Over the next 72 hours, 12 human beings from various backgrounds will flock to a secluded bunker—well, a Texas hotel banquet room with coffee—and begin the impossible process of selecting the College Football Playoff.
Good luck.
The task at hand is familiar yet daunting. It is not new but still somehow unfamiliar. On Tuesday, in front of a national audience, Arkansas athletic director and College Football Playoff selection committee chairman Jeff Long will reveal the committee’s first Top 25 of the year after hearty discussions behind closed doors.
“It creeps up on you, but it is exciting,” Long told Bleacher Report late last week.