap of the playoff and major bowls? Recap indeed.