The road to the 2024 season's national championship kicks off with the first round of the College Football Playoff.
As a product of expansion, this initial slate will be played at campus sites. While the hosting school has an option to put on the game at a different location—an available NFL stadium, for example—all four higher-ranked programs chose to play at home.
And, my friends, we are pumped.
The opening-round schedule begins with an in-state showdown at Notre Dame on Friday night, followed by Saturday's tripleheader at the iconic stadiums of Penn State, Texas and Ohio State.