Clemson and Georgia renew hostilities in the College Football Playoff.
Expect to read that headline soon. Very soon. And possibly often.
In 2014, when the playoff ushered in a new era of determining college football’s national champion, an easily anticipated consequence of the system was that a select few programs would dominate. Look at the history of playoffs at lower levels of competition: The same schools annually bubble to the top almost as consistently as Old Faithful’s daily eruptions.
The Clemson-Georgia series once boiled about the same temperature as water from a geyser, but it’s been at a low simmer for the past 15 seasons.